Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 17 January 2020

Q1 Which of the following includes the guidelines given by supreme court to centre to prevent mob lynching in the country ?

1) The states shall designate a senior police officer not below the rank of police inspector as nodal officer in each district.
2) The state governments shall immediately identify districts, sub-divisions and villages where instances of lynching and mob violence have been reported in the recent past.
3) The Union home department must work in co-ordination with the state governments to sensitise law-enforcement agencies and by involving all stakeholders to identify the measures for the prevention of mob violence and lynching.
4) The Centre shall punish the states on the gravity of the situation and if the said measures are not taken.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) 2 & 4 only

Q2 Which of the following countries shares an international boundary with Myanmar ?

1) India 
2) Bangladesh
3) Bhutan
4) Laos
5) Cambodia
Options :
a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 2,3 & 5 only 
c) 1,2 & 4 only 
d) all the above

Q3 Which of the following statements regarding Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR ) and the agreements between government and telecom companies stands true ?

1) As per TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) definition,AGR includes all receipts except capital receipts and revenue from non-core sources such as rent, profit on the sale of fixed assets, dividend, interest and miscellaneous income.
2) The revenue shared by telcos with the government goes into the public account of India.
3) The telecommunication sector is already facing heavy taxes and levies in the range of 29% to 32%, which are globally the highest.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q4 Consider the following statements :

1) India allows e-commerce companies to work on the marketplace model where buyers and sellers are free to buy and sell and follow the rules of the marketplace and laws of the country which clearly say that FDI in multi-brand retail willonly be allowed up to 49%.
2) India has been at the receiving end of unfair trade practices for a very long time and therefore believes in the creation of a far more reformed rules based trading system with the WTO.
3) Right classification of the so called ‘other imports’ under HSN code will only lead to greater transparency and establish fair trading practices and make India a fair place to do business and trade and also provide equal opportunity to all.
Which of the above statements are true ?
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q5 ‘IndARC’  is the first underwater observatory of India in the Arctic Region.The observatory aims to study Arctic climate and how it influences the monsoon. It is located between the North Pole and which of the following countries ?

a) Russia
b) Norway
c) Greenland
d) Belgium

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Answer :

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5.(b)