Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (08 December 2021)

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

Date: 08 December 2021

Q1. Consider the following statements about Anti-dumping Duty:

1. These are imposed by Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) under the Ministry of Commerce.
2. These are trade import duties imposed to neutralize the negative effects of subsidies.
3. These duties are imposed under the provisions of WTO rules.

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

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

Answer: (C)

Q2. Consider the following with respect to Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA):

1. It is applicable in all the bordering states of India.
2. It was enacted in 1948, just after independence.
3. It gives armed forces the power to maintain public order in “disturbed areas”.

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

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

Answer: (C)

Q3. With reference to the fifth generation Russian stealth fighter, Sukhoi `Checkmate’, consider the following statements:

1. Supercomputer technologies are being used extensively on the Checkmate project.
2. It is capable of supersonic flight uninterrupted and can share data with other fighters in the air.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Answer: (B)

Q4. With reference to installation of roof top solar systems in India, consider the following statements?

1. The subsidy amount is provided to the vendors by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy through the DISCOMs.
2. To get subsidy the consumers should install rooftop solar plants only from the empanelled vendors of the DISCOMs following due process of approval by DISCOMs.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Answer: (A)

Q5. With reference to civil society in India, consider the following statements:

1. There is a constitutional guarantee of their protection which also extends to right of registration of a civil society.
2. India has no dedicated law which deals with all aspects of their registration, funding, functions and domain is divided between different ministries.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Answer: (D)

Q6. Consider the following statements, with respect to Kasturirangan Committee Report:

1. Report proposed 67٪ area of Western Ghats to be designated as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA).
2. The report recommended a blanket ban on mining, quarrying, red category industries and thermal power projects.
3. Recently, Karnataka implemented the recommendations of the report.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (A)