Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 28 April 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Canine Distemper Virus, consider the following statements:

1. Canine distemper is caused by the paramyxovirus virus.
2. It spreads through body fluids like infected urine, blood and saliva.
3. There is no known cure forCanine Distemper Virus.
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) Which of the following internationalorganisations, categorises the animal speciesand publishes the Red List of Threatened Species?

(a) Word Wide Fund for Nature
(b) UNEP
(c) CITES
(d) International Union for Conservation of Nature

Q.3) Which of the following may be theimplications of the destruction of forestcover?

1. Reduction in the oxygen
2. Loss of biodiversity
3. Lowering of water table

Select the correct answer using the code given below. 
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Discharge of which of the following intowaterbodies can cause Eutrophication?

1. Domestic Sewage
2. Industrial effluents
3. Agricultural fertilizers

Select the correct answer using the codegiven below.
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.5) With reference to regarding Raisina Dialogue, consider the following statements: 

1.It is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation.
2.It has emerged as India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics.
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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