Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (22 March 2022)

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

Date: 22 March 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF):

1. Subhash Palekar developed it during the 1990s in Maharashtra’s drought-prone Vidarbha region.
2. According to the “zero budget” concept, farmers won’t have to spend any money on fertilisers and other agricultural inputs.
3. The “four pillars ” of ZBNF are ‘Jiwamrita’, ‘Bijamrita’, ‘Mulching’ and ‘Waaphasa’.

Select the correct answer 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:

  • Subhash Palekar developed it during the 1990s in Maharashtra’s drought-prone Vidarbha region.
  • According to the “zero budget” concept, farmers won’t have to spend any money on fertilisers and other agricultural inputs.
  • The “four pillars ” of ZBNF are ‘Jiwamrita’, ‘Bijamrita’, ‘Mulching’ and ‘Waaphasa’.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding Road Safety 2.0 programme:

1. It is launched by World Bank.
2. It is limited to introduce technology into engineering domain of road safety.
3. It calls for dropping punishment-based system and introduces incentivise for drivers to drive safely.

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

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation: In December 2021, the WEF along with partners like the HumSafer Driver Safety Foundation, 3M and Keltron (a Kerala state government enterprise in collaboration with Niti Aayog), and the Union road transport ministry initiated a pilot under the Road Safety 2.0 programme.

  • Road Safety 2.0 aims to introduce technology into the “4Es” of road safety education, engineering, enforcement and emergency care, each of which has been ignored for decades.
  • Dropping the punishment-based system, this new approach seeks to incentivise truck drivers to drive safely.

Q3. Consider the following

1. The headquarter of (International court of justice)ICJ is located at The Hague.
2. The provisional measures indicated by the ICJ are non-binding in nature.

Which of the above statement is/are correct?

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • The headquarter of (International court of justice)ICJ is located at The Hague.
  • The provisional measures indicated by the ICJ are binding, and non-compliance certainly entails the breach of an international legal obligation. However, the ICJ does not have the means or mechanism to secure the enforcement of the judgment itself.

Q4. Consider the following statements:

1. Prices of Scheduled Drugs are allowed an increase each year by the Pharma companies in line with the WPI.
2. All medicines under the National List of Essential Medicines are under price regulation.

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:

  • Prices of Scheduled Drugs are allowed an increase each year by the drug regulator, not pharma companies , in line with the WPI and the annual change is controlled and rarely crosses 5%. But the pharmaceutical players pointed out that over the past few years, input costs have flared up.
  • “The hike has been a long-standing demand by the pharma industry lobby. All medicines under the NLEM are under price regulation. As per the Drugs (Prices) Control Order 2013, scheduled drugs, about 15% of the pharma market, are allowed an increase by the government as per the WPI while the rest 85% are allowed an automatic increase of 10% every year.

Q5. Which of the following is/are the benefits of Land resource management?

1. E-procurement
2. Social Security
3. Transparency of land ownership

Choose the correct option:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of these

Answer: (D)

Explanation: Benefit of Land resource management:

  • E-procurement
  • Social Security
  • Transparency of land ownership.

Q6. Consider the following statements

1) Digilocker mission comes under Ministry Of Education
2) Digi Locker was launched under Skill India.

Which of the following is/are correct?

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both
D) None

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • The Digilocker mission comes under the Ministry Of Electronics And IT.
  • Digi Locker was launched under Digital India mission

Q7. Consider the following statements:

1. The highest criminal court of the district is the Court of District and Sessions Judge.
2. The District Judges are appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Court.
3. A person to be eligible for appointment as a District Judge should be an advocate or a pleader of seven years’ standing or more, or an officer in judicial service of the Union or the State.
4. When the Sessions Judge awards a death sentence, it must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Answer: (D)