Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (13 January 2022)

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

Date: 13 January 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements about the Human Development Index:

1. It is issued every year by the World Bank.
2. It is calculated as a geometric mean of Health, Education & Standard of Living Indicators.
3. Recently, the World Bank proposed planetary pressure-adjusted Human Development Index (HDI).

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 only
D. 2 and 3 only

Answer: (C)

Q2. Consider the following statements:

1. Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) is the usage and licensing fee that telecom operators are charged by the Department of Telecommunications.
2. As part of reform, government has excluded non-telecom revenues from the definition of AGR retrospectively.

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

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (A)

Q3. Consider the following statement about government initiative to boost innovation:

1. Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an initiative of NITI Aayog to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions in India.
2. MHRD has launched an initiative ‘YUKTI 2.0’ to help systematically assimilate technologies having commercial potential and information related to incubated start-ups in higher education institutions.

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: (B)

Explanation: Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an initiative of Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties.

Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched an initiative ‘YUKTI 2.0’ to help systematically assimilate technologies having commercial potential and information related to incubated startups in higher education institutions

Q4. Consider the following statement about Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana:

1. The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana / Package is a comprehensive relief package for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.
2. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana includes only financial support for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.
3. Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance.

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

A. 1 and 3only
B. 2 and 3only
C. 1 and 2only
D. None of these

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana / Package is a comprehensive relief package for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.
  • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana includes both financial support and other support like food security for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus.
  • Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance.

Q5. Consider the following statements about the menace of dowry in India:

1. As per Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 “dowry” is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for a marriage.
2. Marriage and Divorce as subject falls under the State List in the Schedule 7 of the Constitution.
3 The Dowry Prohibition Bill became the first instance when joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament was held.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 only
D. 2 and 3 only

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961:

  • This legislation prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of a dowry, “as consideration for the marriage”.
  • Here “dowry” is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for a marriage.
  • Gifts given without a precondition are not considered dowry and are legal.
  • Marriage and Divorce as subject falls under the Concurrent List in the Schedule 7 of the Constitution.
  • The Bill was not passed in the Rajya Sabha hence the President had to call joint sitting under Art 108 of the Constitution. It was the first use of this provision ,the other two being Banking Commission Repeal Bill ,1978 and POTA , 2002 .

Q6. Consider the following statements with reference to Carbonate Compensation Depth (CCD):

1. It is the depth at which the rate of carbonate accumulation equals the rate of carbonate dissolution
2. Ocean acidification can cause the CCD to rise vertically in the water column.
3. Global warming has no impact on CCD.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 2 and 3 only

Answer: (B)

Q7. Consider the following statement about Demographic dividend:

1. Currently India has the second largest Demographic dividend in the World after China.
2. If the fertility decline is rapid, the share of the young population falls and that of the older, dependent population rises.

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: (B)

Explanation:

  • Currently India has the largest Demographic dividend in the World.
  • If the fertility decline is rapid, the share of the young population falls and that of the older, dependent population rises.