Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 September 2019

Q1. Indian doctors have advised patients to avoid over-the-counter (OTC) use of popular antacid ranitidine. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The drug ranitidine is approved for multiple indications in the country and available in various formulations including tablets, injections, etc.
2) Common side effects include headaches and pain or burning if given by injection. Serious side effects may include liver problems, a slow heart rate, pneumonia, and the potential of masking stomach cancer.
3) DPCO released by the central government is the only way to act against over use of pharmaceutical drugs in India.

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of space missions and their respective countries :

1) Apollo : Russia
2) Mercury Redstone  : United states
3) Sputnik : China
4) Ariel 1 : U.K
5) Alouette : France

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

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

Q3. Health and Family Welfare Minister has launched 'TB HAREGA DESH JEETEGA' campaign in New Delhi today. Consider the following statements regarding the same:

1) One-third of the people in the world have TB bacteria, and 10 per cent of them can become a victim of TB at any time.
2) Recently Malawi became the first African country to develop vaccine against Tb.
3) India’s new TB campaign aims to improve and expand the reach of TB care services across the country, by 2022.
Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q4. Amid the hammering of share prices due to loan defaults and subsequent actions by lenders against borrower companies, which of the following includes the measures taken by market regulators to deal with defaults and stressed assets?

1) All listed companies have been asked to promptly disclose to the exchanges all “material developments” relating to the defaults, including about inter-creditor agreements.
2) The RBI had issued certain directions to lenders, including banks and systematically important NBFCs, as part of its Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets Directions, 2019.
3) SEBI has also come out with new norms that make it mandatory for companies to provide details on delayed loan repayments and possible defaults to credit rating agencies.

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

Q5. Recently a commemorative stamp was issued by the UN on the occasion of Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Along with that a Gandhi solar park was inaugurated at the headquarters of which of the following organisations ?

a) WTO
b) WHO
c) United Nations
d) UNEP

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Answer :

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