UPSC Exam: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Mar 17 - Mar 23

Which of the following statements with respect to the ‘Commit Program’ launched by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension is/are correct?

1. Its objective is to improve public service delivery through capacity building of officials who interact with citizens on a daily basis.
2. Its objective is to make govt. offices more accessible to people with disabilities.

Which of the following central armed police forces of India was raised in the wake of the Sino-Indian war of 1962?

Which of the following has the highest weight amongst the 8 core industries of India?

Which of the following is/are not a core industry in India?

1. Coal
2. Electricity
3. Paper
4. Medicines

Which of the following is/are correct statements regarding Government’s i3 plan?

1. It will be implemented in collaboration with the World Bank.
2. Its aim is to make India a design and developmental hub for pharma products.

What is the Kambala that was legalised in Karnataka recently?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. A person contesting for the post of the Vice President should have completed 25 years of age.
2. The electoral collage of Vice President includes the elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, MLAs and MLCs of states.

The joint military exercise ‘Maitree 2017’ was between India and _____

UNESCO recently put the city of Hebron in its list of world heritage in danger. Where is Hebron located?

Which of the following statements about scheme ‘Jigyasa’ is/are correct?

1. It is implemented by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
2. Its focus is on connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the digital initiative Swayam?

1. It is an indigenously designed massive open online course.
2. It will also provide high quality educational content through DTH television channels.

Which of the following state/states have a separate state flag?

1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Karnataka
3. Tripura

Which of the following states has a minimum qualification for a cooperative body poll?

1. Rajasthan
2. Kerala
3. West Bengal

In International news, consider the following statements with respect to
“Double Freeze”:

1. It refers to the strategy to ease the tensions in Korean peninsula.
2. It is proposed by China and US.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about Regenerative Breaking:

1. It is a concept related to the breaking system of Electric Cars.
2. It enables an electric car to generate power and charge its own battery.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Diesel engines are less powerful than petrol engines.
2. Diesel engines are more polluting than petrol engines.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about Malaria:

1. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by parasitic protozoans belonging to the Plasmodium type.
2. Most deaths are caused by P. falciparum.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about TRAI (Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India):

1. TRAI is a statutory body established in 1997.
2. TRAI is an advisory body with no regulatory powers.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Southeast Asian archipelago is situated on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
2. Mount Agung in Bali is the world’s most volcanic area.

Which of the above statements are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Zaranj-Delaram highway in Afghanistan was laid down by India.
2. Chabahar port will be connected to Afghanistan via Rail and to Russia by the 7,200-km International North-South Transport Corridor.

Which of the above statements are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 was held in Hyderabad.
2. The theme of GES, co-hosted by the US and Indian governments was ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’.
3. More than 50% delegates were women.

Which of the above statements are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA), which is tasked with ensuring the benefits of the Goods and Services Tax are passed on to consumers.
2. B.N. Sharma has been appointed as the first Chairman of the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA).

Which of the above statements are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Development agenda (to improve the developing countries’ trading prospects) of the talks began in Doha in 2001.
2. Ministerial Conference is the highest decision making body of WTO.

Which of the above statements are true?

Identify the correct statement with reference to Connshing syndrome

Consider the following statements:

1. Higher aerosol loading results in delayed but more rainfall over Central and Northern India.
2. Higher aerosol loading results in earlier but less rainfall over Central and Northern India.
3. Aerosol has no effect on the monsoon.

Choose the correct options.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. There is a time limit of 30 days to file a Curative petition.
2. The Curative petition is circulated among three senior most judges.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Lingaraja Temple is built on which architectural style?

Consider the following statements with reference to Swadesh Darshan Scheme:

1. It is completely funded by Central government.
2. Ministry of tourism is the implementing agency.
3. It has two components – PRASAD and Swadeshi Darshan under its ambit.

Choose the correct statement:

In which one of the following States has India’s largest private sector sea port been commissioned recently?

An increase in the Bank Rate generally indicates that the

The National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India intends to:

1. Create repository of information about cultural assets
2. Launch massive cultural awareness campaigns
3. Open a direct channel of communication of artists with the Government
4. Hold talent hunt competitions from Block level to National level

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

Which of the following are correct with respect to the e-Marketplace initiative of the Government?

1. They are specified markets for agriculture goods only.
2. It is a completely paperless, cashless and system drive e-market place.

Which of the following are correct about ‘Residex’?

1. It is a housing price index for residential prices for different cities of India at a given time.
2. It is released by the National Housing Bank.

Which of the following are correct about the mammal Saola.

1. It is the world’s rarest mammal, found only in Vietnam.
2. It is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List.

What is ‘Falun Gong’?

The underwater Ghost Nets are posing threats to marine ecosystem of the Kerala coast. What are ghost nets?

Which of the following states has put a cap on the maximum weight of the school bag to reduce the burden of education on school children?

Joint Sea 2017 is a naval exercise in the Baltic between

Which of the articles in the Constitution deals with the amendment procedure?

Which of the following statements regarding the fundamental duties of India is/are correct?

1. They are mentioned in the original constitution of India.
2. They were based on the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee.

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Habeas Corpus – We command
2. Mandamus – You may have the body
3. Quo Warranto – What is your authority

Which of the following fundamental rights are available only to citizens and not to foreigners?

1. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, religion, caste, sex, or place of birth.
2. Equal opportunity in matters of public employment

The Tripartite Struggle of the 8 and 9 centuries was between

Which of the following statements regarding the Ellora caves are correct?

1. It contains rock cut temples dedicated to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
2. The Kailashnath Temple belongs to the Ellora caves.

Which among the following changes were brought in the army after the revolt of 1857?

1. The proportion of Europeans to Indians in the army was decreased.
2. Communal, tribal and regional loyalities were encouraged amongst the soldiers.
3. Indians were excluded from the officer corps.

In 1873, an agrarian league was formed at Pabna district of Bengal to

With reference to the modern Indian history, who among the following nationalists were the moderates?

1. Aurobindo Ghose
2. Pherozeshah Mehta
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Which of the following were the important contribution of early nationalists in Indian National Movement?

1. To provide leadership to the movement in the early stage.
2. To encourage the masses to participate in the National Movement.
3. To provide economic criticism of colonial government.
4. To create public interest in political questions and organization of public opinion.

Who founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?

Consider the following statements regarding the princely states:

1. The burden of land tax was generally lower than the British Indian provinces.
2. People enjoyed more civil liberties than in the British Indian provinces.
3. The rulers had limited powers to use state revenues for personal use.

Which of the above are correct?