Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 20 July 2019

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 20 July 2019

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding the newly passed Protection of Human Rights(Amendment) Bill stands true ?

1) The Bill amends the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The Act provides for a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), State Human Rights Commissions (SHRC), as well as Human Rights Courts.
2) The Act states that the chairperson and members of the NHRC and SHRC will hold office for six years or till the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier.
3) The Bill provides that the central government may confer on a SHRC human rights functions being discharged by Union Territories.

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

Q2. Which of the following animals/plant species are the latest additions to the IUCN red list of threatened species ?

1) Rhino Rays
2) African elm
3) Bush meat frog
4) Palissander
5) Pondicherry dugong

a) 1,2 & 3 only
b) 1,3 & 4 only
c) 3,4 & 5 only
d) all the above

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding TRQ (tariff rate quotas) :

1) A TRQ is a mechanism that allows a set quantity of specific products to be imported at a low or zero rate of duty.
2) Tariff rate quotas can work as deal-makers in global trade talks, by balancing the interests of local producers and consumers.
3) TRQs protect foreign producers from having to face competition from large quantities of exports.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding the Indian renewable energy sector stands true ?

1) The Indian renewable energy sector is the fourth most attractive renewable energy market in the world and India ranked 5th in installed renewable energy capacity.
2) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set an ambitious target to set up renewable energy capacities to the tune of 175 GW by 2020 of which about 100 GW is planned for solar, 60 for wind and other for hydro, bio among other.
3) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has decided to provide custom and excise duty benefits to the solar rooftop sector, which in turn will lower the cost of setting up as well as generate power, thus boosting growth.

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

Q5. Floods are a necessary evil in this park, which comprises a mix of wetlands, grasslands and forests. Every monsoon, the neighbouring Brahmaputra inundates the region primarily serving to flush out the aquatic plants and weeds that choke its ecosystem.The man-made highlands in this park have turned into islands of relative safety for the park’s animals as large parts of the state remain inundated by flood waters.
The above description refers to which of the following national parks of India ?

a) Penna national park
b) Bandavgarh national park
c) Kaziranga national park
d) Namdapha national park

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Answer:

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