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

Date: 21 February 2022

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Q1. Which of the following statements is correct about Soil Health Card?

1. Soil health card provides information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil
2. Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme was launched by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in 2015.

Choose the correct option:

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

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Q2. Consider the following statements regarding agriculture flagships schemes and their budgetary allocation for fiscal year 2022-23:

1. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), a flagship programme to provide enhanced Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 50% above the cost of production to farmers, has received an allocation of just ₹1 crore.
2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a flagship rural employment programme, which has been instrumental in reducing distress, has received lower allocation — by about ₹25,000 crore (25%decrease) from RE 2021-22 of ₹98,000 crore.

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

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Q3. Consider the following statements:

1. More than 10 percent of the excess heat trapped in the Earth system due to human-caused global warming has been absorbed by the oceans.
2. Marine Heat Waves are disastrous for corals and marine ecosystem.

Which of the following are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both are correct
D. None of the above

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Q4. Consider the following statements:

1. India is signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol but does not have a national refugee protection framework.
2. Recently government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha proposing the enactment of a Refugee and Asylum law.

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

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both1 and 2
d) None of these

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Q5. Consider the following statements:

1. India is self-dependent in production of food grains and pulses.
2. Almost half of the edible oil we consume is imported.
3. In FY’22 India is expected to produce more than 300 million tonnes of food grains.

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

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

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Q6. Arrange the following Islands in the north to south direction:

1. Spratly Islands
2. Paracel Islands
3. Natuna Islands
4. Senkaku Island

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 4-2-3-1
(B) 4-2-1-3
(C) 2-1-4-3
(D) 2-1-3-4

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Q7. Consider the following statements:

1. SEBI is the monetary market regulator in India.
2. National Stock Exchange is the regulator of Securities market.
3. Uday Kotak committee was instituted by SEBI in 2017.

Which of the statements given above is/are Correct?

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) None of the Above

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