Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 5 September 2018

Q1. Which of the following regarding Clinical Establishments Act are true :

1) The Central government enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in 2010 with an aim to ensure the delivery of a minimum standard of services by clinical establishments across India.
2) Under this all types of clinical establishments that include hospitals, clincs, and diagnostic centres, with exception of those run by the armed forces, fall within the ambit of this Act.
3) Although health sector falls in concurrent list, states are not ready to give up their authority on framing laws.

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

Q2. Bay of Biscay is a bay lying between which of the following countries :

a) Spain & Portugal
b) Spain & France
c) France & Italy
d) Spain & Morocco

Q3. Which of the following are amongst the regulations issued by SEBI in order to enhance PMLA(prevention of money laundering act) 2005

1) According to the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014 (FPI Regulations), NRIs are not allowed to register as FPIs. They can only act as investment managers for other FPIs.
2)SEBI had asked FPIs to comply with KYC norms by December 31, 2018.
3) The SEBI guidelines require all market intermediaries to adhere to specified client dealing procedures and maintain records for regulatory or investigative references.

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

Q4. Consider the following statements about autophagy a phenomenon in microbiology recently in news :

1) Autophagy is the natural, regulated mechanism of the cell that disassembles unnecessary or dysfunctional components.
2) In disease, autophagy has been seen as an adaptive response to stress, which promotes survival, whereas in other cases it appears to promote cell death and morbidity.
3) Autophagy degrades damaged organelles, cell membranes and proteins, and the failure of autophagy is thought to be one of the main reasons for the accumulation of damaged cells and aging.

Which of the above statements are true ?

A) 1,2&3 only
B) 1 & 2 only
C) 2& 3only
D) None of the above