Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (28 May 2022)

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

Date: 28 May 2022

Q1. Consider the following statements about the National Achievement Survey (NAS):

1. The survey is done by the Ministry of Education.
2. It is a comprehensive evaluation survey of children’s learning competencies from class III to class VIII with a cycle period of five years.
3. The Survey is conducted in government schools in rural areas only.

Choose the correct statement:

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

Answer: (A)

Explanation: National Achievement Survey (NAS)

  • The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report which assesses the health of the school education system in the country by conducting a comprehensive evaluation survey of children’s learning competencies at classes III, V, VIII, and X with a cycle period of three years. Hence, the second statement is incorrect.
  • It reflects the overall assessment of the school education system. The last NAS was held in 2017.
  • The NAS 2021 was held on 12.11.2021 at all India level and covered (a) Government Schools (Central Government and State Government); (b) Government Aided Schools; and (c) Private Unaided Schools.
  • About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas have participated in NAS 2021. Hence, the third statement is also incorrect.

Q2. Consider the following statements:

1. Headline inflation refers to the change in the value of all goods in the basket.
2. Core inflation excludes food and fuel items from headline inflation.
3. Headline inflation is less volatile than core inflation.

Which of the above statement/s 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:

  1. Headline inflation refers to the change in the value of all goods in the basket.
  2. Core inflation excludes food and fuel items from headline inflation.
  3. Since the prices of fuel and food items tend to fluctuate and create ‘noise’ in inflation computation, core inflation is less volatile than headline inflation. Hence, the third statement is incorrect.

Q3. Consider the following statements:

1. Model prison manual has a provision that wages provided to the workers should not be nominal rather, they should be fair and reasonable.
2. Supreme Court has held that a prisoners are deprived of all the fundamental rights unless otherwise permitted by the constitution.

Which of the above statements are correct?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both of the above
d) None of the above

Answer: (A)

Explanation: Supreme Court in State of Andhra Pradesh v. Challa Ramkrishna Reddy has held that a prisoners are entitled to all the fundamental rights unless curtailed by the constitution.

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY):

1. It is a completely cashless and paperless scheme.
2. There is no cap on family size, age, or gender.
3. It is being implemented in all States and UTs.

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:

  • AB-PMJAY provides health assurance of up to Rs.5 Lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitalizations.
  • AB-PMJAY is a completely cashless and paperless scheme.
  • The benefits under AB-PMJAY are portable across the country.
  • There is no cap on family size, age, or gender.
  • The beneficiary families under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) have been identified from the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 based on select deprivation and occupational criteria across rural and urban areas.
  • AB-PMJAY is being implemented in all States and UTs barring West Bengal, NCT of Delhi, and Odisha.

Q5. Consider the following statements:

1. Universal Basic Income is a radical and compelling paradigm shift in thinking about both social justice and a productive economy.
2. The idea of UBI in India was first featured in the Economic Survey 2020-21.

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

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither of these

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Universal Basic Income is a radical and compelling paradigm shift in thinking about both social justice and a productive economy.
  • The idea of universal basic income, or a single unconditional income that reduces government efforts to ensure last-mile delivery of individual social security schemes, first featured in the Economic Survey 2016-17.