UPSC 2020: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Mar 21 - Mar 27

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Harappan people ate a wide variety of plants and animals including fish.
2. Grains found at Indus Valley sites include barley, lentils and sesame.

In the mesolithic age or Middle Stone Age period:

1. Domestication of animals was not practiced.
2. The use of bows and arrows began.
3. Primitive cultivation was started.
4. The practice of burial of humans after death was not known.

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Which of the following explains the reason(s) as to why ‘Magadha’ became the most powerful Mahajanapada between the 6th and the 4th centuries BCE?

1. Magadha was a region where agriculture was particularly productive.
2. Iron mines were accessible and provided resources for tools and weapons.
3. Elephants, an important component of the army, were found in forests in the region.
4. Ganga and its tributaries provided a cheap and convenient means of transportation.

The chief characteristic feature(s) of the Neolithic Culture are:

1. Practice of agriculture.
2. The technology of smelting metal ore.
3. Domestication of animals.

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Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Rig Vedic Age?

1. The people were acquainted with sowing and harvesting.
2. Wars were fought for territorial domination and land formed a well-established type of private property.
3. Metal working was not known to them.

Which of the following was the last major war fought and won by the British after which they controlled most parts of India directly or indirectly?

Which of the following was/were feature(s) of the subsidiary alliance?

1. An Indian ruler entering into Subsidiary Alliance with the British had to dissolve his own armed forces and accept British forces in his territory.
2. The Indian state could not enter into any alliance with any other foreign power.

Which of the following was/were causes of the rise of the Indian national movement towards the latter half of the 19th century?

1. Western education
2. Socio-religious reform movements
3. Economic policies of the British
4. Growth of the modern press

Which of the following is/are correct about the Charter Act of 1853?

1. For the first time, the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s council were separated.
2. It gave birth to the Indian civil services and ended the system of appointments by recommendation and started a system of open and fair competition.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Objective Resolution in connection with the Constituent Assembly?

1. It became the Preamble to the Constitution.
2. It was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Restriction of the writ jurisdiction of the High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution is possible through:

Consider the following about the Council of Ministers:

1. The advice tendered by them is binding on the president.
2. There is a provision for a system of legal responsibility of a minister in the Indian constitution.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

National Productivity Council is a/an

Which of the following is/are matters on which the Parliament has the power to modify provisions of the Constitution by a simple majority?

1. Alterations of names, boundaries and areas of states.
2. Appointment of additional judges to the Supreme Court.
3. Abolition of a Legislative Council.
4. Administration of scheduled areas.

The constituent power of Parliament to amend the Constitution:

Which of the following is/are correct about the Chaitra Jatra festival?

1. This festival is celebrated at the Tara Tarini Hill Shrine.
2. It is celebrated on Tuesdays in the Hindu month of Chaitra.

Which of the following is/are incorrect about the Basic Reproduction Number (BRN)?

1. A BRN greater than one indicates that the number of new cases decreases over time.
2. A BRN less than one indicates that the outbreak is self-sustaining.

Arrange the following capitals from west to east:

1. Paris
2. Warsaw
3. Berlin
4. Madrid
5. Rome

Myeloma is concerned with:

Gulf of Tonkin is a region between:

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the RBI?

1. The accounting year of the RBI is from January to December.
2. Since its inception, the RBI has been announcing interim dividend annually to the government.

Which of the following direct tax amnesty schemes has been announced by the government in the latest budget?

Despite being a high saving economy, capital formation may not result in a significant increase in output due to

Which of the following is/are correct about the Aravalli Range of mountains?

1. Guru Shikhar is its highest point.
2. It passes through Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the office of the Governor?

1. The appointment procedure was imported from the Constitution of Japan.
2. Usually, there is a governor for each state, but the 10th Constitutional Amendment of 1956 facilitated the appointment of the same person as governor for two or more states.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the MANI App?

1. It was launched by the RBI.
2. It will help visually impaired people to identify the denomination of currency notes.
3. It authenticates a currency note as genuine or counterfeit while scanning them.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the International Labour Organisation (ILO)?

1. The ILO is a specialised agency of the UN.
2. It provides representation only for the governments of UN member-states.
3. ‘World Employment and Social Outlook’ is a flagship report of the ILO.

“A global goal to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030”. What is the above line alluding to?

Which of the following is/are correct regarding kelps?

1. It is a type of marine animal.
2. It is found in the Pacific Ocean.

A new vine snake species ‘Ahaetulla laudankia’ was discovered in which state?