UPSC Exam: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Aug 11 - Aug 17

Which of the following statements regarding the impeachment of the President of India is/are correct?

1. The charge for violation of the Constitution shall be preferred by Lok Sabha only.
2. Till now no president has been impeached.

Which of the following regarding the office of the whip in India is/are correct?

1. Every political party has its own whip.
2. The office of the whip is mentioned in the Indian Constitution.

Which of the following is not correct regarding the executive powers of the President?

Which one of the following has the power to regulate the right of citizenship in India?

Which of the following statements regarding the Vice President of India is/are correct?

1. In the absence of the Lok Sabha Speaker, the VP presides over a joint sitting of both both the houses.
2. The VP can be removed from the Chairmanship of the Rajya Sabha while in office.

Who set up the Independence for India League?

Which of the following groups have participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

1. Women
2. Traders
3. Tribals
4. Peasants

Who set up the All India Anti-untouchability League?

Which of the following is/are not reason(s) for sending the Cripps Mission to India with constitutional proposals?

1. Pressure on Britain from USA, USSR and China
2. Gandhi was about to start a mass movement
3. India agreed to support the war if substantial power was transferred

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

1. Parallel governments were formed
2. Morale of the people was raised
3. The youth, women and government officials participated

Which is the parent script of the Indo-European and Dravidian languages?

The Harappans did not know the use of which of the following?

Who among the following was the contemporary Bengal king of Harsha of Kannauj?

Jainism differed from Buddhism in which of the following aspects?

Which of the statements regarding the Chola administration is/are correct?

1. Chola rulers carried out an elaborate survey of land to fix the government’s share of revenue.
2. Officials were paid by giving them revenue-bearing lands.

Which of the following statements regarding Krishnadeva Raya is/are correct?

1. He wrote Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit.
2. He conducted literary assemblies called Bhuvana Vijayam.

Which is the temple with the tallest ‘Gopuram’ in the world?

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Vesara School of Architecture?

1. It was developed by the Later Chalukyas.
2. It is also known as the Karnataka School.

Which of the following statements about the Malwa School of architecture is/are correct?

1. It incorporated environmental adaptations like large windows.
2. Locally available materials were used.

Who brought the Gothic Style of architecture to India?

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to Heat Zones of the earth?

1. The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn receives the maximum heat and is called the Torrid Zone.
2. Mid-day sun is overhead at least once a year on all latitudes in the Torrid Zone.
3. Mid-day sun never shines overhead on any latitude in Temperate and Frigid Zones.

Which of the following is the correct statement?

Which of the following is not true for longitudes?

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the structure of the atmosphere?

1. All the weather phenomenon takes place in the stratosphere.
2. Meteorites burn up on entering thermosphere.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Ionosphere is a part of the Thermosphere.
2. Aeroplanes cannot fly in the Stratosphere.

Consider the following levels of organisations in ecology:

1. Ecosystem
2. Community
3. Biome
4. Individual
5. Population
6. Biosphere

Select the correct option which represents the decreasing order of levels according to their sizes:

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Autotrophs are ororganisms that can produce their own food.
2. Saprotrophs are organisms that derives nourishment from decaying organic matter.

Which of the following is/are abiotic components of an ecosystem?

1. Soil
2. Water
3. Plants
4. Air

From the ecological point of view, which one of the following assumes importance in being a good link between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats?

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Corbett National Park?

1. It is the oldest national park in India.
2. It was initially called ‘Hailey National Park’.

Which two states have seen large increases in the number of tax registrants compared to the old tax regime?

Which are the states with the greatest number of GST registrants?

Identify the one which is not related to the agricultural price policy?

As per the Trips Agreement 1994, a product originating from a region with a specific character quality/reputation is covered under the IPR as

Which of the following are not allowed inside special economic zones?

1. IT companies
2. Marketing centres
3. Free trade centres
4. Educational institutions

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. MILAN is a congregation of littoral navies.

2. It is conducted annually by the Navy under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Dragonfly Project of NASA will explore the satellite of Jupiter.

2. Titan is the only satellite of Saturn.

Consider the following statements about Fragile Five:

1. It is a term coined to represent emerging market economies that have become too dependent on unreliable foreign investment.

2. The members of the Fragile Five include: China, Brazil, India.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Uranium, thorium and potassium are the radioactive elements.

2. Jupiter’s powerful gravitational attraction causes the Europa’s orbit to be extremely elliptical.

3. Europa is the natural satellite of Jupiter.

Consider the following statements about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):

1. A measure that protected residents who entered the country illegally as children from deportation.

2. It is an initiative of Donald Trump.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) are defined in the RBI Guidelines.

2. They are payment instruments that facilitate purchase of goods and services, including funds transfer, against the value stored on such instruments.

3. There is no interest earned on the money saved in it.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Rustom-2 is a type of UAV.

2. It can fly up to an altitude of 22,000 feet.

3. It is capable of carrying payloads for electronic and signal intelligence missions.

Which of the following statements regarding the Soft Power Index is/are correct?

1. It is topped by Canada because of its Diversity and Immigration laws.

2. USA lost to Canada because of its Anti-Immigration Stance.

3. India Jumped from 33rd to 16th position with spread of its cultural diaspora.

4. China makes the cut at 25th, and Brazil and Turkey round it off at 29 and 30.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Earth’s seasons and weather cannot influence the ionosphere.

2. NASA’s GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk) mission will measure the temperature and makeup of gases in the stratosphere.

India’s first ever Mega Textiles Trade Fair was held in

Which was the first state to sign for Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) with the Centre?

Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops is an improved version of which scheme?

Consider the following statements about the Chardham Highway Project:

1. The Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna is an initiative to improve connectivity to the Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas.

2. The project will be built under Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about Sophia:

1. Sophia is a social humanoid robot.

2. It is the first non-human to be given any United Nations title.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. Brabo is touted as India’s first indigenously made industrial articulated robot for micro, small and medium enterprises.

2. Indore has become the India’s first city where robot is being used on an experimental basis to control its ever growing and unruly traffic.