Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 August 2019

Q1. Prime Minister of Britain Mr.Borris Johnson announced to revoke Indian Independence Act 1947 this decision was taken after Indian parliament revoked article 370.

Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The Indian independence act crated two separate dominions-India and Pakistan on the sidelines of England and Ireland.
2) The Bengal and Punjab provinces were partitioned between the two new countries.
3) The Act repealed the use of ‘Emperor of India’ as a title for the British Crown and ended all existing treaties with the princely states.

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of bird sanctuaries with their respective location states :

1) Sutanpur : Uttar Pradesh
2) Kumarakom : Kerala
3) Samaspur : Haryana
4) Salimali : Goa
5) Mayani : Maharashtra

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 3,4 & 5 only
c) 1,3 & 5 only
d) 2,4 & 5 only

Q3. The Government is currently in the process of finalizing the New Education Policy. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Its vision is to provide “an India-centred education system that contributes directly to transforming our nation into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society, by providing high quality education to all”.
2) The draft Policy encourages philanthropic institutions in the field of school education. It says “Private philanthropic schools must be encouraged and freed of regulatory overload”.
3) To make education really inclusive and universal, it is proposed in the draft policy that the medium of instruction, at least upto Class V, would be the globally accepted English language.

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

Q4. Consider the following statements :

1) Fly ash varies in size from 100 nanometres to a few microns and can thus provide surfaces with different roughness based on the size of the particles chosen.
2) When stearic acid is coated over fly ash surface, it can be made to behave like one of the two naturally occurring water-repelling materials — rose petals or lotus leaves by the varying the surface roughness.
3) Researchers have found out that applying stearic acid increases the mechanical and chemical durability of the fly ash waterproofing material.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q5. Which of the following countries have been backlisted recently by the Asia pacific group of FATF for its failure to comply with terror funding standards ?

a) Israel
b) Iran
c) Pakistan
d) Saudi Arabia

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Answer :

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