UPSC 2019: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Feb 09 - Feb 15

Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?

The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of

In the context of CR Formula, which was proposed to solve the political deadlock between All India Muslim League and the Congress Party on the independence of India from the British rule, which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which one of the following observations about the Congress Ministries constituted in 1937 under the Government of India Act, 1935 is incorrect?

As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay under the leadership of WC Banerjee.
2. The second session of Indian National Congress was held at Calcutta under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji.

Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly of India?

With reference to the Buddhist Stupa and its features, consider the following statements:

1. It comprises a hemispherical dome into which one can enter and worship Buddha’s relics.
2. Only at Nagarjunakonda, one can find fully intact Buddhist Stupa south of the Godavari River.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Where do you find the famous rock-cut temple – the Draupadi Ratha?

With reference to the Dhamekh stupa at Sarnath, consider the following statements:

1. It belongs to the Gupta Age.
2. This Stupa is said to mark the spot where the Buddha gave the first sermon to his first five brahmin disciples after attaining enlightenment.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Both Chinese pilgrims Huien Tsang and Fa-Hien studied at Nalanda.
2. Nalanda was an important centre of Pala sculptures and bronzes.

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Rajarani Temple at Odisha?

1. It is located in Bhubaneshwar.
2. This temple is devoted to Lord Shiva.
3. The Khajuraho temples have similar architecture.

As per agriculture census, consider the following Categorisation of Farmers:

1. Small Farmer- Below 2.00 hectare
2. Medium Farmer- 4.00-10.00 hectare
3. Large Farmer- 10.00 hectare and above

Which of the above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Agri-Market infrastructure fund:

1. AMIF will be created with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
2. AMIF will provide the State/UT Governments subsidized loan for developing marketing infrastructure in Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and Grameen Agricultural Markets (GrAMs).
3. In these GrAMs, physical and basic infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGA and other Government Schemes.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT):

1. It is an independent verification printer machine and is attached to electronic voting machines.
2. The slip contains the name of the candidate and the political party.
3. VVPAT machines can be accessed by polling officers only.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Reserve Bank of India:

1. The bank was set up based on the recommendations of the Hilton–Young Commission.
2. Performs merchant banking function for the central and the state governments; also acts as their banker.
3. Manages the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
4. Issues and exchanges or destroys currency and coins not fit for circulation.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF):

1. The government of India created the RIDF in NABARD.
2. The eligible activities are classified into Agriculture and related sector, Social sector and rural connectivity.
3. Panchayat Raj Institutions, Self Help Groups (SHGs) and NGOs are also eligible to receive funds.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘Fiat Money’:

1. It is a currency that a government has declared to be legal tender.
2. It is backed by a physical commodity.
3. Its value increases during hyperinflation.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements about fugitive economic offender:

1. It is an individual who has committed some specified offence(s) involving an amount of one hundred crore rupees or more and has absconded from India.
2. He is declared so by a ‘Special Court’ set up under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
3. The property of a fugitive economic offender, resulting from the proceeds of crime, including benami property, can be confiscated once he is declared so by the Court.
4. Properties abroad are not liable for confiscation.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Which of the following statements about the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) is/are correct?

1. It is a measure of change in retail prices of food products consumed by a defined population group in a given area.
2. It is released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) for three categories -rural, urban and combined.
3. Cereals and products constitute more than 50 percent weight within CFPI.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

1. It aims to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households.
2. Under the scheme, an adult woman member of a below poverty line family identified through the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) is given a deposit-free LPG connection with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection by the Centre.
3. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the River Information System (RIS)?

1. It is a combination of modern tracking equipment related hardware and software designed to optimize traffic and transport processes in inland navigation.
2. It is being implemented by the Inland Waterway Authority of India.

Which of the following is/are correct about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

1. It constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
2. It is headquartered in Geneva.

Which of the following organisations is/are banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in India?

1. Babbar Khalsa International
2. Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen
3. Jaish-E-Mohammed
4. Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Which of the following is/are correct about the ‘Dard Aryans’?

1. The villages of Dha, Hanu, Garkone and Darchik on both sides of the Indus River are inhabited by the Buddhist Dard Tribes.
2. They might have descended from soldiers in Alexander’s army who had come to the region over 2,000 years ago.

As per the proposed 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) among those who are not covered under any reservation plan, EWS is defined as:

1. Families with income (includes agricultural income as well as from profession) below Rs 8 lakh per annum.
2. In rural areas, such families who own agricultural land below five acre and residential house below 1,000 square feet and in urban areas, those with residential plot below 100 yards in notified municipality or residential plot below 200 yards in the non-notified municipal area will be considered as part of this category.

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Which of the following is/are functions of the proposed Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog?

1. It will conduct research in the field of breeding and rearing of cows, organic manure, biogas, etc.
2. It will take up scientific activities for genetic upgradation and increasing productivity of cows.

Which of the following about the Darwaza Band – Part 2 is/are correct?

1. The campaign, produced by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, and supported by the World Bank was launched in Mumbai.
2. The campaign talks about how a toilet must be used by all, always and under all circumstances (har koi, har roz, hamesha).

Which of the following is/are correct about the Hera Mission?

1. It is a mission by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
2. It is the first spacecraft to explore a binary asteroid — the Didymos pair.

What are Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines?

1. It is a method that provides feedback to voters.
2. It is an independent verification printer machine and is attached to electronic voting machines.
3. It allows voters to verify if their vote has gone to the intended candidate.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Parmanu Tech 2019?

1. It was a conference recently organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Atomic Energy.
2. It discussed issues related to guided missile development technologies.

Which of the following organisations awards the Freedom of the City honour?

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana?

1. It aims at providing senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the age-related disability/infirmity Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor disability, with assisted-living devices.
2.  It is fully funded by the Central Government.

Where is the 2nd edition of the Asia LPG Summit being held?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Sentinelese tribe?

1. They are a negrito tribe who live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans.
2. Their total population is estimated to be around 2000.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The geographic north pole is the northern axis around which the earth rotates and is fixed. 
2. The magnetic north pole is a point on Ellesmere Island in Northern Canada where the northern lines of attraction enter the Earth.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Weather is the momentary state of the atmosphere.
2. Climate refers to the average of the weather conditions over a longer period of time.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The movement of Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) plays an important role in the Indian Monsoon.
2. The ITCZ is a zone of low pressure which attracts inflow of winds from different directions.

Which of the following are not Green House Gases?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Sanjay Gandhi National Park?

1. It is spread over three districts – Palgar, Thane and Mumbai Suburb.
2. It has a dedicated flamingo sanctuary.

Consider the following statement/s with reference to coliform bacteria:

1. Coliform bacteria are a commonly used indicator of sanitary quality of foods and water.
2. The permissible limit of Coliform bacteria as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guideline is 500.

Choose the correct statement/s from the codes given below:

Consider the following statements with reference to “Sholas”:

1. Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India.
2. Shola forests are found in the higher altitude hill regions of the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari district, Idukki district, the Western Ghats and associated ranges in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Choose the correct statement/s from the options given below:

The PSLV programme of the ISRO launches satellites for which of the following
purposes?

1. Earth observation
2. Navigation
3. Studying space sciences
4. Disaster management

Choose the correct answer using the codes below.

In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used?

1. Assessment of crop productivity
2. Locating ground water resources
3. Mineral exploration
4. Telecommunications
5. Traffic studies

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The imagery from the Cartosat-2 series satellite will be useful for which of
the following purposes?

1. Cartographic applications
2. For attacking enemy countries during the war
3. Coastal land use and regulation
4. Utility management like road network monitoring

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the impeachment of judges:

1. For the impeachment of a Supreme Court or HC judge, 100 Lok Sabha MPs or 50 Rajya Sabha members have to move a motion before the Speaker or chairman of the Upper House.
2. Both the houses of Parliament will have to separately pass motion by two-thirds majority of members present and voting.

Identify the correct statement from the codes given below:

With reference to Autolykiviridae, consider the following statements:

1. It is a virus eating bacteria found in oceans
2. It has been named after a character in Greek mythology, Autolykos, who was a trickster and difficult to catch

Identify the incorrect statement/s from the codes given below:

Alipore Zoological Garden is in which of these States?

With reference to Neonicotinoid, consider the following statements:

1. It is a herbicide.
2. It has the potential to kill bees.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which of the following scripts are written from right to left?

1. Arabic
2. Hebrew
3. Chinese
4. Urdu
5. Sarada

The correct code is: