Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 September 2018

Q1. The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a Committee on Prison Reforms chaired by former apex court judge, Justice Amitava Roy, to examine the various problems plaguing prisons in the country.

Which of the following are the features of Draft National Policy on Prison Reforms and Correctional Administration :

1) Amending the constitution to include principles of prison management and treatment of undertrials under DPSP; and including prisons in concurrent list.
2) State shall endeavour to provide alternatives to prisons such as community service, forfeiture of property, payment of compensation to victims, public censure etc.
3) State will evolve proper mechanism to address issues of undertrials.

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of dance forms & their corresponding tates :

1) Bharatanatyam : Kerala
2) Kathakali :Tamilnadu
3) Sattriya : Assam
4) Kuchipudi :Andhra Pradesh

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 3 & 4 only
c) 2& 3 only
d) all of the above

Q3. India’s maiden interplanetary mission — the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) — has completed four years orbiting the red planet, according to ISRO.Which of the following statements regarding MOM are true ?

1) India is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
2) One of its objective is to study the constituents of Martian atmosphere including methane and CO2 using remote sensing techniques.
3) Lithium ion battery was used to generate electric power along with a liquid fuel engine for propulsion.

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

Q4. Consider the following statements:

1) An NBFI ( non- banking financial institution ) is not regulated by a national or international regulatory agency
2) They do not hold a valid banking license
3) These institutions are not allowed to take deposits from public.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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