Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 23 August 2021

Q.1) Match the following pairs:

Geo Tourism Site         Location 
1. Loktak Lake               Manipur
2. Majuli                         Assam 
3. Mawmluh Cave         Sikkim 
4.Mawblei                      Meghalaya
Which of the following pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 4 only

Q.2) Recently seen in news Prime Global Cities Index, it has been published by

(a) Knight Frank

(b) Savills 

(c) Strutt and Parker

(d) CBRE Group 

Q.3) With reference to the Small Business Loans Initiative consider the following statements:

1. It has been launched by Google. 
2. It is open to groups registered across 200 towns and cities of India.
3. The programme will additionally allow small groups to follow for loans besides collateral via a speedy online application.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 only

Q.4) Bosphorus Strait is located in 

(a) Syria 

(b) Greece 

(c) Turkey 

(d) Bolivia 

Q.5) With reference to the Sunil Sethi Committee, consider the following statements:

1.It aims for doubling the production and quadrupling the exports of handlooms in a span of three years.
2.It will also suggest ways for partnering and collaboration of handloom weavers agencies with the designers, buying houses and institutions, organizations and exporters.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2 

(c) 1 only

(d) 2 only

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