Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 30 September 2019

Q1. The Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and UNICEF was published recently.

Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) The National Family Health Survey (NFHS), however, collects anthropometric data to measure prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight and household dietary intake to measure deficiencies.
2) According to the study, nearly 10% of children in the age group of 5-9 years and adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years are pre-diabetic, 5% are overweight and another 5% suffer from blood pressure.
3) It is the first study undertaken to measure malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies through biochemical measures such as blood and urine samples.

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

Q2. Central government has decided to de incentivise pre 2005 diesel emissions recently. Which of the following include the main components of diesel emission vehicles ?

1) Carbon monoxide
2) Butane
3) Nitrogen oxide
4) Hydrocarbons
5) Methane

a) 1,2& 3 only
b) 3,4 & 5 only
c) 1,3 & 4 only
d) all of the above

Q3. Consider the following statements :

1) Exploiting the principles of quantum mechanics, Quantum computers they can easily tackle computational problems that may be tough for the classical computer as the size of the numbers and number of inputs involved grows bigger.
2) Quantum computers do not look like desktops or laptops that we associate the word ‘computer’ with, Instead they resemble the air-conditioned server rooms of many offices or the stacks of central processing unit.
3) However quantum computers process information in ‘bits’ or 1s and 0s, following classical physics processing ‘1’ or a ‘0’ at a time, similar to conventional computers.

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. The Centre may seek an interim dividend of about ₹30,000 crore from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) towards the end of the financial year to meet its fiscal deficit target.

Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Government finances have come under pressure due to moderation in revenue collection and a slew of measures are being taken to lift growth from a six-year low of 5% in the first quarter of the current fiscal.
2) Apart from the RBI dividend, there are other means of bridging any shortfall, including mop up from disinvestment and higher utilisation of National Small Saving Fund (NSSF).
3) It is for the first time that the government has taken the route of seeking interim dividend from the RBI to balance its account.

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

Q5. “Kounotori8” which became the world’s largest transport spaceship sent to the International space station (ISS) was launched by which of the following countries recently?

a) India
b) U.S
c) Japan
d) China

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Answer :

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