Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (12 November 2022)

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

Date: 12 November 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

1. The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system.
2. The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN Security Council.
3. The Human Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2006.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. They are elected by the UN General Assembly. Hence statement 2 is not correct.
  • The Human Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2006. Thus statement 3 is correct.

Q2. Consider the following statements about Mangroves:

1. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water only.
2. Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

Which of the above statements is/are Not correct?

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water only. Hence statement 1 is correct.
  • Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures. Hence statement 2 is correct.

Q3. Multi-dimensional Poverty (MPI)uses three dimensions they are:-

1. Education
2. Health
3. Employment
4. Standard of Living

Select the correct code:

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • MPI uses three dimensions and ten indicators which are:
  • Education: Years of schooling and child enrollment (1/6 weightage each, total 2/6);
  • Health: Child mortality and nutrition (1/6 weightage each, total 2/6);
  • Standard of living: Electricity, flooring, drinking water, sanitation, cooking fuel and assets (1/18 weightage each, total 2/6).

Hence option D is Correct.

Q4. Consider the following benefits given to the ‘Institutes of Eminence’ selected under the Institute of Eminence Scheme:

1. The Institutions will have complete Administrative and Academic Autonomy.
2. They are provided with the freedom to recruit foreign faculty up to 50% of their total faculty.
3. They can take admissions of foreign students up to 30% of the total admitted students.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • Selected Institutions will have complete Administrative and Academic Autonomy. So, statement 1 is correct.
  • The institutes would be given the freedom to recruit faculty from outside India subject to the limit of 25% of their faculty strength. So, statement 2 is Not correct.
  • Institutes would be able to facilitate the admission of foreign students on merit to fill a maximum of 30% of the strength of admitted domestic students. So, statement 3 is correct.

Q5. Consider the following Statements regarding the “Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)”

1. SEWA was founded in 1972 by Gandhian and civil rights leader Ela Bhatt.
2. SEWA is a trade union that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers.
3. It is the largest organization of informal workers in the world.

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • SEWA was founded in 1972 by Gandhian and civil rights leader Ela Bhatt as a branch of the Textile Labour Association, a labour union founded by Gandhi in 1918. Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • It is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers. Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • It is the largest organization of informal workers in the world. Thus statement 3 is correct.