Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (11 March 2022)

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

Date: 11 March 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements about Supercomputer:

1. The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) envisages installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising more than 1000 high-performance computing facilities.
2. PARAM Shivay, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, was installed in IIT (BHU)

Select the correct statements:

A. 1only
B. 2 only
C. Both are correct
D. Both are incorrect

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • The National Supercomputing Mission NSM, envisages empowering national academic and R&D institutions spread over the country by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising more than 70 high-performance computing facilities.
  • PARAM Shivay, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, was installed in IIT (BHU), followed by PARAM Shakti, PARAM Brahma, PARAM Yukti, PARAM Sanganak at IIT-Kharagpur IISER, Pune, JNCASR, Bengaluru and IIT Kanpur respectively.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding IndEA 2.0

1. It stands for International Distributed Ecosystem Architecture
2. It is a framework that enables Governments and private sector enterprises to design IT architectures.
3. It is based on WEB 2.0

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

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

Answer: (B)

Explanation: InDEA 2.0 or India Digital Ecosystem Architecture 2.0 is a framework that enables Governments and private sector enterprises to design IT architectures that can span beyond their organizational boundaries and enable delivery of holistic and integrated services to the customers.

While it doesn’t explicitly name Web 3.0, the IndEA 2.0 report seems to have embraced the principle of decentralization that is the biggest promise of the Web 3.0 approach.

Q3. Consider the following statements.

1. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) denotes total of employed and unemployed as a percentage of the population.
2. In 2021, India has marginally improved its rank in the Global Gender Gap Index , released by WEF.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

a) 1 0nly
b) 2 Only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is correct

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • LFPR denotes total of employed and unemployed as a percentage of the population.
  • The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. The Global Gender Gap Index is an index designed to measure gender equality.
  • In 2021, India fell 28 places in the Global Gender Gap Index and ranked 140 among 156 countries. During this time, the gender gap widened by 3 per cent due to declining participation of women in the labour force.
  • The index is designed to "measure gender-based gaps in access to resources and opportunities in countries rather than the actual level of the available resources and opportunities in those countries." It is not necessarily true that highly developed countries should have higher scores.

Q4. Consider the following statements about Farming-as- a-Service:

1. FaaS promises to supercharge sustainable food production to solve global food scarcity problems.
2. The FaaS models bring all the parties, i.e., the farmers, the farm equipment manufacturers, the cooperative, and the government, onto a single platform.

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

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of these

Answer: (C)

Explanation :

  • FaaS promises to supercharge sustainable food production to solve global food scarcity problems.
  • The FaaS models bring all the parties, i.e., the farmers, the farm equipment manufacturers, the cooperative, and the government, onto a single platform.

Q5. Consider the following statements regarding 'Feminization of Agriculture' :

1. As per Census 2011, out of total female main workers, 55 per cent were agricultural labourers and 24 per cent were cultivators.
2. Only 12.8 per cent of the operational holdings were owned by women, and there is concentration of operational holdings by women in the marginal and small holdings categories.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • As per Census 2011, out of total female main workers, 55 per cent were agricultural labourers and 24 per cent were cultivators.
  • Only 12.8 per cent of the operational holdings were owned by women, and there is concentration of operational holdings (25.7 per cent) by women in the marginal and small holdings categories.

Q6. With which of the following Million Metric British Thermal Units (MMBtu) is related?

A) Natural Gas
B) Oil
C) UK’s Pound
D) Nuclear Energy

Answer: (A)

Q7. Consider the following statements about National Education Policy 2020

1) It is the 1st education policy to be framed in last 30 years
2) It talks about holistic education system through Holistic Progress Cards

Which of the following are correct?

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) None

Answer: (C)

Explanation:
  • The previous education policy was released in 1986.
  • HPCs will ensure holistic assessment of competencies.