Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 23 April 2018

1. Consider the following statements about NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission.

1. It will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequency and it is planned to be used for remote sensing.
2. NASA will provide the mission's L-band SAR, a high-rate communication subsystem for science data, GPS receivers, a solid state recorder, and a payload data subsystem.
3. ISRO will provide the satellite bus, an S-band SAR, the launch vehicle and associated launch services.
4. Unlike other Synthetic Aperture Radar it do not use SweepSAR technique.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct

a. 1 & 2 only
b. 1 & 3 only
c. 1, 2 & 3 only
d. All of the above

2. Which one of the following city have prepared first of its kind city’s Heat Action Plan to cope with heat waves?

a. Mumbai
b. Ahmedabad
c. Hyderabad
d. Kolkata

3. Consider the following statements

1. IMF is part of United nations
2. A country has to 1st join IMF before it can be a member of world Bank.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both
d. None

4. What is theme of Earth Day 2018

a. End plastic pollution
b. End air pollution
c. Green Earth-Clean Earth
d. Save earth for future

5. Deep Panda is seen in news recently, it is

a. Computer virus
b. A species of Red Panda found in deep valley of Himalaya
c. Island named after Red Panda
d. None of the above

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Answer:

1 (C), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (A), 5 (A)