Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 18 October 2020

Q1 Which of the following statements with respect to the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) stands true ?

1) The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a non-constitutional non -statutory body under the government of India.
2) The Commission’s Mandate is to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
3) The Commission shall not enquire into any matter which is pending before a State Commission or any other Commission duly constituted under any law for the time being in force.

Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q2 Consider the following pairs of folk dances of India and their corresponding origin states :

1) Lavani : Punjab
2) Rasleela : Madhya Pradesh
3) Ghoomar : Rajasthan
4) Rouff : Jammu & Kashmir
5) Bihu : Assam
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

Options :
a) 1,2& 3 only

b) 3,4 & 5 only

c) 1,3 & 5 only

d) all the above

Q3 With respect to the recently published global hunger index, which of the following statements stands true ?

1) India has improved in both child mortality rates, which are now at 3.7%, and in terms of undernourishment, with about 14% of the total population which gets an insufficient caloric intake.
2) India has the highest prevalence of wasted children under five years in the world, which reflects acute undernutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020.
3) In the region of south, east and south-eastern Asia, the only countries which fare worse than India are Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q4 The BepiColombo Space Craft has crossed the Venus in its journey towards Mercury recently. Which of the following statements regarding the spacecraft stands true ?

The spacecraft was launched jointly by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency to explore planet Mercury.
The spacecraft would be studying the characterisation of magnetosphere and the external and surface magnetic field of the mercury.
The BepiColombo spacecraft have been named after the scientist Giuseppe BepiColombo. The spacecraft was first used in 1974 on the Mariner 10 mission. This technique is now used by planetary space crafts frequently.

Options :
a) 1 & 2 only

b) 2 & 3 only

c) 1 & 3 only

d) all the above

Q5 The global burden of diseases study is a collaborative study published by WHO (World Health Organisation)and which of the following global organisations?

a) World Bank
b) UNICEF
c) Asian development bank
d) Asian infrastructure investment bank

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 18 October 2020