UPSC 2019: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Dec 07 - Dec 13

Which of the following revolt centres are correctly matched with their leaders?

1. Bareilly – Khan Bahadur
2. Bihar – Kunwar Singh
3. Faizabad – Shah Mal

Which of the following is/are incorrect regarding widow remarriage in the 19th century?

1. The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856 which legalised the marriage of widows was passed mainly due to the efforts of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
2. Vidyasagar cited Vedic texts to prove that the Hindu religion sanctioned widow remarriage.

Arrange the following in the correct chronological order:

1. First Anglo-Burmese War
2. First Anglo-Bhutan War
3. First Anglo-Nepal War
4. First Anglo-Afghan War

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Brahmo Samaj under Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

1. Prayers, meditation and readings of the Upanishads were to be the forms of worship.
2. The long-term agenda of the Brahmo Samaj was to purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism.
3. The Samaj also tried to incorporate the teachings of other religions.

Which of the following is/are incorrect about the Indian Councils Act, 1909?

1. The elective principle was recognised for the non-official membership of the legislative councils in India.
2. Satyendra Sinha was the first Indian to be appointed in 1909 to the Viceroy’s Executive Council.

The Temperate Zones have moderate temperature because:

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Distance between parallels of latitudes decreases towards the poles.
2. All longitudes meet at a point.

Time can be measured by the movement of:

1. Sun
2. Moon
3. Earth
4. Other planets

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The axis of the earth makes an angle of 23.5 degrees with the orbital plane.
2. Meridians of longitude divide the day from night on the globe.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Equinox occurs twice in a year.
2. The north pole is tilted towards the Sun during equinox.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. India has 14500 km of navigable water.
2. Road transportation accounts for 33% of freight transportation.
3. The Inland Waterways Authority of India was set up in 1986.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?

1. The base year for IIP is 2004 – 05.
2. IIP is published by the NSSO.

Which of the following has the highest weightage in the calculation of the IIP?

Arrange the following item groups in the ascending order of their weightage in IIP:

1. Mining
2. Electricity
3. Manufacturing

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. India imports 2/3rd of its vegetable oil consumption.
2. The majority of its vegetable oil imports come from Indonesia and Malaysia.
3. India has an FTA with Malaysia.

With reference to the cultural history of India, the term ‘Panchayatan’ refers to:

With reference to Manipuri Sankeertana, which of the following is/are correct?

1. It is a song and dance performance.
2. Cymbals are the only musical instruments used in the performance.
3. It is performed to narrate the life and deeds of Lord Krishna.

Consider the following statements with respect to Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA):

1. PM-AASHA aims at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers and has three sub-schemes.
2. The expenditure and losses due to procurement under PM-AASHA will be borne by the respective state governments.

Which of the given statement/s is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with respect to Cyber Swachhta Kendra:

1. Cyber Swachhta Kendra is a part of the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.
2. It was set up to create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users.
3. It is being operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).

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

Arrange the following national parks starting with the most eastwardly located moving westward:

1. Gulf of Mannar
2. Anshi
3. Balphakram
4. Betla

Which of the following statements are wrong?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever.
2. It is endemic to South India.

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

Consider the following statements wrt Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960:

1. It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
2. As per the provisions of the law the government of India formed the Animal Welfare Board of India.
3. The act makes a provision under “Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion” that nothing contained in the Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner required by the religion of any community.

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

Consider the following statements regarding SPARSH (Social Innovation programme for Products: Affordable & Relevant to Societal Health):

1. The programme is initiated by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
2. The scheme intends to create a pool of social innovators in the biotech arena who will identify the specific needs and gaps in healthcare.
3. The social innovators will be provided financial and technical support for developing market-based solutions that have potential to bring cost effective health care breakthroughs to vulnerable populations in particular.

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

Which of the following statements regarding the financial action task force (FATF) are wrong?

1. It is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering.
2. India and Germany are full-time members of FATF.
3. The FATF has recently placed Pakistan on its black list.

Which of the following is/are correct wrt to the Jal Jeevan Mission?

1. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the government envisages to provide water supply to every rural and urban household in India by 2022.
2. The mission aims to create local infrastructure for rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and management of household waste water for reuse in agriculture.

‘Karez’ recently seen in news is:

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The reduction of anaemia is one of the important objectives of POSHAN Abhiyan.
2. The Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy has been designed to reduce the prevalence of anaemia by 3% points per year among children, adolescents, women and men between the years 2018 and 2022.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Sundarbans is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2. Sudarban Mangroves are classified as tidal halophytic mangrove forests.
3. Sudarban Mangroves are located in the delta region of Padma, Meghna and Brahmaputra river basins.

Which of the following DO NOT come under the ambit of Right To Information Act:

1. Chief Justice of India
2. Political Parties
3. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
4. National Investigation Agency (NIA)

Choose the correct option: