UPSC 2019: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Aug 10 - Aug 16

Who among the following were the two highest gods in the Vedic religion?

1. Indra
2. Varuna
3. Agni
4. Brahma
5. Mitra

Boghazkoi is important because

Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order:

1. Nandas
2. Sisunagas
3. Mauryas
4. Haryankas

Which of the following are sites of Mesolithic Period?

1. Langhnaj in Gujarat
2. Bhimbetka and Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh
3. Bagor in Rajasthan

Which of the following is/are correct about Jain philosophy?

1. The principle of Ahimsa is derived from Jain Philosophy.
2. Jains did not believe in the cycle of birth and death based on Karma.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha?

1.  It aimed at the restoration of Zorastrian religion to its pristine purity.
2. ‘Rast Goftar’, a newspaper, was used by the organization to spread the message of reform.
3. Removal of the purdah system was one of the aims of the organization.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Indian National Congress?

1. The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by Surendranath Bannerjee.
2. One of its aims was to develop and propagate an anti-colonial nationalist ideology.

Which Act introduced elections for the first time in British India?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Pitt’s India Act 1784?

1. This act established the British Crown’s authority in civil and military administration of its Indian territories.
2. This act gave the British government direct control over Indian administration.

The book ‘The Indian Struggle’ covers the Indian independence movement from 1920 to 1942. The book was banned by the British government. Who authored it?

The difference between Terrestrial and Jovian planets can be attributed to which of the following conditions:

1. The solar wind was most intense nearer the sun; so, it blew off lots of gas and dust from the terrestrial planets.
2. The terrestrial planets are smaller and their lower gravity could not hold the escaping gases.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The latest Epoch on the geological time scale is the Anthropocene Epoch which began at the time of the Trinity Test in 1945.
2. Domestic chicken bones form important evidence for the Anthropocene.

Which of the following support the Continental Drift Theory?

1. Geographical similarity along both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean
2. Presence of mountains on the Eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean
3. Distribution of glossopteris flora across continents
4. Carboniferous glaciation of Brazil, Falkland, South Africa, Peninsular India and Antarctica
5. Mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean

Which of the following is/are correct about Zealandia?

1. It is a submerged continent.
2. Bruce Luyendyk first came up with the name to describe New Zealand, New Caledonia, and submerged pieces of crust that broke off the Gondwana supercontinent and separated from Australia 60 to 85 million years ago.

Which of the following is/are correct about Duars?

1. They are flood plains formed in the Eastern Himalayan region.
2. They are made up of loose sediments brought down by Himalayan rivers and deposited each season.
3. They are features of Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas.

Which of the following is/are correct about Green Good Deeds?

1. It is a campaign launched by the Environment Ministry to sensitise people and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming.
2. The BRICS Ministerial on Environment has agreed to include “Green Good Deeds” in its official agenda.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Rama Chiluka or rose-ringed parakeet is the newly announced state bird of Andhra Pradesh.
2. The state animal of Andhra Pradesh is the Blackbuck.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Gadgil Committee Report?

1.  It proposed that the entire Western Ghats area be designated as ecologically sensitive area (ESA).
2. It defined the boundaries of the Western Ghats for the purposes of ecological management.

Where is the Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve situated?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Chilika Lake?

1. It is the largest coastal lagoon in India.
2. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory waterfowl found anywhere on the Indian subcontinent.
3. It is India’s first ‘Ramsar Site’.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan?

1. The campaign was initiated as part of the Forest Interventions in Ganga (FIG) component of Namami Gange Programme.
2. It was organised in five main Ganga basin states namely, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

What is SAFAR?

Which state government launched the Green Mahanadi Mission?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana?

1. It was announced in 2003 with objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and
   also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.
2. There are two components to the scheme namely, setting up of new AIIMS and upgradation of government medical colleges.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan?

1. It is an umbrella scheme aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce.
2. It comprises of three sub-schemes which are: Price Support Scheme; Price Deficiency Payment Scheme; and Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme.

The Jan Shikshan Sansthans were transferred from the Ministry of Human Resources Development to which Ministry in 2018?

Which is the implementing agency of the GOI’s Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) scheme?

Which of the following is not a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Mahila Police Volunteers?

1. The Mahila Police Volunteers will act as a link between police and community and help women in distress.
2. Maharashtra is the first state to adopt the initiative.

Which of the following schemes provides partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child?

CAATSA is a US federal law. It imposed sanctions on which of the below-mentioned countries?

1. Iran
2. North Korea
3. Russia
4. Sudan

Apart from the USA, India has “2 + 2” dialogue with which other country?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Rohingyas?

1. They are an ethnic group in Myanmar and is not granted full citizenship by the government of Myanmar.
2. Ethnically they are much closer to Indo-Aryan people of India and Bangladesh than to the Sino-Tibetans of Myanmar.

The Kaladan Project is between India and

Four Border Haats are operational along the Indo-Bangladesh border. The trade at border haats is permitted to be carried out in Indian
Rupees/Bangladesh Taka and on a barter basis. Which of the following commodities are not permitted in these haats?

Which of the following is/are correct about Missile ‘Prahar’?

1. It is a surface-to-surface tactical missile.
2. It is a quick-reaction, all-weather and all-terrain battlefield support tactical weapon system.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Soyuz Spacecraft?

1. It is a Russian spacecraft.
2. It transports crews to the International Space Station and returns them to Earth after their missions.

Which of the following is/are correct about Roadeo?

1. It is a proposed robot which would move around city roads, functioning as a quasi-traffic policeman and cautioning commuters about traffic rules and offences.
2. It is an initiative of the traffic police authorities of Pune.

Which of the following is/are correct about the SpiNNaker?

1. It is the world’s largest supercomputer designed to work in the same way as the human brain.
2. It was designed and built by the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

The hyperloop is a transportation system where a pod-like vehicle is propelled through a near-vacuum tube connecting cities at speeds matching that of an aircraft. Which Indian state government has signed an MoU with California-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) to develop India’s first
Hyperloop route?

The Governing Council of NITI Aayog comprises which of the following?

1. Prime Minister
2. Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories with Legislatures
3. Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
4. Four Union Ministers as ex-officio members
5. Ten Union Ministers as Special Invitees

Options:

Which of the following states have Legislative Councils in India?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Karnataka
4. Kerala

Which of the following is/are correct about the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha?

1. It is a permanent Standing Committee.
2. It examines every complaint relating to unethical conduct of a member referred to it.

Which of the following is/are correct statements?

1. The Rajya Sabha does not have a procedure for moving of an adjournment motion, censure motion or no-confidence motion against the Government.
2. There is no mention of a no-confidence motion in the Constitution.

Who is the first level of scrutiny of a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha?

Which of the following is/are correct statements?

1. A legal entity means an entity which acts like a natural person but only through a designated person, whose acts are processed within the ambit of the law.
2. The Animal Kingdom has been declared a legal entity by the Uttarakhand High Court.

Which of the following is/are guidelines for getting the Special Category Status for states?

1. Must be economically backward with poor infrastructure
2. Must be located in hilly and challenging terrain
3. Should have low population density and significant tribal population
4. Should be strategically situated along the borders of neighboring countries

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The Special Category Status was first accorded to Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland and Assam in 1969.
2. The last state to receive the Special Category Status was Uttarakhand.

In which of the following states is the Dwijing Festival celebrated?

Which of the following is a festival to mark the annual menstruation of the goddess at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati?