Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 23 April 2020

Q1 Which of the following statements with respect to the recently published world bank report on global remittances stands true ?

1) The sharp decline in crude prices will hurt remittances from oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
2) The decline in flows is likely to have an adverse impact on remittance-dependent countries and low and middle-income countries (LMIC) where remittances are a crucial financing lifeline for many vulnerable households.
3) China is the world’s biggest recipient of remittances, which bolster the country’s foreign exchange reserves and help fund its current account deficit.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q2 The PradhanMantriKisanSammanNidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country with cultivable land, subject to certain exclusions.Which of the following individuals/family groups are eligible for the PM KISAN scheme ?

1) Institutional landholders.
2) Landholding farmers’ families with cultivable landholding in their names.
3) Small and marginal farmer families.
4) Farmer families holding constitutional posts.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 4 only 
c) 2 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q3 Scientists have developed graphene-based "superhydrophobic" material that can separate oil and water, thus having wide uses in industry and healthcare. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Superhydrophobic materials – materials with extreme water repellency – are considered the best for removing oil from water.
2) They are generally scalable and use environmentally friendly products such as fluorinated polymers with high mechanical and chemical stability.
3) There is extensive global research on using "wonder material" graphene - a carbon allotrope similar to graphite, but much stronger and lighter - in applications that require superhydrophobicity, but attempts to engineer its composition have proved challenging.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q4 The CCEA also approved the inclusion of a complex fertilizer, ammonium phosphate, under the nutrient-based subsidy scheme. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The scheme was set up in 2010 to ensure the availability of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers to farmers at an affordable price, as the retail prices of such non-urea fertilisers are decontrolled and set by manufacturers.
2) While the NBS certainly did not lead to any decline in subsidy on fertilizer, it did lead to worsening of soil nutrient quality, along with shortages and price increases in all three types of major nutrients, namely Nitrogenous, Phosphoric and Potassic.
3) The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

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