UPSC Exam: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Feb 03 - Feb 09

Consider the following statements regarding Article 32.

1. Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.
2. This article provides for the right to constitutional remedy implying that individuals can move the Supreme Court for protecting their Fundamental Rights.
3. During national emergencies, the Parliament can suspend this right.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following rights are secured by Article 21 of the Constitution?

1. Right to Life
2. Right to Property
3. Right to Personal Liberty

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Which of the following became the first Indian state to endorse the Central Government’s Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act draft bill?

The Mandamus Writ cannot be issued against which of the following entities?

1. Private individuals
2. President of the country
3. Courts

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Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The Quo warranto writ is issued to enquire into the legality of the claim of a person or public office.
2. The Prohibition writ cannot be issued against a legislative or administrative body.

Consider the following statements with respect to the Directive Principles of State Policy.

1. They are borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland.
2. They are non-justiciable.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The establishment of a uniform civil code has been enshrined in the Constitution through the Directive Principles of State Policy.
2. Article 45 deals with the uniform civil code for all citizens.

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The boundaries of states can be altered by the Parliament by a simple majority.
2. Any amendment pertaining to the federal structure of the country needs a special majority with ratification by half of the states.

Which of the following items are on the Concurrent List according to the Constitution?

1. Protection of wild animals and birds.
2. Industrial and labour disputes.
3. Pilgrimages to places outside India.

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Which of the following statements are correct?

1. Article 352 deals with constitutional emergency.
2. Article 360 deals with financial emergency.

Consider the following statements:

1. The Southwest Monsoons account for the most rainfall in India.
2. Kerala is the first state in India to receive the monsoon rains in India every year.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about Geothermal Energy.

1. It is a non-renewable source of energy.
2. Ladakh region has shown huge potential for geothermal energy.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following is/are riverine ports in India?

1. Kolkata
2. Cochin
3. Paradip

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The Gandhi Sagar Dam is located in which state?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The highest peak in the Nilgiri Mountains is Doddabetta.
2. The Kotas are the only ethnic tribal group indigenous to the Nilgiri Mountains.

Which of the following statements about the River Kaveri is/are correct?

1. It originates in the Kodagu District in Karnataka.
2. It passes through the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Which of the following Biosphere Reserves in India is/are part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves?

1. Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve
2. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
3. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

Which of the following statements about the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) are correct?

1. It is a part of the UNESCO.
2. It works to foster the harmonious integration of people and nature for sustainable development through participatory dialogue, knowledge sharing, poverty reduction, human well-being improvements, respect for cultural values and by improving society’s ability to cope with climate change.

Which of the following is/are designated as ‘Critically endangered’ species in India by the IUCN?

1. Great Indian bustard
2. Ganges shark
3. Snow leopard
4. Olive ridley sea turtle

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Consider the following statements.

1. The Snow Leopard is found only in India, Nepal and China.
2. The Snow Leopard is the state animal of Uttarakhand.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Indian elephant is the state animal of Kerala and Karnataka only.
2. Kerala has the highest number of elephants in India.

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. India lies in the Indomalaya ecozone.
2. Three of the world’s biodiversity hotspots are completely in India.

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Rajaji National Park – Tamil Nadu
2. Sariska National Park – Rajasthan
3. Kanha National Park – Madhya Pradesh

To be considered a biodiversity hotspot on the Myers 2000 edition of the hotspot-map, a region must have which of the following criteria?

1. At least 0.5% or 1500 species of vascular plants as endemics
2. Must have lost at least 70% of its primary vegetation

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Which of the following are UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India?

1. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
2. Red Fort Complex, Delhi
3. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The Paris Agreement comes under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2. One of the visions of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global temperatures ‘well below’ 2 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial times.

As per the Paris Agreement, India agreed to

1. Reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 10% by 2030 from the 2005 level.
2. Power capacity to be 40% non-fossil fuel-based.

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When cold front passes over an area then

1. Temperature decreases
2. Relative humidity increases
3. Sky becomes clear

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The Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon is much more powerful than the Bay of Bengal branch because

1. Arabian Sea is larger than the Bay of Bengal.
2. The entire Arabian Sea current advances towards India, whereas only a part of the Bay of Bengal current enters India.

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What are the causes of low pressure in the equatorial region?

1. High temperature
2. Air convergence
3. High humidity

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Consider the following statements with reference to laterite soil.

1. They are the result of intense leaching.
2. They are poor in organic matter.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Deltas of eastern India are shrinking due to

1. Huge amount of sediments being deposited
2. Construction of large dams
3. Groundwater mining

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Which of the following countries do not observe daylight saving time (DST)?

1. India
2. Austria
3. Bahrain

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Which of the following is/are examples of mountains of elevation?

1. Rockies
2. Himalayas
3. Andes
4. Alps

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Which of the following is/are active volcanoes in India?

1. Barren Island
2. Dhinodhar Hills
3. Narcondam Island

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The rivers in India that flows through a rift valley are

1. Luni
2. Damodar
3. Tapi
4. Betwa

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Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established as the outcome of which among the following?

The Swaraj Party was formed after the failure of which among the following movements?

Which of the following statements about Raja Ram Mohan Roy is/are correct?

1. He had gone to England as the Ambassador of the Mughal Emperor Akbar II to plead the emperor’s case.
2. He started the Bengali weekly newspaper Sambad Kaumudi.

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Brahmo Samaj – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Satyashodhak Samaj – Jyotirao Phule
3. Arya Samaj – Tukojirao Holkar II

Who authored the book Satyarth Prakash, in which it was mentioned that the original home of the Aryans was Tibet?

The Regulation XVII, passed by the British Government was related to which among the following?

Which of the following statements about the Subsidiary Alliance is/are correct?

1. It was framed by Lord Wellesley although used earlier by the French Governor-General Marquis Dupleix.
2. The State of Udaipur was annexed through the Subsidiary Alliance.

Which of the following statements about the Nasik Conspiracy Case 1909 is/are correct?

1. In this case, a member of the Abhinav Bharat Society shot dead the District Magistrate of Nasik A. M. T. Jackson.
2. V D Savarkar was sentenced to serve time in the Cellular Jail at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the case’s trial.

Consider the following statements:

1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) is the regulator for overseeing insolvency proceedings.
2. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India also oversees entities like Insolvency Professional Agencies (IPA), Insolvency Professionals (IP) and Information Utilities (IU) in India.
3. IBBI handles the cases using two tribunals like NCLT (National company law tribunal) and Debt recovery tribunal.

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Consider the following statements:

1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 deals only with the companies that are in the financial sector.
2. The Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, deals only with the companies that are in the financial sector.
3. The Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill seeks to establish a resolution corporation will be setup to strengthen the stability and resilience of the entities in the financial sector.
4. The Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill aims to strengthen and streamline the current framework of deposit insurance for the benefit of retail depositors.

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Consider the following statements:

1. Israel considers the whole of Jerusalem to be its united capital.
2. Palestinians see East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 war and subsequently annexed, as the capital of a future state.
3. Most of the international community does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem.

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Consider the following statements:

1. Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
2. A successful test of Falcon Heavy, would be an important step toward demonstrating SpaceX’s ability to send spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit.

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To provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports, an Expert Task Force has been constituted. It has which of the following members?

1. Prime Minister
2. Minister of Commerce and Industry
3. CEO, NITI Aayog – Member
4. President, FICCI

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What are Systematically Important Banks (D- SIBs) as recognized by the Reserve Bank of India?

1. These banks are exempt from CRR and SLR regulations.
2. These are perceived as perceived as ‘Too Big To Fail (TBTF) banks.
3. The RBI determines a cut-off score beyond which banks are considered as D-SIBs.

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Which of these is/are examples of fixed capital formation?

1. Accumulation of foreign exchange reserve
2. Road and bridge construction
3. Energy infrastructure
4. Office equipment, such as computers

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To stabilize India’s population, which of these is the prescribed Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?

The Animal Welfare Board of India is a statutory advisory body on Animal Welfare Laws and promotes animal welfare in the country. It was established in 1962 under

Hurricane Maria recently in news caused damage to which of the following places?

Consider the following statements about ‘India State Level Disease Burden’ report

1. It is an initiative of Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2. It will serve as a useful guide for fine-tuning data driven health planning specific for health situation

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Tragedy of the Commons

1. It is a utilitarian principle
2. In this, the individual does not harm another being for his benefits

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India signed ‘123 agreement’ with which of the following countries?

Consider the following statements:

1. National Programme for Organic Production is implemented by Ministry of Agriculture.
2. The Participatory Guarantee System for India is implemented by Ministry of Commerce.
3. The Participatory Guarantee System for India involves a peer-review approach.

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Tat Tvam Asi, a sanskrit phrase, originally occurs in which of the following Upanishads?