UPSC Exam Weekly Gk Current Affairs Quiz Jul21 Jul27

Special provisions for women are made in which of the following?

1. Fundamental duties
2. Fundamental rights
3. DPSP
4. 11^th and 12^th schedule

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Which of the following is incorrect?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Directive Principles of State Policy?

1. These are directions to state.
2. Aim of DPSP is to develop socio-economic equality in the society.
3. DPSPs are superior to Fundamental Rights. Fundamental right which violates DPSP would be void.
4. DPSPs are justiciable in nature.

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In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that the Indian Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles?

Consider the following grounds for ‘President Rule’ in India:

1. Article 356 empowers the President to issue a proclamation if he is satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the government of a state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
2. Article 365 says that whenever a state fails to comply with or to give effect to any direction from the Centre, it will be lawful for the president to hold that a situation has arisen in which the government of the state cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

Which of the above is/are correct?

Which of the following amendment of Indian Constitution introduced a new provision to put a restraint on the power of Parliament to extend a proclamation of President’s Rule beyond one year?

With reference to the President rule and hence the dissolution of the legislative assembly of a state, which of the following statement is incorrect?

The writ habeas corpus can be issued in which of the following cases?

1. When right to equality of a person is deprived
2. When procedure established by law is contravened
3. Release of person imprisoned for criminal charge

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The writ mandamus is available against which of the following?

1. Government
2. Inferior courts
3. Administrative tribunals
4. Person in charge of public duty

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The writ Certiorari can be issued under which of the following conditions?

1. Certiorari can be issued against administrative decision.
2. Contravention of the rules of natural justice.
3. When decisions have been obtained by fraud, collusion and corruption.

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Which of the following statements with respect to the “Ghadar Movement” is/are correct?

1. Har Dayal, Rash Bihari Bose, Barkatullah were the Leaders of this movement.
2. It involved Punjabi immigrants on the West Coast of North America.

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The Practise of Sati was first referred to in which of the following inscriptions?

Which of the following battles were fought by Babur?

1. Battle of Khanwa
2. Second Battle of Panipat
3. Battle of Chanderi
4. Battle of Chausa

Which of the following statements about the Late Stone Age is/are correct?

1. The characteristic tools of the Late Stone Age are Microliths
2. The Late Stone sites are found in good numbers in Chota Nagpur, North India and South of river Krishna

Which among the following statements is/are true with regards to Chalcolithic Culture?

1. The houses were normally built by Burnt Bricks
2. They used to produce Wheat and Rice Crops

After which of the following incident, the Bardoli resolution was passed by the INC?

Consider the following statements regarding the ideologies of “no-changers” in the modern history of India:

1. The ‘No-changers’ opposed council entry.
2. They advocated concentration on constructive work and continuation of boycott and non-cooperation.
3. This school of thought was led by Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, C.Rajagopalachari and M.A. Ansari.

Satyagraha Sabha was founded by Mahatma Gandhi against which of the following Acts?

Which of the following leaders were among those who left the Congress Party after the declaration of non-cooperation programme because they still believed in the lawful struggle? 

1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Annie Besant
3. G.S. Kharpade
4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
5. Jawaharlal Nehru

Who among the following was associated with the Heraka religious movement?

Rivers form many outstanding features throughout their course. In this respect which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. river capture: middle course
2. meanders: upper course
3. ox-bow lakes: lower course

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Cherrapunji and Mawsynram records very high annual rainfall. This is because

With reference to acidic lava, consider the following statements:

1. They are viscous and flow slowly
2. They form a flattened lava dome

Which of the above is/are correct?

Corals reefs are generally absent on the western coasts of continents. This is because

The peninsular plateau is a major physiographic division of India. Which of the following is/are a part of the peninsular plateau?

1. Kutch peninsula
2. Aravali range
3. Meghalaya plateau

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Erosion in coastal areas forms different types of landform. Which of the following is/are erosional landform of coastal areas?

1. Wave-cut platforms
2. Beaches
3. Capes and bays

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Latitude is the angular distance of a point on earth’s surface measured from the:

The Environment Protection Act of 1986 (EPA) came into force soon after which of the following disasters in India?

The Indian government has started conservation projects of which of the following species?

The term M-STRIPES is sometimes seen in the news in the context of

According to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which of the following animals cannot be hunted by any person except under some provisions provided by law?

1. Gharial
2. Indian wild ass
3. Wild buffalo

Consider the statements:

1. Marginal productivity is zero.
2. In agriculture, this type is rampant.

The type of unemployment referred to here is:

The proceeds of disinvestment goes to

Which of the following statement/s is/are incorrect with respect to The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)?

1. It is an inter-governmental body established in 1989.
2. It is a policy-making body which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms.
3. It works in the areas of money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

4. Options:

What is Asian Premium?

1. It is the extra charge being collected by OPEC countries from Asian countries when
   selling oil.
2. The system penalizes Asian countries while subsidizing the rich Western countries.
3. India opposes Asian Premium as oil is the only source of energy for India.

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Which of the following statements is incorrect with respect to the Liberalised Remittance Scheme?

Scientists have rediscovered a rare species of spider, which was believed to have become extinct, from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) located in the Western Ghats region of Kerala. Which of the following statement/s about the spider is/are correct?

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct with respect to the Malabar Exercise?

1. Exercise Malabar is a bilateral naval exercise involving the United States and India.
2. In 2015 it became a trilateral exercise to include Japan.
3. The annual Malabar series began in 1992 and focuses on Aircraft Carrier operations and Air defence only.

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Consider the following statements with respect to Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank:

1. It is a Chinese bank headquartered in Beijing, China.
2. AIIB offers sovereign and non-sovereign financing for sound and sustainable projects.
3. It supports projects in energy and power, transportation and telecommunications, rural infrastructure and agriculture development, water supply and sanitation, environmental protection, and urban development and logistics.

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

The “Third Neighbour Policy”, recently in news is with respect to which of the following country’s foreign policy?

The Kudumbashree program by the Kerala government works in the area of

1. reducing maternal mortality
2. providing microcredit
3. enhancing entrepreneurship
4. providing housing

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) aims to enhance the production of

1. rice
2. wheat
3. fruits
4. vegetables
5. pulses
6. coarse cereals

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Which of the following schemes has an impact on women empowerment?

1. ICDS
2. ASIDE
3. Swadhar
4. Ujjawala

Bringing Green Revolution to eastern India is a subscheme of

Which of the following schemes is/are financed by National Investment Fund:

1. JNNURM
2. NREGS
3. AIBP

Choose the correct reasons for the decline of Portuguese power in India over time:

Hydrogen Bomb is based on the principle of 

Which of the following statement(s) is\are correct:

1. Kwashiorkor is protein deficiency with adequate energy intake whereas marasmus is inadequate energy intake in all forms, including protein.
2. Kwashiorkor occurs in children in the age group 1-5 years whereas Marasmus occurs in children below the age of 1 year.

Consider the following statements regarding silicene:

1. Researchers have created the first transistors out of silicene, the world’s thinnest silicon material
2. It will lead to development of faster and more efficient computers and other electronics
3. The major breakthrough here is the efficient low-temperature manufacturing and fabrication of silicene devices for the first time
4. Silicene is world’s thinnest silicon material. Researchers used it to create One-atom-thin silicon transistors

Consider the following statements regarding communication satellite GSAT-18 recently launched by ISRO:

1. The satellite GSAT-18 was launched by a heavy-duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport Sriharkota in Andhra Pradesh.
2. GSAT-18 is designed to provide continuity of services on operational satellites in C-band, Extended C-band and Ku-bands.
3. It will enable the continuity of the vital communication services in the country by replacing the currently ageing satellites.

Which of the above is/are correct?