Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 26 September 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Marburg virus, consider the following statements:

1. It is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever.
2. Rousettus fruit-bats are considered the natural hosts for Marburg virus.
3. There is no approved antiviral treatment or vaccine for MVD as of now.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Bonalu festival is mostly celebrated in

(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Telangana

Q.3) With reference to regarding Presidential Election system in India, consider the following statements:

1. The President is elected by an electoral college consisting of MPs of both Houses of Parliament and MLAs of the states and Delhi and Puducherry.
2. The election is held as per the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
3. Nominated members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and the Assemblies, and members of state Legislative Councils, are not part of the Electoral College.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only

Q.4) _______ develops new technology to produce green hydrogen

(a) IISc Bangalore
(b) IIT Madras
(c) IIT Bombay
(d) NIT Durgapur

Q.5) Consider the following statements with regarding to NABARD:

1.It is the central regulating body for agriculture financing and rural section.
2. It was established in 1982 under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only