Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (23 July 2022)

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

Date: 23 July 2022

Q1. Under the MTP Amendment Act, 2021 which of the following categories of women shall be considered eligible for termination of pregnancy for a period of up to twenty-four weeks?

1. Survivors of sexual assault
2. Mentally ill women
3. Women with physical disabilities

Choose the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • Section 3B of Rules prescribed under the MTP Act reads: “The following categories of women shall be considered eligible for termination of pregnancy under clause (b) of subsection (2) Section 3 of the Act, for a period of up to twenty-four weeks, namely:
  1. survivors of sexual assault or rape or incest;
  2. minors;
  3. change of marital status during the ongoing pregnancy (widowhood and divorce);
  4. women with physical disabilities [major disability as per criteria laid down under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
  5. mentally ill women including mental retardation;
  6. the foetal malformation that has a substantial risk of being incompatible with life or if the child is born it may suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped; and
  7. women with pregnancy in humanitarian settings or disaster or emergency situations as may be declared by the Government.”

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding Banking Sector in India:

1. Banks in India are regulated by the Finance Minister.
2. SBI was privatized during the prime ministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi.
3. Reserve Bank of India was set up under RBI Act 1934.

Options:

a. Only 3
b. Only 1 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. None

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Reserve Bank of India was established by RBI Act 1934 on the recommendation of Hilton Young Commission. It regulates the Banking Sector in India under Banking Regulation Act 1949.
  • State Bank of India was privatized in 1955 under the prime ministership of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. Other PSBs were privatized later in 1969 by prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Q3. Consider the following statements

1) CGWB is a statutory body.
2) CGWA has launched NAQUIM.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 & 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • CGWA is a statutory body, under Environment Protection Act, 1986.
  • CGWB has launched NAQUIM (National Aquifer Mapping and Management program).

Q4. Which one of the following factor(s) is/are behind the climate change?

1. Volcanic eruptions
2. Changes in the orbit of the Earth
3. Shifts in the Earth's crust
4. Greenhouse gases

Choose the correct option:

a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 2 and 4 only
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
d) All of these

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

Climate change is due to two reasons:

  • Natural factors:
  • Natural influences on the climate include
  • Volcanic eruptions,
  • Changes in the orbit of the Earth
  • Shifts in the Earth's crust (known as plate tectonics).
  • Human factors:
  • Humans cause climate change by releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air.
  • Cause of greenhouse gases
  • Burning fossil fuel.
  • Deforestation.
  • Agriculture.
  • Cement.

Q5. Focusing Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH), an inter-agency framework, is developed by:

1. UNESCO
2. UNICEF
3. WHO
4. World Bank
5. OECD

Choose the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2, 3, and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 only

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

  • FRESH is an acronym for Focusing Resources on Effective School Health, an inter-agency framework developed by UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank launched at the Dakar Education Forum, 2000, which incorporates the experience and expertise of these and other agencies and organisations.
  • It is a worldwide program for improving the health of schoolchildren and youth.