Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 July 2020

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 03 July 2020

Q1. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in its latest report records a mere six outbreaks/disease alerts across the country. Which of the following statements regarding the project stands true ?

1) Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) was launched by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in 2004 for a period upto March 2010 to strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases.
2) It also aims to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs).
3) Under IDSP data is collected on epidemic prone diseases on monthly basis on two specified reporting formats, namely “S” (suspected cases) and “P” (presumptive cases) only.

Options :

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

Q2. Consider the following pairs of tribes & their corresponding inhabitingstates :

1) Koya :Tamilnadu
2) Sugalis : Andaman islands
3) Khasi : Meghalaya
4) Oraon : Bihar
5) Varli :Gujarat

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

Options:

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

Q3. With respect to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) which of the following statements stands true ?

1) The UNCAT is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the UN and was adopted in 1984 and aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.
2) India signed the UNCAT agreement in 1997 and ratified it in 2002.
3) The Committee against Torture (CAT) is a body of human rights experts that monitors implementation of the Convention by State parties and is one of eight UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.

Options :

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

Q4. Consider the following statements :

1) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has also become a major concern due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat animal diseases. The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) believes that the solution to this problem lies in alternative treatment strategies like pashuayurveda-based ECM and has started aggressively promoting it.
2) According to the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE), 60% of the human infectious diseases across the world are zoonotic and at least 75% of emerging infections in humans are of animal origin.
3) Cattle and buffaloes account for more than 75% of the livestock population in India, according to the latest census.

Which of the above statements stands true ?

Options :

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

Q5. The World Competitive Index  ( WCI )  which ranked India in 46th position was released recently by which of the following organisations?

a) World Trade Organisation 
b) The Institute of Management Development
c) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  (UNCTAD ) 
d) World Bank

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