Current Affairs MCQs Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams
Date: 22 November 2022
Q1. Consider the following statements:
1. Agricultural education in India stands detached from the
other streams of higher education.
2. Agricultural University does not come under the purview of UGC.
3. Agricultural education and research come under the Concurrent List of the
seventh schedule of the Constitution of India.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
- The agricultural education stands detached from the other streams of higher education and attached to the occupied field of agriculture in List II.
- Hence, statement 1 is correct.
- Agricultural University does not come under the purview of UGC. Hence, statement 2 is also correct.
- Agricultural education and research come under Entry 14 of List II (State List) of the seventh schedule of the Constitution of India and therefore, it is an exclusive field occupied by the state.
Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.
Q2. Issues under which of the following statutes can be brought up before the National Green Tribunal?
1. The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
2. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
3. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
4. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Choose the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: (D)
Explanation: The NGT has the power to hear all civil cases relating to environmental issues and questions that are linked to the implementation of laws listed in Schedule I of the NGT Act. These include the following:
- The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974;
- The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977;
- The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980;
- The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981;
- The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986;
- The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991;
- The Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
This means that any violations pertaining only to these laws, or any order / decision taken by the Government under these laws can be challenged before the NGT. So, option (d) is correct.
Q3. Consider the following statements:
1. Non-refoulement principle forbids a country receiving
asylum seekers from returning them to a country in which they would be in likely
danger of persecution based on race, religion etc.
2. India has been a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention since its
inception.
3. India ratified Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW) in 1993.
Choose the CORRECT answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 2 and 3 only
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
- Non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law that forbids a country receiving asylum seekers from returning them to a country in which they would be in likely danger of persecution based on “race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion”.
- Hence statement-1 is correct.
- India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention.
- Hence, statement-2 is incorrect.
- India has also ratified key international conventions to end discrimination against women which include the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
- Hence, statement-3 is correct.
Q4. Consider the following statements regarding Santiago Network.
1. Santiago Network was established to connect developing
countries to providers of technical assistance, knowledge, and resources.
2. It was established in COP 27 of UNFCCC which was held in Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt.
3. In COP27, Parties agreed on the institutional arrangements to operationalise
the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 2 only
d) 1 and 2 only
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
- Santiago Network was established to connect developing countries to providers of technical assistance, knowledge, and resources. Thus statement 1 is correct.
- It was established in 2019. Hence statement 2 is not correct.
- In COP27, the Parties agreed on the institutional arrangements to operationalise the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage. Thus statement 3 is correct.
Q5. Which of the following is most likely a consequence of implementing the 'Unified Payments Interface (UPI)'? (UPSC 2017)
a) Mobile wallets will not be necessary for online payments.
b) Digital currency will totally replace the physical currency in about two
decades.
c) FDI inflows will drastically increase.
d) Direct transfer of subsidies to poor people will become very effective.
Answer: (A)
Explanation: UPI allows you to pay directly from your bank account to different merchants without the hassle of typing your card details or net banking/wallet password. Hence option A is correct.
