Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 25 January 2023

Q.1) Conder the following statements regarding National Voters’ Day:

1. The National Voters’ Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year.
2. It was started in the year 2011.
3. The main purpose of the NVD celebration is to create electoral awareness amongst citizens and encourage them to participate in the electoral process.
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) Which country is first WTO member to formally accept new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies?

(a) Sweden
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Switzerland

Q.3) Consider the following statements:

1. The derivatives are short-term financial contracts that are bought and sold in the market.
2. The derivatives trade can be in futures and options.
3. Profits are made in the derivatives trade by predicting the price movements of the asset that underlies the contract.

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) The new mobile operating system called BharOS was developed by

(a)IIT Madras
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Bombay
(d) NIT Rourkela

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1.The Groningen gas field is natural in Groningen province in the northeastern part of the Netherlands.
2.It is the largest natural gas field in Europe.
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