Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 July 2018

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding National artificial intelligence mission are true ?

1) National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence focusses upon: Healthcare, Agriculture,Education, Smart Cities and Infrastructure, Smart Mobility and Transportation.
2) A Task force will explore the possibilities to leverage AI for development across various fields. It will submit concrete and implementable recommendations for government industry and research, institutions.
3) Ministry of electroncs& Information technology has constituted the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for India’s Economic Transformation.

A) 1 & 2only
B) 2 & 3 only
C) 3 only
D) All the above

Q2. Minnie bay,Neil island &Buniyadabad refers to the areas where coastal police stations have been recently sanctioned . These islands are a part of which of the following island groups :

A) Lakshadweep Islands
B) Andaman & Nicobar islands
C) Daman & Diu
D) Dadra & Nagar haveli

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding privilege motion are not true ?

1) It is mandatory for the speaker to refer the matter of privilege to the privileges committee.
2) Breach of privilege is punishable under laws of Civil procedure Code(CPC).

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both are true
D) Both are false

Q4. Which of the following sites & their recently sanctioned respective nuclear power plants are correctly matched :

1) Andhra Pradesh :kovvada
2) Maharashtra :Haripur
3) Gujarat :ChhayaMithiVirdi

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 3 only
C) 1 & 3 only
D) All the above

Q5. Which of the following are the objectives of National bio fuel policy :

1) Ensuring adequate and sustained availability of domestic feedstock for biofuel production.
2) Employment Generation and Waste to Wealth Creation.
3) Production of ethanol from damaged food grains like wheat, broken rice etc.

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 3 only
C) 1 & 3 only
D) All the above