Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (02 November 2022)

Current Affairs MCQs Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams

Date: 02 November 2022

Q1. Consider the following Statements regarding the Udyam Portal.

1. It was launched by the MSME Ministry on 1st July, 2022.
2. No documents or proof are required to be uploaded for registering an MSME.
3. With Udyam number banks can categorise lendings to MSMEs as priority sector loans.

Select the correct Statement(s) using the code given below.

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • Udyam Registration Portal, a new portal for MSMEs registration was launched by the MSME Ministry on 1st July, 2020. Thus statement 1 is not correct.
  • No documents or proof are required to be uploaded for registering an MSME. Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • With Udyam number banks can categorise lendings to MSMEs as priority sector loans. Thus statement 3 is correct.

Q2. Major General SR Sinho Committee, sometimes seen in the news, is related to:

a) Modernization of defence forces
b) Economically weaker section reservation
c) Police reform
d) Improving the defence manufacturing ecosystem

Answer: (B)

Explanation: The EWS reservation was granted based on the recommendations of a commission headed by Major General (retd) S R Sinho. So, option (b) is the correct answer.

Q.3 Consider the following statements with respect to lightning strikes:

1. Objects on the ground become positively charged.
2. Lightning phenomenon can heat the surrounding air to temperatures hotter than the sun’s surface.
3. Urban areas are the most vulnerable due to lightning strikes.
4. The national policy deals with tackling lightning fatalities.

Which of the statements/s given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  1. Objects on the ground, like steeples, trees, and the Earth itself, become positively charged creating an imbalance that nature seeks to remedy by passing current between the two charges. Hence, the statement 1 is correct.
  2. Lightning phenomenon is extremely hot, its flash can heat the surrounding air to temperatures five times hotter than the sun’s surface. Hence, the statement 2 is correct.
  3. Rural and forest areas are the most vulnerable due to lighting because of the presence of water bodies and tall trees and almost 96 percent of deaths occurred in rural areas due to lightning compared to the urban area. Hence, the statement 3 is incorrect.
  4. There is no national-level policy to tackle lightning fatalities except for providing a lump-sum ex-gratia to the kin of the deceased person. Hence, the statement 4 is incorrect.

Q4. Which of the following cases is/are related to decriminalization of politics?

1. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) vs. Union of India in 2002.
2. Public Interest Foundation and Ors. vs Union of India 2014.
3. Rambabu Singh Thakur v Sunil Arora 2020.

Choose the correct option:

a) 1 and 2 Only
b) 2 and 3 Only
c) 1,2 and 3
d) 3 Only

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • Other Supreme Court Judgments to decriminalize politics
  • Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) vs. Union of India in 2002: Mandated the disclosure of information relating to criminal antecedents, educational qualification, and personal assets of a candidate contesting elections.
  • Public Interest Foundation and Ors. vs Union of India 2014: The Supreme Court directed that trials of sitting MPs and MLAs be completed within a year of charges being filed against them.
  • Rambabu Singh Thakur v Sunil Arora 2020: All candidates, both state and federal, to make their criminal records public if they wish to run for office.

Hence Options 1,2 and 3 are correct.

Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the Suspension bridges

1. India’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge, the Dobra-Chanti suspension bridge has been built over the Tehri lake.
2. The Golden Gate Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge in the US are examples of suspension bridges.

Choose the INCORRECT answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • India’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge — the 725-metre Dobra-Chanti suspension bridge built over the Tehri lake — was inaugurated in November 2020.Hence statement-1 is correct.
  • The Golden Gate Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge in the US are examples of suspension bridges. Hence statement-2 is also correct.