Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 31 August 2018

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding National Mission on GeM (Government e-Market place) :

1) The aim of the National Mission is to promote inclusiveness, transparency and efficiency in public procurement and achieve cashless, contactless and paperless transaction.
2) The GeM has completed two years and as on 26th of August 2018, and all the states have made public procurement mandatory through GeM.
3) The GeM platform provides online, end to end solution for procurement of commonly used goods and services for all Central Government Departments and State Governments.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q2 The KAKADU exercise is a military exercise between India & another country,Indian naval ship INS sahyadri has entered the country for participating in the exercise.The name KAKADU has been derived from the name of the national park in that country.The country illustrated above refers to :

A) South Africa
B) Australia
C) Russia
D) Maldives

Q3. Which of the statements regarding recently launched Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART) technology are not true :

1) The services rendered under the O-SMART will provide economic benefits to a number of user communities in the coastal and ocean sectors, namely, fisheries, offshore industry, coastal states, Defence, Shipping, Ports etc.
2) The technologies being developed under this Scheme will help in harnessing the vast living resources of the ocean from the seas around India.
3) It will also help to achieve one of the crucial UN sustainable development goals.(Goal-14).

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 3 only
D) All are false

Q4. The North KoelReservoir project is being expedited in Jharkhand,The Union Cabinet had in August 2017, approved the proposal for completing the balance works of the North-Koel reservoir project.Northkoel river is a tributary of which of the following rivers ?

A) Chambal
B) Betwa
C) Narmada
D) Sone

Q5.

1) As per Fourth Advance Estimates for 2017-18, total Foodgrain production in the country is estimated at 284.83 million tonnes which is higher by 9.72 million tonnes than the previous record production of foodgrains.
2) Total Pulses production during 2017-18 is estimated at 25.23 million tonnes which is lower than the previous year’s production by 2.10m tonnes.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

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Answer:

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