Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 20 September 2019

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 20 September 2019

Q1. Which of the following statements with respect to the statistics in the newly released “Handbook on Fisheries Statistics - 2018” stands true ?

1) Fisheries sector will play a crucial role in the doubling of farmers’ income, it is major source of livelihood for over 1.60 Crore people along with double the number in down and upstream.
2) India is currently world’s largest producer of fish. It is also world number one in aquaculture production as well as in inland capture fisheries.
3) Andhra Pradesh has recorded the highest production of inland fish whereas Gujarat is the leading state in Marine fish in the country.

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q2. Which of the following pairs of Indian cities in the decreasing order of their GDP’s as per census 2011 data are definitely true ?

1) Delhi,Mumbai,Kolkatta,Chennai
2) Mumbai,Delhi,Kolkatta,Bengaluru
3) Mumbai,Chennai,Delhi,Hyderabad
4) Delhi,Pune ,Bengaluru,Mumbai

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) 3 only
d) 4 only

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding recently published UNICEF report paper on “emerging threats to children” :

1) Mental illness among adolescents has been on the rise in the years since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that depression is now among the leading causes of disability in the young.
2) Protracted conflicts, the worsening climate crisis, a rising level of mental illness among young people, and online misinformation are some of the most concerning emerging global threats to children, cautions the UNICEF.
3) The UNICEF suggests that we should start by equipping young people with the ability to understand who and what they can trust online, so they can become active, engaged citizens.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding the newly formed National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) programme by the MHRD stands true ?

1) The objective is to use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalised and customised as per the requirements of the learner.
2)Educating the youth is a National effort and MHRD proposes to create a National Alliance with such technology developing EdTech Companies through a PPP model.
3) MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure that the solutions are freely available to a large number of economically backward students and UGC would be the implementing agency for the NEAT programme.

a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q5. Which of the following countries has become the leading country of origin of international migrants for the year 2019 according to UN report by population division of the department of economic and social affairs ?

a) Mexico
b) Tunisia
c) India
d) Bangladesh

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Answer :

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