Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (10 December 2022)

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

Date: 10 December 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements:

1. An elephant is placed in schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act.
2. It can be owned legally by means of inheritance or gift.
3. Protection of wild animals and birds is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Constitution.

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

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) All of the above

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • An elephant is the only animal in WLPA’s Schedule-I that can still be owned legally by means of inheritance or gift.
  • Protection of wild animals and birds is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Constitution.

Hence, all the statements are correct.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding the G20.

1. Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union including India.
2. G20 members represent more than 80 percent of world GDP, 75 percent of international trade and 60 percent of the world population.
3. It was founded for the reconstruction of European nations devastated by World War II.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • The G20 is a strategic multilateral platform connecting the world’s major developed and emerging economies. It comprises 19 countries and the EU. Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • G20 members represent more than 80 percent of world GDP, 75 percent of international trade and 60 percent of the world population. Hence statement 2 is also correct.
  • IBRD (not G20) was founded in 1944 for the reconstruction of European nations devastated by World War II. Thus statement 3 is not correct.

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the National Water Development Agency:

1. It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
2. It prepares feasibility reports for intra-state river links that states propose.

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:

  • It was set up in July 1982 as an autonomous society under the Societies Registration act 1860 under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. So, statement 1 is correct.
  • It prepares Pre–Feasibility Reports (PFRs)/Feasibility Reports (FRs)/DPRs of the Intra-State links as may be proposed by the States. So, statement 2 is correct.

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

1. It is an international forum headquartered at Paris and its members are countries committed to democracy and the market economy.
2. India is among the 38 members of the OECD.
3. OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is a 31 member group which works to promote development co-operation and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
4. Currently, DAC countries are mandated to make available an equivalent of 0.7% of their respective GDPs for global development assistance.

Choose the CORRECT answer using the codes given below:

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • OECD is an international forum and its members are countries committed to democracy and the market economy.
  • It is headquartered at Paris, France (Statement-1 correct)
  • OECD has 38 member countries.
  • India is not a member of OECD but one of those non-member economies with which the OECD has working relationships in addition to its member countries. (Statement-2 is incorrect)
  • The OECD development assistance committee currently comprises 31 member states and is the marker of being among the world’s most developed.
  • OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is a 31 member group which works to promote development co-operation and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (Statement-3 is correct)
  • As per OECD mandates these members by virtue of being wealthy, must make their resources available for the economic development of the rest of the world.
  • Currently, these countries are required to make available an equivalent of 0.7% of their respective GDPs for global development assistance. (Statement-4 is correct)

Q5. Consider the following Statements regarding the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

1. Due diligence must be followed by intermediaries, including social media intermediaries.
2. Significant Social Media Intermediary should appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer who shall be a resident of India.
3. The Rules have been framed in the exercise of powers under section 87 (2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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 only

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • Due diligence must be followed by intermediaries, including social media intermediaries. Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • Significant Social Media Intermediary should appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer who shall be a resident of India. Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • The Rules have been framed in the exercise of powers under section 87 (2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Thus statement 3 is correct.