Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (26 April 2023)

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

Date: 26 April 2023

Q1. Which article of the Indian Constitution imposes a duty on the Union to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution?

a) Article 352
b) Article 355
c) Article 356
d) Article 360

Answer: (B)

Explanation: Article 355 of the Indian Constitution imposes a duty on the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

1. It is a Eurasian political, economic, and security organization that is headquartered in Beijing, China.
2. The Samarkand declaration was adopted by the council of heads of government of the SCO.
3. Recently Iraq became the 9th member of SCO.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Beijing, China is the headquarter of SCO.
  • Thus statement 1 is correct.
  • The Samarkand declaration was adopted by the council of heads of government of the SCO.
  • Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • Recently Iran became the 9th member of SCO during the annual summit of 2021 held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
  • Thus statement 3 is NOT correct.

Q3. Consider the following statement about the National Framework for Malaria Elimination.

1. One of the aims of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India is to eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by 2027.
2. One of the important objectives is to interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria throughout the entire country, including all 10 high transmission States and Union Territories (Category 3) by 2027.

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

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

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

National Framework for Malaria Elimination

  • The aims of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India 2016-2030 are:
  1. To eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by 2030. (Hence statement 1 is incorrect.)
  2. Maintain malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and prevent re-introduction of malaria.

Objectives:

  • Eliminate malaria from all 26 States including 15 low (Category 1) and 11 moderate (Category 2) transmission States/Union Territories (UTs) by 2022;
  • Reduce the incidence of malaria to less than 1 case per 1000 population per year in all States and UTs and their districts by 2024;
  • Interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria throughout the entire country, including all 10 high transmission States and Union Territories (Category 3) by 2027. (Hence statement 2 is correct.)
  • Prevent the re-establishment of local transmission of malaria in areas where it has been eliminated and maintain national malaria-free status by 2030 and beyond.

As only the 2nd statement is correct, the correct option is (b).

Q4. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following judgements?

1. Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India
2. Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain
3. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
4. S. R. Bommai v. Union of India

Choose the correct option:

a) 1-2-3-4
b) 2-3-1-4
c) 2-3-4-1
d) 1-2-4-3

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975)
  • Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)
  • Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (1980)
  • S. R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994).

Hence the correct option (b) is correct.