Daily Current Affairs MCQ Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams (08 October 2020)

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

Date: 08 October 2020

Q1. Consider the following statement and choose the correct one-

A. India had ratified the Stockholm Convention on January 13, 2006 as per Article 25(4).
B. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) had notified the 'Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Rules, on March 5, 2018 under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Option-

1. A only
2. B only
3. A and B
4. None of the above

Q2. Consider the following statement and choose the correct one-

A. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.
B. It was formed in 1955 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories with the Defence Science Organisation.

Option-

1. A only
2. B only
3. A and B
4. None of the above

Q3. Nobel prize in Chemistry 2020 has been given to which development-

a. CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors"
b. Lithium-ion Battery
c. Directed evolution of enzyme
d. Phage display of peptides and anti-bodies

Q4. Which of these pairs are correctly matched ?

1. Minamata convention : Mercury
2. Stockholm convention : Persistant organic pollutants
3. Basel convention : Lead

Select the correct answer

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

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Question 1: (3)

Explanation : Not required.

Question 2: (1)

Explanation : It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Indian Ordnance Factories with the Defence Science Organisation.

Question 3: (A)

Explanation : Not required.

Question 4: (A)

Explanation :

  • The Basel Convention is for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. It was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). It does not, however, address the movement of radioactive waste.
  • The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
  • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).