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

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

Date: 11 May 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements with respect to DAY-NRLM:

1. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in June 2011 as a restructured version of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna.
2. Under the scheme, at least one woman member from each identified rural poor household is to be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) network.

Choose the correct option:

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

Answer: (C)

Explanation: Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana

  • Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India in June 2011 as a restructured version of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna.
  • The Mission aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms for the rural poor enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services.
  • At least one woman member from each identified rural poor household is to be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) network in a time-bound manner.
  • Hence, both statements are correct.

Q2. Where have the representatives of the G-7 recently met to discuss the issue of food security in Europe due to the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war?

A) UK
B) France
C) Italy
D) Germany

Answer: (D)

Q3. Consider the following statements about AIM PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship):

1. AIM-PRIME has been launched by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Ministry of Science and Technology.
2. It aims to promote and support science-based start-ups & ventures across India.

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

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither of these

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), by NITI Aayog has launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship).
  • It aims to promote and support science-based start-ups & ventures across India. AIM has partnered with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to launch this program.

Q4. Which of the following organisations releases the “Quarterly Employment Survey”?

a) National Sample Survey Office
b) Labour Bureau
c) Central Statistical Office
d) National Statistical Office

Answer: (B)

Explanation: The QES, collated by the labour bureau, assesses the employment situation in organisations with 10 or more workers in nine sectors of India's non-farm economy: manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, education, health, accommodation and restaurants, IT/BPO, and financial services.

Q5. Consider the following sentences:

1. Sedition law was originally drafted in 1837 by Thomas Macaulay.
2. A person charged under sedition law can’t apply for a government job.
3. Mahatma Gandhi described it as the “prince among the penal sections”.
4. Supreme Court,in Kedar Nath Singh v State of Bihar,1962 held sedition law as unconstitutional.

Which of the above statements are correct?

a. 1,2 AND 4 ONLY
b. 1,2 AND 3 ONLY
c. 1,3 AND 4 ONLY
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Answer: (B)

Explanation: Supreme Court in Kedar Nath Singh v State of Bihar has held sedition law constitutional.