Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 24 June 2018

Q1. Skoch smart governance award is an initiative recognising top performing government organisations operating at local,state& national levels.It has the conferred “best performing social sector ward” to which ministry ?

A) Ministry of health & family welfare
B) Ministry of tribal affairs
C) Ministry of women & child development
D) Ministry of agriculture & farmers welfare

Q2. India hasrecently signed two MoUs – one on Traditional Medicine and Homeopathy and second on Biotechnology with which of the following countries?

A) China
B) Mongolia
C) Cuba
D) Nepal

Q3.

1) The Centre of Excellence for Vegetables is an Indo-Israel project approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India under the National Horticulture Mission Scheme.
2) With this facility, scientists from Israel brought the technology of protected cultivation to India.
3)There are currently 50 such centres operating in the country now .

Which of the above statements are true ?

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3 only
C) 3 only
D) None

Q4. Who won the sports illustrated sports person of the year award 2017?

A) Viratkohli
B) Mary kom
C) Kidambisrikanth
D) Rohanboppana

Q5. Trace & Track mechanism recently launched by the government refers to the

A) Method to curb transmission losses in power distribution companies.
B) Method to curb excessive use of groundwater/exploitation.
C) Method to curb the sale of counterfeit drugs.
D) Method to curb discrepancies in coal distribution networks.