UPSC 2019: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Apr 13 - Apr 19

Which of the following statements regarding Udayagiri Caves is/are correct?

1. They house rock-cut temples.
2. They were built under the patronage of Gupta rulers.
3. The site is associated with Hinduism and Buddhism.

Which of the following statements regarding Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is/are correct?

1. He published the journal Tehzeeb-ul-Ikhlaq.
2. He was the founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.
3. He was a member of the Muslim League in its initial days.

Which of the following about the Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy is/are correct?

1. The commission set up to inquire about the massacre was called the Hunter Commission.
2. Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood to the British government in protest against this massacre.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Quit India Movement?

1. The Failure of the Cripps Mission was one of the reasons for the launching of the movement.
2. Aruna Asif Ali played a major role in the second phase of the movement.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Bakhshali Manuscript?

1. It is an ancient Indian mathematical text, which was found in 1881 at Bakhshali in present-day Pakistan.
2. It contains the earliest known Indian use of a zero symbol.
3. It is written in Pali.

Which of the following regarding the Kesaria Stupa is/are correct?

1. The Stupa dates back to the Gupta period (200 AD – 750 AD).
2. The ASI has declared it a protected monument of national importance.

The First Battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and which of the following ruler of the Lodhi dynasty?

Which of the following statements regarding Akbar’s relation with Rajputs is/are correct?

1. Akbar married the Rajput princess, the daughter of Raja Bharamal which was considered as a turning point in the history of Mughals.
2. The Rajput policy of Akbar proved to be beneficial to the Mughal state as well as to the Rajputs.

The resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy were passed in which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress?

Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

Arrange the following rivers according to water availability:

1. Ganga
2. Brahmaputra
3. Godavari
4. Narmada
5. Mahanadi
6. Cauvery

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Which of the following are tributaries to River Godavari?

1. Penganga
2. Wainganga
3. Indravati
4. Koyna

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This type of soil is generally clayey, deep and impermeable. It swells and becomes sticky when wet and shrink when dried. So, during the dry season, this soil develops wide cracks. This description fits which of the following?

Arrange the following geographical features from North to South:

1. Malwa Plateau
2. Aravali mountains
3. Mahadeo hills
4. Satpura range
5. Vindhyas range

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Which of the following statements regarding seismic waves is/are correct?

1. All seismic waves are mechanical waves and require medium to propagate.
2. Their behavior change with the change in medium.

Which of the following statements regarding the layered structure of the earth is/are correct?

1. Inner Core is the densest layer of the earth’s interior.
2. Continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust.

Which of the following statements regarding the gravitation force of the earth is/are correct?

1. Gravitation force is not the same at different latitudes on the surface.
2. Gravitational force is greater near the poles and less at the equator.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The exclusive right for declaring certain areas as ‘Wildlife Sanctuaries’ lies with the state govt. while the exclusive right for the declaration of ‘National Parks’ lies with the central govt.
2. National parks can be created for the protection of a particular species while Wildlife sanctuaries are not primarily focused on a particular species.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Lines of equal pressure on a map are known as isobars.
2. Widely spaced isobars indicate a high-pressure gradient and high wind speeds.
3. The pressure gradient force acts parallel to the isobars.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Absolute humidity is an amount of water vapour, usually discussed per unit volume.
2. Relative humidity is the ratio of the water vapour to dry air in a particular mass, and is sometimes referred to as humidity ratio.

With reference to the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

1. Originally, the Constitution provided for seven fundamental rights.
2. There is a single Constitution for all the states of the Indian Union.
3. Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985.
4. The 44th Amendment Act (1976) is also known as the ‘mini-constitution’.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following independent bodies are provided by the Indian Constitution?

1. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
2. State Public Service Commission
3. National Human Rights Commission
4. Election Commission

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With reference to the Preamble of the Constitution, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It is a source of power to legislature.
2. Its provisions are enforceable in the court of law.

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Which of the following is/are correct?

1. In the Berubari Union case, the Supreme Court opined that the Preamble is not a part of the constitution.
2. The Preamble has been amended only once so far.
3. The term ‘fraternity’ was added to the constitution by the 42nd Amendment Act.

Article 3 of the Indian Constitution deals with which of the following?

1. Increasing the area of any state
2. Altering the name of a state
3. Establishing new states

With reference to the Fazl Ali Commission consider the following statements:

1. It accepted language as the basis of reorganization of states.
2. It accepted the theory of one language-one state.
3. It was silent on the abolition of the four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

Which of the following regarding the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) is/are correct?

1. It aims to overhaul the quality of technical education in the Low Income States and Special Category States (SCS) in India.
2. The government has decided to employ graduates from premier colleges like ‘ITS, NITS, etc to teach in engineering colleges in backward districts for a period of 3 years as a part of TEQIP Phase 3.

Which of the following regarding the Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan is/are correct?

1. It was launched with an aim to aid, assist and advice farmers to improve their farming techniques and raise their income.
2. It is under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Mission Sathyanishtha?

1. It aims at sensitizing all railway employees about the need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain high standards of integrity at work.
2. It is the first programme on ethics and governance by any government organisation in India.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the cVIGIL Mobile Application?

1. “cVIGIL” is a user-friendly and easy to operate Android application to report the violations of Model Code of Conduct during the elections.
2. With the help of this app, the citizens can quickly report on incidents of misconduct within a few minutes of having witnessed them.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the GROWTH India telescope?

1. It is India’s first robotic telescope.
2. It is a 70cm telescope and the primary objective of the project is the time domain astronomy.
3. It began its operation at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) in Hanule in Ladakh.

India has set up three research stations in the Antarctic under the environmental protocol of the Antarctic Treaty (1959). What are they called?

1. Dakshin Gangotri
2. Bharati
3. Maitri
4. Prithvee
5. Akash Ganga

What is the name of the high altitude research station in the Himalayas recently set up by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research called?

What is LOHAFEX?

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. A carbon price is introduced for reducing global-warming emissions.

2. Emissions trading systems and Carbon taxes are two main types of carbon pricing.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. One Belt and One Road initiative by China is to revive the ancient Silk Road and Maritime Silk Roads (MSR).
2. India will counter China’s regional power ambitions through a Cotton Route and project Mausam.

India conducts the Exercise Malabar with which of the following countries?

Which of the following organizations and their headquarters is incorrect?

How do you distinguish between Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dances?

1. Dancers occasionally speaking dialogues is found in Kuchipudi dance but not in Bharatanatyam.
2. Dancing on the brass plate by keeping the feet on its edges is a feature of Bharatanatyam but Kuchipudi dance does not have such a form of movements.

Which of the following regarding the Aranyakas is/are correct?

1. The Aranyakas or the treatises of the forest have their origin in the philosophical discussions of the Brahmanas.
2. They represent the transitional phase between the ritualistic symbolism of the Brahmanas and the philosophical doctrines of the Upanishads.

Which of the following regarding the Gandhara School of Art is/are correct?

1. It imbibed all kinds of foreign influences like Persian, Greek, Roman, Saka and Kushan.
2. Its most important contribution is the evolution of beautiful images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, which were executed in black stone.
3. Its typical features are rich carving, elaborate ornamentation and complex symbolism.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding Mughal paintings?

1. Mughal paintings were a unique blend of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles.
2. One of the first productions of that school of miniature painting was the Hamzanama series.
3. While Aurangzeb was a great patron of paintings, Akbar had no interest in paintings.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Tala in Indian music?

1. Tala is a rhythmic arrangement of beats in a cyclic manner.
2. According to ancient texts, there are a hundred and eight talas.

Which of the following constitute non-tax revenue receipts?

1.  Loan repayments received on loans extended by the central government.
2. Grants-in-aid from foreign nations.
3. Dividends on investments made by the government.

Which of the following regarding primary deficit is/are correct?

1. It is the balance remaining when net interest liabilities are removed from the revenue deficit.
2. The net interest liabilities include private borrowing from overseas as well.

Which of the following statements regarding recommendations of FRBM Review Committee is/are correct?

1. Tax to GDP ratio should be the primary target for fiscal policy.
2. Creation of a Fiscal Council to recommend changes to fiscal strategy.

A rapid increase in the rate of inflation is sometimes attributed to the “base effect”. What is “base effect”?

Which of the following statements referring to Gross National Product is/are correct?

1. GNP is the national income according to which IMF ranks the nations of the world in terms of volumes at PPP.
2. GNP is divided by the population to get per capita income.
3. GNP excludes the private remittances from abroad.

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Mangdechhu hydropower project, recently seen in the news is to be set up in which country?