Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 27 March 2021

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Tigray region:

1. The Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine regions (kililat) of Ethiopia.
2. Tigray is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama peoples.
3. Tigray is bordered by Sudanto the north,Eritrea to the west.

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) 2 only

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding Novel bacterial strains:

1. It contains genes that fix nitrogen, dissolve phosphate and assimilate potassium.
2.It belonging to the family Methylobacteriaceae.

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

Q.3) Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020 awarded to

(a) Babasaheb Purandare
(b) Dr. Anil Kakodkar
(c) Asha Bhosle
(d) Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding Cape of Good Hope:

1. It is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
2. It is the southern tip of Africa.
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

Q.5) With reference to the Innovators GrowthPlatform, consider the following statements:

1.It is aimed providing technology-oriented start-ups or companies with early-stage investors a listing opportunity with a much more relaxed framework.
2.IGP as a platform has the promise to increase capital availability significantly and has the added advantage of enabling exits for early-stage investors.

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

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