Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 13 November 2021

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 13 November 2021

Q.1) With reference to the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, consider the following statements: 

1. It is NASA’s first planetary defence test mission.
2. The aim of the mission is to test the newly developed technology that would allow a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid and change its course.
3. The target of the spacecraft is a small moonlet called Dimorphos.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 only

Q.2) The government has allotted license for 5G testing in which among the following states

(a) Gujarat 

(b) Karnataka 

(c) Madhya Pradesh 

(d) Uttar Pradesh 

Q.3) With reference to the Flood Plain Zoning policy in India consider the following statements:

1. It is within state government’s ambit.
2. National Disaster Management Guidelines for floods includes regulation offloodplains and enforcement of Flood Plain Zoning policy.
3. Model Bill for Flood Plain Zoningprovides for surveys of floodplain area, notification of limits offloodplains, prohibition or restriction of the use of the floodplains etc.
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) Recently seen in news, a biennial training exercise named as EX- SHAKTI. It has been held between  

(a) India-France 

(b) India-Japan 

(c) India-Bangladesh 

(d) India-US

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding remote voting program: 

1.Remote voting allows electors to vote from locations other than polling stations assigned to their registered constituencies.
2.The poll panel will conduct the exercise to assess the deployment of remote voting machines in the future based on available data on the migrant population.    
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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