Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 July 2020

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding the'Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020', notified recently as part of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

1) The 'Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020' will be applicable to all electronic retailers registered in India or abroad but offering goods and services to Indian consumers. The new rules empower the state governments to act against unfair trade practices in e-commerce and direct selling.
2) According to the new rules, the e-commerce players will have to display the total price of goods and services offered for sale along with the break-up of other charges. 
3) The new rules mandate that marketplaces as well as sellers would be required to have grievance officers who have to respond in a time-bound manner.

Options :

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of  languages and their corresponding states were they are declared as official languages :

1) Konkani : Goa
2) Khasi : Meghalaya
3) Urdu : Gujarat
4) English : Nagaland
5) Dogri : Bihar

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

Options :

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

Q3. Ministry of Rural Development has said that the average completion time for houses under restructured PradhanMantriAwaasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) has come down to 114 days as compared to 314 days earlier. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Prime Minister NarendraModi had launched the PMAY-G on 20th November, 2016 to achieve the objective of Housing for all by the year 2022. The target is to construct 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022.
2) The poor not only get a home but also get upto 90 to 95 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
3) The cost of unit assistance in this scheme is shared between Central and State Governments in the ratio 50:50 in plain areas and 75: 25 for North Eastern and Himalayan States.

Options :

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

Q4. The Union Government has issued a certificate of GI registration for Saffron grown in the Kashmir Valley in a significant decision. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Wild saffron is botanically known as Crocus cartwrightianus. The commercially cultivated saffron is botanically called Crocus sativus.
2) For commercial saffron production the basic requirement is fertile soil. Climate is the second big factor. It demands a good photoperiod and a dry soil with light moisture.
3) In India cultivation of saffron is carried out only in Jammu & Kashmir.

Options :

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

Q5. Recently,which of the following countries announced the creation of a Jet Zero Council which will be dedicated to making net-zero carbon emission flights a reality, with the aim of achieving the goal within a generation ?

a) United States
b) United Kingdom
c) Brazil
d) China

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