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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 21 January 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Pacific Ring of Fire, consider the following statements:

1. It is home to about 75 per cent of the world’s volcanoes.
2. In this area tectonic plates move towards each other creating subduction zones.
3. Also, about 90 per cent of the world’s earthquakes occur here.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) What is the total length of border shared between Assam and Meghalaya?

(a) 765 Km
(b) 925 Km
(c) 725 Km
(d) 885 Km

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding Digital payments index:

1. The index launched by National Payment Corporation of India.
2. The index will be published on a semi-annual basis with a lag of four months.
3. The index comprises five broad parameters.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Recently, India has signed Industrial R&D & Technological Innovation Fund with

(a) Israel
(b) UAE
(c) France
(d) Italy

Q.5) Match the following pairs regarding antimicrobial resistance program:

Program name: Launched year
1.National Programme 2012
2.AMR Surveillance network 2013
3. Red line campaign on Antibiotics 2016
4. National Action Plan on AMR 2017
Which of the pair/(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) All the above

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 21 January 2022