Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 08 April 2019

Q1. Which of the following statements with respect to the 15th finance commission are true ?

1) This is the first FC after the abolition of the Planning Commission as well as after the elimination of Plan and non-plan expenditure.
2) The Commission’s Terms of Reference requires it to recommend performance-based incentives to states. Some of the items in this indicative list are efforts on GST, population control, increasing capital expenditure, implementation of flagship programs, etc.
3) One of the Terms of Reference made to this Finance Commission is to review the current level of debt of the Union and the States and recommend a fiscal consolidation roadmap for sound fiscal management.

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

Q2. Which of the following statements describing relationship between microorganisms and human immunity are true ?

1) The body produces several antimicrobial substances that kill or stop microbes from growing. For example the enzymes in tears and saliva break down bacteria.
2) The stomach produces acid which destroys many of the microbes that enter the body in food and drink.
3) Urine as it flows through the urinary system flushes microbes out of the bladder and urethra.

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

Q3 .Consider the following statements regarding development of languages in India :

1) Ours is a multilingual country where more than 19,500 languages or dialects are spoken. However, almost 97 per cent of the population speaks one of the 22 scheduled languages.
2) The modern Indian languages do not have ancient roots and have been derived in some way from the classical indigenous languages.
3) The classical languages provide the window to our past, to the civilizational values of yesteryears, to the knowledge and wisdom of our ancient thinkers, scientists, poets, sages, doctors, philosophers and rulers.

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. Which of the following statements with respect to La Nina are true ?

1) La Niña is a natural event characterized by abnormal hot ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.
2) A number of tropical cyclones, drought, and wetter conditions are correlated with La Niña events.
3) Just like an El Niño event, La Niña is tied to increased chances of extensive changes in global weather.

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

Q5. A 12 member Indian Army patrol along with a police representative recovered wreckage of a World War II vintage US Air Force aircraft in Roing district in India recently.The region had seldom been ventured by anyone in the past and is even obscured from air due to thick foliage.

The region belongs to which of the following states in India ?
a) Jammu & Kashmir
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Sikkim

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ANSWER:

1(d), 2(d), 3(c), 4(c), 5(b)