Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 22 September 2019

Q1. The NATGRID –National Intelligence Grid is likely to be operational by January 2020. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The NATGRID will have data related to all immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions, credit card purchases, telecom, individual tax payers, air flyers, train travellers besides others to generate intelligence inputs.
2) The necessity for the NATGRID came after India's worst terror attack in its commercial capital in 2009 exposed the deficiency that security agencies have no mechanism to look for vital information in real-time.
3) The 10 central agencies along with all the state agencies will be able to access the NATGRID data on a real-time basis.

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

Q2. Which of the following pairs of rivers arranged from east to west of India are true ?

a) Parbat,Betwa,Son,Barak
b) Mahi,Sutlej,Barak,Chambal
c) Brahmani,Wainganga,Parbati,Banas
d) Narmada,Wainganga,Tel,Barak

Q3. Consider the following statements :

1) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation attaches considerable importance to coverage and quality aspects of statistics released in the country. The statistics released are based on administrative sources, surveys and censuses conducted by the centre and State Governments and non-official sources and studies.
2) As per latest report from the Statistics and Programme implementation department 25 per cent of the Central sector projects are delayed and affecting over 150 crore rupees funds.
3) The brief reasons for time overruns, as reported by various project implementing agencies, are delays in land acquisition, forest clearance and supply of equipment.

Which of the above statements are true ?
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q4. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, studied genera of ‘true antelopes’ and found that the blackbuck’s ancestors came into India from the Saharo-Arabian region about two million years ago and then evolved to its current form.

Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?
1) Blackbucks have been confined to the scrubland regions of India, currently seen in most States, including the Terai region, northeast and the Western Ghats.
2) The chinkaras which are found in the hilly terrains of Iran are known as Iranian Gazelle. Being facultative drinkers, they were better adapted to the drier, semi-arid region.
3) Genetics has now helped researchers tell two stories of origin and evolution. Though the blackbucks and chinkara look like sisters they actually may have very different evolutionary histories.

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

Q5. Which of the following cities is known as the energy capital of the world, which has been recently in news ?

a) London
b) Houston
c) California
d) Detroit

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Answer :

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