Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 8 September 2018

Q1 India & France signed an agreement on ‘Mobilise Your City’programme,which of the following  features of the agreement are true :

1) Mobilise Your City (MYC) is part of an international initiative which is supported by the French and the German Governments and was launched at COP23) Bonn summit in 2017.
2) The MYC aims at supporting urban cities in India in their efforts to reduce their Green House Gas (GHG) emissions related to urban transport by implementing urban mobility plans.

a) 1 only 
b) 2 only 
c) Both 1 & 2 
d) None of the baove

Q2 “SLINEX 2018” refers to which of the following :

a) International linen expo held at abudhabi.
b) Name of international conference of geriatric orthopaedic conference 
c) India-Srilanka bilateral naval exercise to be held in September 2018
d) Supercomputer developed by U.S to with a benchmark speed of 225petaflops.

Q3 Which of the following statements regarding “Swachhta Hi Seva campaign” are true :

1) The campaign is being coordinated by Union Ministry of Housing  and Urban development, convening Ministry for the Swachh Bharat Mission.
2) Its objective is to mobilise people and reinforce janaandolan (mass movement) for sanitation to contribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a Clean India.
3) The main agenda of the campaign will be to reach out to the poor and marginalised and provide them with sustainable sanitation services.
Options :
a) 1 & 2only
b) 2 & 3only
c) 1 & 3only
d) all the above

Q4 Which of the following features relating to sedimentary basins are not true :

1) Sedimentary basins occur in diverse geological settings usually associated with plate tectonic activity.
2) They form only in divergent & transform settings and not in convergent settings
3) Sedimentary basins are the location for almost all of the world's hydrocarbon reserves.
Options :
a) 1 only 
b) 1 & 2only 
c) 2 only 
d) 2 & 3only

Q5 Which of the following persons is the chairman of the NIIF ( National Investment & Infrastructure Fund) governing council in India.

a) Finance minister
b) RBI governor
c) Cabinet secretary
d) NITI Aayog CEO

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Answer:

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