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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 21 November 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Reserve bank-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme consider the following statements:

1. It will help in improving the grievance redress mechanism.
2.The Scheme defines ‘deficiency in service’ as the ground for filing a complaint, with a specified list of exclusions.
3. It provides for a single window for resolution of complaints not resolved within 30 days or not resolved satisfactorily by banks/NBFCs/system participants regulated by RBI.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) India placed at ____ as per the Network Readiness Index 2022

(a) 31strank
(b) 53rdrank
(c) 25th rank
(d) 61st rank

Q.3) Consider the following statements:

1. The Press Council of India is a statutory quasi-judicial autonomous authority re-established in theyear 1979.
2. The Council comprises of a Chairman and 28 members.
3. Its objective is to preserve the freedom of the press by maintaining and improving thestandards of newspapers and the news agencies in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Which state government has recently introduced old pension scheme?

(a)Punjab
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Telangana

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1. A suborbital spaceflight refers to a height of around 100km from the Earth's surface.
2. Suborbital flights are known to be important for conducting tests of space missions, before final commercial missions take place.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only