Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (22 December 2021)

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

Date: 22 December 2021

Q1. Consider the following statement about E-waste:

1. For the first time, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) was introduced in E-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011..
2. India is the second largest electronic waste generator in the world after China.
3. Deposit Refund Scheme has been introduced as an additional economic instrument by E-Waste Management Rules, 2016.

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

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

Answer: (D)

Q2. Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to the Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Promotion Development Authority (APEDA)?

1. It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
2. The Rice Export Promotion Forum (REPF) is set up under its aegis.
3. APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor import of sugar.

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)

Q3. Which of the following supply-side interventions can be taken to control Inflation:

1. Reducing excise duty, by the Union government.
2. Reducing VAT on diesel by the State governments.
3. Banning the imports of the food item.

Choose the correct Options from below:

a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. All of the above

Answer: (B)

Q4. With reference to bonded labour in India, consider the following statements:

1. The bonded labour, or debt bondage was abolished by an Act of Parliament in the year 1976.
2. Migrant labourers are still out the purview of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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

Answer: (A)

Q5. With reference to the Delimitation Commission of India, consider the following statements:

1. The Delimitation Commission in India is a high power body whose orders have the force of law and cannot be called in question before any court.
2. The first Delimitation Commission was constituted in the year 1952.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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

Answer: (C)

Q6. With reference to biodiversity and its conservation in India, consider the following statements:

1. With only 2.4 percent of the world's land area, India harbours 7-8 percent of all recorded species.
2. Being a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), India enacted the Biological Diversity Act in 2002.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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

Answer: (C)

Q7. Consider the following statement about Global Minimum Tax Rate:

1. Global Minimum Tax Rate is a uniform tax rate around the world.
2. The global minimum tax rate would apply to overseas profits of multinational firms with 75 million euros ($86.8 million) in sales globally.
3. Recently, all countries entered into an agreement to redistribute taxing rights and impose a global minimum corporate tax on large multinational corporations.

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

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

Answer: (D)