Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (08 April 2022)

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

Date: 08 April 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA):

1. NDSA is established to deal with problems relating to dam engineering and dam safety management.
2. NDSA assumes the role of State Dam Safety Organisation (SDSO) for a dam located in one State and owned by another.
3. Recently, the government gave the responsibility of Mullaperiyar Dam management to NDSA.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • NDSA is established to deal with problems relating to dam engineering and dam safety management.
  • NDSA assumes the role of State Dam Safety Organisation (SDSO) for a dam located in one State and owned by another.
  • The Central Water Commission (CWC)’s recent proposal to let the Mullaperiyar dam be managed by the existing Supervisory Committee continues for a year.
  • The proposed arrangement, presented before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, has become necessary as the CWC is of the view that the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA), the regulatory body envisaged under the recently enacted Dam Safety Act, will require one year to become fully functional.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding Agriculture.

1) It is enlisted in Concurrent list.
2) CACP (Commission for Agriculture Costs and Pricing) is responsible for approving the MSP (Market Support Price).

Which of the following are correct?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both
d) Neither

Answer: (D)

Explanation: Agriculture is part of the States list. CACP suggests MSP which is to be approved by CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs)

Q3. Which of the following statement best describes the “MeToo Movement” sometimes seen in news?

a) It is movement related to child trafficking.
b) It is movement related to Sexual harassment of women at workplace.
c) It is movement related to pornography content of children
d) It is movement related to abuse of third sex person.

Answer: (B)

Explanation: #MeToo is a social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment where people publicize allegations of sex crimes. The phrase "Me Too" was initially used in this context on social media in 2006, on Myspace, by sexual assault survivor and activist Tarana Burke.

Q4. Which of the following are the objectives of RBI Monetary Policy?

1. To Regulate Money Supply in the Economy
2. To Attain Price Stability
3. To Promote Exports and Substitute Imports.
4. To Promote Employment.

Choose the correct option:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1, 2 and 4only
c) 1, 2, and 3 only
d) All of these

Answer: (D)

Explanation: Role of Monetary Policy:

  • To Regulate Money Supply in the Economy.
  • To Attain Price Stability.
  • To promote Economic Growth.
  • To Promote saving and Investment.
  • To Control Business Cycles.
  • To Promote Exports and Substitute Imports.
  • To ensure more Credit for Priority Sector.
  • To Promote Employment.
  • To Develop Infrastructure.
  • To Regulate and Expand Banking.

Q5. Arrange the following commodities in order of increasing share in India’s Export

1. Petroleum Products
2. Marine Products
3. Gold and other Jewellery
4. Electric Machinery and Equipment

Choose correct option from the choices given below:

a. 1<2<3<4
b. 2<4<3<1
c. 2<3<4<1
d. 4<2<1<3

Answer: (B)

Explanation: As per Economic Survey 2021-22:

Q6. Renke commission is related to which of the following?

a) OBC Reservation
b) Panchayati raj institution
c) Women reservation
d) De-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • A National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (NCDNT) was constituted in 2006 by the then government.
  • It was headed by Balkrishna Sidram Renke and submitted its report in June 2008, in which it said, “It is an irony that these tribes somehow escaped the attention of our Constitution makers and thus got deprived of the Constitutional support unlike Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.”
  • The Renke commission estimated their population at around 10.74.

Q7. Match the following:

Fund Convention
1. Global Environmental Facility Kyoto protocol
2. Adaptation Fund (AF) Paris Agreement
3. Green Climate Fund Rio convention

Which of the Pairs is/ are correctly Match?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) All of these
d) None of these

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • Global Environmental Facility: Rio convention
  • Adaptation Fund (AF) : Kyoto protocol
  • Green Climate Fund : UNFCCC