Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (03 April 2023)

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

Date: 03 April 2023

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding Biomass co-firing:

1. Biomass Co-firing is the simultaneous combustion of biomass fuels along with coal in power plants.
2. SAMARTH is a national mission focused on promoting Biomass co-firing in thermal power plants.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • Biomass co-firing is the practice of substituting a part of the fuel with biomass at coal thermal plants. Thus, statement 1 is correct.
  • Ministry of Power launched the National Mission on the Use of Biomass in Thermal Power Plants (SAMARTH Mission) provides for co-firing of biomass waste in Thermal Power Plants. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

1. It is driven by the movement of denser water towards the sea floor, helps deliver heat, carbon, oxygen and vital nutrients around the globe.
2. By absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere, it serves as a carbon sink.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a major ocean current system that transports warm surface waters from the tropics toward the northern Atlantic and colder deep waters that are part of the thermohaline circulation, southward.
  • It is driven by the movement of denser water towards the sea floor, helps deliver heat, carbon, oxygen and vital nutrients around the globe.
  • Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • By absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere, it serves as a carbon sink.
  • Hence statement 2 is also correct.

Q3. Consider the following statements with respect to Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) Programme:

1. It is a series of technology demonstration missions that has been conceived by NASA as a first step towards realizing a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle.
2. Under this programme, a total of three RLV-TD flights are planned.
3. The Hypersonic Flight Experiment was the first test flight in the RLV-TD development programme.

Select the incorrect option-

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Reusable Launch Vehicle–Technology Demonstration Programme is a series of technology demonstration missions that has been conceived by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a first step towards realizing a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle.
  • Therefore, statement 1 is NOT correct.
  • Under this programme, a total of four RLV-TD flights are planned by ISRO:
  • HEX (Hypersonic Flight Experiment)
  • LEX (Landing Experiment)
  • REX (Return Flight Experiment)
  • SPEX (Scramjet Propulsion Experiment)
  • So statement 2 is also NOT correct.
  • The Hypersonic Flight Experiment was the first test flight in the RLV-TD development program.
  • Thus statement 3 is correct.

Q4. Which of the following is NOT a type of jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

1. Contentious jurisdiction
2. Advisory jurisdiction
3. Criminal jurisdiction
4. All of the above are types of jurisdiction of the ICJ

Choose the correct option

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • The International Court of Justice acts as a world court. The Court’s jurisdiction is twofold: it decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious cases). (Hence statement 1 is correct)
  • It also gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs of the United Nations, specialized agencies or one related organization authorized to make such a request (advisory jurisdiction). (Hence statement 2 is correct) Solution. The correct option is (C).

Q5. Consider the following statements:

1. As per the Constitution of India, the state has to make provisions for providing health and nutrition to the citizens.
2. The right to health is considered an integral part of the Right to Life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution.

Which of the above statements is/are Not Correct?

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • The right to health is not explicitly mentioned as a fundamental right, Art 47 provides for it as part of Directive Principles. Hence Statement 1 is correct.
  • The right to health is considered an integral part of the Right to Life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution. Statement 2 is correct.