Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 28 July 2018


Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 28 July 2018


Q1. Which of the following statements regarding recently passed anti trafficking bill are true ?

1) The Bill lays down a stringent punishment of 10 years to life imprisonment for aggravated forms of trafficking, which include buying or selling of persons for the purpose of bonded labour, bearing a child, as well as those where chemical substances or hormones are administered, and a survivor acquires life-threatening illnesses such as AIDS.
2) The Bill proposes establishing a National Anti-Trafficking Bureau (NATB) for coordinating, monitoring and surveillance of trafficking cases.
3) It prescribes forfeiture of property used or likely to be used for the commission of an offence.

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3only
C) 3 only
D) All the above

Q2. The buckinghamcanal ,part of national water way 4 (NW-4) is under consideration of revival by the central government is on the coastal stretch of which of the following states ?

A) Tamilnadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka

Q3. Which of the following statements regarding schemes rolled out under Atal Innovation Mission are true ?

1) Atal mission will provide capacity buidling for setting Atal tinkering labs across India, which will help startups expand quicker and enable innovation-entrepreneurship, in core sectors such as manufacturing, transport, energy, education, agriculture, water and sanitation, etc.
2)setting up of Atal incubation centres, where students can design and make small prototypes to solve challenges they see around them, using rapid prototyping technologies that have emerged in recent years.

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both are true
D) None of the above

Q4. Which of the following are the main functions of National tiger conservation authority :

1) Ensure critical support including scientific, information technology and legal support for better implementation of the tiger conservation plan.
2) Provide for management focus and measures for addressing conflicts of men and wild animals.
3) Regulation and standardization of tourism activities.

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3only
C) 3 only
D) All the above

Q5. Which of the following pairs of planets & their natural satellites are correctly matched ?

1) Mars: Phobos
2) Venus: Deimas
3) Saturn: Titan

A) 1 & 2 only
B) 2 & 3only
C) 1&3 only
D) All the above

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Answer:

1 (D), 2 (B), 3 (D), 4 (D), 5 (C)