UPSC Exam: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Jan 20 - Jan 26

Consider the following statements with reference to the recently promulgated ordinance by the Rajasthan government, The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.

1. Provide immunity to serving and retired public servants, judges and magistrates from probe and prosecution on complaints about their alleged offences without prior sanction.
2. It also bars the media from reporting on such accusations till sanction is given.

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Consider the following statements.

1. India is the third highest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions.
2. India is having the world’s second-largest standing Army.

Choose the correct statements from the options given below.

Consider the following statements.

1. Chabahar port will be India’s primary gateway to access central Asia and Afghanistan.
2. India had earlier sent goods through the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 2003 as Pakistan had not eased land access to Afghanistan.

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Consider the following statements.

1. National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
2. NMDC is India’s single largest iron ore producer.

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Recently Law commission of India published a report titled ‘Assessment of Statutory Frameworks of Tribunals in India’. In this report it has recommended for:

1. A Committee led by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the appointments of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Judicial Members of the various central tribunals.
2. The restoration of the High Courts’ power of judicial review over the decisions of the tribunals.

Choose the correct statements from the options given below.

The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (or UN-REDD Programme) is a collaborative programme of the

1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
3. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
4. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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Consider the following statement with reference to Brain corals.

1. Brain corals are slow-growing species of coral which often act as foundations for reefs.
2. Brain corals do not possess biological brains
3. Brain corals are found in Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

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Consider the following statements.

1. Any ordinary law needs to be passed by both the Houses.
2. Money bills need to be passed only by the Lok Sabha.
3. In case of a disagreement between the two houses on ordinary bills, a joint sitting is called that is presided by the President.

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‘Project Dantak’ refers to

Consider the following statements with reference to the ‘Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme’,

1. It was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. It will offer adjunct/visiting faculty assignments to eligible candidates overseas including Non-resident Indians (NRI).
3. Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) have been excluded from the purview of this scheme.

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Consider the following statements with reference to “FAME India scheme”:

1. It is a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan
2. It intends to promote electric and hybrid vehicles
3. It is being administered by the Department of Science and Technology3.

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Consider the following statements.

1. India is the only country with Right to Privacy as a Fundamental right under its Constitution
2. In the Justice K. S. Puttaswamy vs Union Of India case, Supreme Court of India upheld right to privacy as a fundamental right protected under Article 21 and Part 3 of the Constitution

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The Architectural Splendour of Hampi is located in which of these river basins?

NNP at factor cost is

The summoning of Parliament for a session within six months from the date of the last sitting of each House is

The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is

Dear Money Policy implies

Probiotics are

Which of the following statements are correct?

The Catalonia region, often seen in news belongs to which part of Spain?

The Naf River acts as a natural international frontier between

Operation Insaniyat refers to

Consider the following statements:

1. The government of India has notified a scheme for Viability Gap Funding to infrastructure projects that are to be undertaken by Public sector alone.
2. Viability Gap Funding is administered by the Ministry of Finance with suitable budgetary provisions to be made in the Annual Plans on a year-to- year basis.

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Who was the President of the Executive Council of the Interim Government of India?

Which party was formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress?

Which of the following parties were founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?

1. The Peasants and Workers Party of India.
2. All India Scheduled Castes Federation.
3. The Independent Labour Party.

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Which of the following Kingdoms were associated with the life of the Buddha?

1. Avanti
2. Gandhara
3. Kosala
4. Magadha
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Which of the following statements about the Ghadar Party is/are correct?

1. It was a revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.
2. It was founded in 1913.
3. Bhagat Singh was a member of this party.

Who founded the Swaraj Party in 1923?

1. Motilal Nehru
2. C R Das
3. Jawaharlal Nehru

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Why did Buddhism start declining in India in the early medieval times?
1. Buddha was by that time considered as one of the incarnations of Vishnu and thus became a part of Vaishnavism.
2. The invading tribes from Central Asia till the time of last Gupta king adopted Hinduism and persecuted Buddhists.
3. The Kings of Gupta dynasty were strongly opposed to Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, “Home Charges” formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted “Home Charges”? 
1. Funds used to support the India Office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
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With reference to the period of Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was/were recommended by the Nehru report?
1. Complete Independence for India.
2. Joint electorates for reservation of seats for minorities.
3. Provision of fundamental rights for the people of India in the constitution
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What is the role of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the water purification systems?

1. It inactivates/kills the harmful micro-organisms in water.
2. It removes all the undesirable odours from the water.
3. It quickens the sedimentation of solid particles, removes turbidity and improves the clarity of water.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding vegetative propagation of plants?

1. Vegetative propagation produces clonal population.
2. Vegetative propagation helps in eliminating the virus.
3. Vegetative propagation can be practiced most of the year.

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Contour bunding is a method of conservation used in

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Anamudi Shola National Park – Kerala
2. Bandipur National Park – Karnataka
3. Bhitarkanika National Park – Odisha

Which of the following statements about the Kashmir Stag is/are correct?

1. It is found mainly in the Dachigam National Park.
2. It is protected under the Project Hangul developed by Jammu & Kashmir State along with IUCN and the WWF.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Great Himalayan National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2. It is located in Jammu & Kashmir.

Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms?

1. Continental drift
2. Glacial cycles
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Normally, the temperature decreases with the increase in height from the Earth’s surface, because

1. the atmosphere can be heated upwards only from the Earth’s surface
2. there is more moisture in the upper atmosphere
3. the air is less dense in the upper atmosphere
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In which of the following case/s can the six rights guaranteed by Article 19 be suspended?

1. External Aggression
2. Internal Emergency
3. When Martial Law is in force

Which of the following rights is/are available to foreigners in India?

1. Right to Education
2. Right to Information

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

1. Right to Information is a fundamental right enshrined in article 19 (1) of the constitution
2. Supreme Court of India is not under the purview of RTI act

Which of the following writs can be issued against administrative authorities?

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

1. Fundamental Rights enjoy legal supremacy over Directive principles.
2. The parliament can amend the Fundamental Rights for implementing the directive principles.

The emoluments, allowances, privileges and so on of Governor can be altered by

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. With respect to objects in the Concurrent List, the executive power rests with the states.
2. With respect to objects in the Concurrent List, the legislative power rests with the centre.

The Electoral College for President’s election consist of

1. Elected members of both the houses of parliament.
2. Elected members of the legislative assemblies.
3. Elected members of all Union Territories.

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The President cannot promulgate an ordinance to amend tax laws.
2. The President cannot promulgate an ordinance to amend the constitution.

A minister who is not a member of either house

In the context of Indian economy; which of the following is/are the purpose/purposes of ‘Statutory Reserve Requirements’?

1. To enable the Central Bank to control the amount of advances the banks can create
2. To make the people’s deposits with banks safe and liquid
3. To prevent the commercial banks from making excessive profits
4. To force the banks to have sufficient vault cash to meet their day-to-day requirements

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If the interest rate is decreased in an economy, it will

Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development:

1. Low birthrate with low death rate
2. High birthrate with high death rate
3. High birthrate with low death rate

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Which of the following is/are feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture?

1. curvilinear shikhara
2. recessed sculptures
3. gopuram
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Which among the following states was the first to launch a price deficit compensation scheme that seeks to address rural-agrarian distress?

What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following lands/isthmus in the Indian Ocean region as one proceeds from east to west?

1. Isthmus of Kra
2. Seychelles
3. Diego Garcia

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Which one among the following states is the only one to have a National Registry of Citizens (NRC), first prepared in 1951?

Consider the following statements about the Brahmaputra River.

1. It originates in the Angsi Glacier in Tibet.
2. River Teesta is a right-bank tributary of Brahmaputra.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which one of the following reports/indices is not compiled by the World Economic Forum?

In H1N1 virus, what do H and N stand for?