Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 31 July 2020

Q1 The India-UN Development Partnership Fund is supporting various projects to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in areas of boosting national healthcare capacities, reducing risk of transmission, mitigating socio-economic impact and catalysing transformative recovery. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Established in 2017, the India-UN Development Partnership Fund is a dedicated facility within the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation. 
2) It is supported and led by the Government of India, managed by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, and implemented in collaboration with the World Bank.
3) Under the projects, support will be provided towards economic reactivation and transition of small businesses with self-employed workers and actors in the informal economy to a more sustainable model for the period of social distancing and beyond.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only 
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q2 Sugarcane growers in southern India are increasingly opting for harvesting machines as they fear the coronavirus crisis will prevent the migrant workforce from returning in time for the October harvest. 
Arrange the following Indian states in the increasing order of their sugarcane productions :

A) Odisha
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
Options :
a) ABCD
b) ADCB 
c) BDCA 
d) BCDA

Q3 Counterfeiting incidents have increased 24 per cent in the country in 2019 over the previous year, creating an over Rs 1-lakh-crore hole in the economy, according to a report. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Counterfeiting is a universal issue and is 3.3 per cent of global trade, according to the OECD data, impacting social and economic development across the world.
2) What is more alarming is that counterfeiting is not limited to high-end luxury items today, as common everyday items as fake cumin seeds, mustard cooking oil, ghee, hair oils, soaps, baby care vaccines and medicines are aplenty in the markets.
3) According to the report, Karnataka continues to be on top followed by Bihar, Rajasthan, and together these three states represent almost 45 per cent of all counterfeiting reported in the last two years.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all the above

Q4 Recently the Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre (CBTC) in coordination with National Bamboo Mission has decided to boost the Bamboo economy in the North Eastern Region. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Bamboo sector will be one of the important components of India’s Post-COVID economy and a vital pillar of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in the North Eastern Region.
2) The decisions of the Central Government to ban import of finished products and raising the import duty by 25 percent on raw bamboo items, will help the domestic bamboo industries including Agarbatti making in a big way.
3) However Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are the only states found suitable for Moso Bamboo cultivation widely used in Agarbatti industry.
Options :
a) 1 & 2 only
b) 2 & 3 only 
c) 1 & 3 only 
d) all the above

Q5 The “Subhash Chandra Bose AapdaPrabandhanPuraskar” is awarded for excellence in the field of which of the following sectors ?

a) Banking sector
b) Waste water management 
c) Disaster management 
d) Scientific discoveries in medicine

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