Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (23 December 2021)

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

Date: 23 December 2021

Q1. Consider the following statements with respect to LEADS Index:

1. It ranks states on their Ease of Doing Business.
2. It is released by NITI Aayog.
3. It was first released in 2018.

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

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

Answer: (C)

Q2. Consider the following statements, with respect National Clean Air Programme(NCAP):

1. It is a national framework for air quality management with a time-bound reduction target.
2. It covers 102 non-attainment cities.
3. It seeks to cut the concentration of both coarse and fine particles by at least 20% in the next five years.
4. It use 2015 is the base year for the reduction target.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (C)

Q3. With reference to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, consider the following statements:

1. At the time of enactment, the law was not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.
2. Parents of bride and groom have been kept out of the purview of this law.

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)

Q4. With reference to the poverty estimation, consider the following statements:

1. The 'International Poverty Line' is currently set at $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.
2. Before the Tendulkar Committee’s recommendation, India’s poverty line was Rs 12 for rural areas and Rs 17 for urban areas.

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)

Q5. With reference to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB), consider the following statements:

1. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) is caused by an organism that is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin, the two most potent TB drugs.
2. One of the ways to prevent getting MDR TB is to avoid exposure to known MDR TB patients in closed or crowded places such as hospitals, prisons, or homeless shelters.

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. Consider the following statement about money supply:

1. M1 is also known as High-Powered Money.
2. Increase in interest rate lead to decrease in the amount of cash in circulation.

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: (D)

Q7. Consider the following statement about MSME:

1. It is the second largest employment generating sector after agriculture.
2. KVIC is the statutory body under ministry of textile.
3. Currently, MSMEs contributing nearly 10% of overall India's exports,

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

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

Answer: (A)