Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (21 March 2022)

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

Date: 21 March 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding 'Project Elephant' :

1. It was launched in 1992 to provide financial and technical support to wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.
2. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).

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:

  • It was launched in 1992 to provide financial and technical support to wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.
  • It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).

Q2. Consider the following statements with respect to Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019:

1. The Bill seeks to provide for protection of personal data of individuals, and establishes a Data Protection Authority for the same.
2. It is based on the recommendation of Nachiket Mor Committee.
3. It has been passed by the parliament.

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

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation: In July 2017, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology set up a committee to study issues related to data protection, chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Justice B. N. Srikrishna.The committee submitted the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 in July 2018.

The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, on December 11, 2019. The Bill seeks to provide for protection of personal data of individuals, and establishes a Data Protection Authority for the same.

It has not been passed by the parliament.

Q3. Consider the following

1. India is not among the 13 nations that are observers in the Arctic Council.
2. The Arctic council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the region.

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: (A)

Explanation: India is among the 13 nations that are observers in the Arctic Council, which include France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, China, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. India has, so far, successfully conducted 13 expeditions to the Arctic. The council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the region.

Q4. Consider the following statements

1) Those under punitive detention has right to vote.
2) Those under preventive detention don’t have right to vote.

Which of the following are correct?

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) Neither

Answer: (D)

Explanation: Punitive Detainees don’t have right to vote whereas Preventive Detainees do have right to vote Under Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act and the Conduct of Election Rules, which specify that those in preventive detention are entitled to cast their votes by post.

Q5. Which of the following assertions related to Doctrine of Equal Pay for Equal Work is/are correct?

1. Provision of 'equal pay for equal work' envisaged under Article 39(d)
2. It is settled law that the right to equal pay for equal work is a constitutional enforceable right

Which of the following options given below are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above

Answer: (C)

Q6. Which of the following statements best describe the ‘Vishaka Guidelines’?

a) A comprehensive law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.
b) A comprehensive law regarding sexual violence in the Domestic Affair.
c) A comprehensive rules regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.
d) A comprehensive rules regarding Child Abuse.

Answer: (C)

Explanation: The lack of a framework, regarding sexual harassment faced by Indian women in their workplace, was recognised, and certain guidelines were passed by the Supreme Court that was in effect, until a comprehensive law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace was implemented. These guidelines were called the “Vishaka Guidelines” and included the definition of sexual harassment, disciplinary action for sexual harassment, and the formation of a complaints committee to investigate complaints of sexual harassment.

Q7. Consider the following statements:

1. The Plastic Waste Rules 2016, have introduced the concept of ‘minimum recycled content’.
2. There is also a provision for surplus EPR certificate offsets, roughly on the lines of carbon credits.

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: The 2022 rules have introduced the concept of ‘minimum recycled content’, which means producers of plastic will have to add a minimum quantity of recycled material in their product, increasing the recycled content over the years. There is also a provision for surplus EPR certificate offsets, roughly on the lines of carbon credits.