UPSC 2021: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz May 15 - May 21

Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

1. Sohrai Khovar painting – Telangana
2. Telia Rumal – Jharkhand
3. Devanahalli Pomelo – Karnataka

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Which of the following Indian states share a border with Nepal?

1. Bihar
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. West Bengal
5. Sikkim

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Consider the following statements with respect to PM CARES Fund:

1. Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund.
2. Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.
3. The fund consists entirely of voluntary contributions from individuals or organizations and does not get any budgetary support.
4. It is exempt from the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.

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

Consider the following statements with respect to Polavaram Project:

1. Polavaram Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project across the Godavari River.
2. It was accorded national status in 2014.
3. Its reservoir backwater spreads into parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

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

Consider the following statements:

1. Swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange financial instruments.
2. Swaps do not trade on exchanges.
3. In a currency swap, the parties exchange interest as well as principal payments denominated in two different currencies.

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

Consider the following statements with respect to Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX):

1. It covers 52 countries in five continents.
2. There are 5 policy indicators on migrant integration in the MIPEX.
3. The Migrant Integration Policy Index was earlier called European Civic Citizenship and Inclusion Index.

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

Which of the below-given statements is/are correct?

1. India derives the provision of criminal contempt from the English system.
2. Interfering or obstructing the administration of justice in any manner would amount to civil contempt.
3. Criminal contempt is the wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other processes of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.

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Consider the following statements:

1. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established by G-7.
2. The FATF Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris.
3. All the members of the FATF Asia-Pacific Group are members of the Financial Action Task Force.

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?

Gangasagar Festival is organised in which Indian state?

Consider the following statements with respect to Vanadium:

1. It is a malleable transition metal rarely found in nature.
2. It is used in strengthening steel and titanium.
3. The largest deposits of vanadium in the world are in India.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to the Animal Welfare Board of India:

1. The Animal Welfare Board of India is a statutory advisory body.
2. It was started under the stewardship of Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale.
3. The Board is within the jurisdiction of the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following martial arts in the country:

1. Silambam: Karnataka
2. Kalariyapattu: Kerala
3. Sarit Sarak: Mizoram
4. Gatka: Punjab

Which of the above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. Hayabusa- 2 is a mission to the moon by the Japanese Space Agency.
2. OSIRIS Rex is an asteroid sampling mission by NASA.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Pangti village was recently in news for

Ex EKUVERIN is a bilateral exercise of India with which of the following countries?

Which of the following categories of farmers is/are excluded from the list of beneficiaries of PM-Kisan?

1. Farmer families having a combined landholding of more than 2 hectares.
2. Institutional Landholders.
3. Farmer families having a combined landholding of less than 2 hectares.
4. Persons who have paid Income Tax in the last assessment year.

Choose the correct option:

Consider the following statements with respect to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF):

1. The initial purpose of the fund was to help people displaced due to the partition of India and Pakistan.
2. The resources of the PMNRF are utilized primarily to render immediate relief to families of those killed in natural calamities.
3. PMNRF has not been constituted by the Parliament.
4. Home Minister is the Chairman of PMNRF.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Dzukou Valley is located at the borders of which of the following states?

Consider the following statements:

1. It has 12 pairs of exquisitely ornamented wheels pulled by seven horses.
2. It was built by King Narasimhadeva I, the great ruler of the Ganga dynasty.
3. The temple is also known as ‘Black Pagoda’.

The world heritage site described in the above statements is:

Consider the following statements with respect to the National Human Rights Commission:

1. It is a constitutional body.
2. The chairperson is a retired chief justice of India or a judge of the Supreme Court.
3. Chairpersons of National Commission for Minorities, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and National Commission for Women are the ex-officio members of NHRC.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Financial Stability Report is released by which of the following organisation?

Consider the following:

1. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary: Kerala
2. Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary: Assam
3. Velavadar Bird Sanctuary: Maharashtra

Which of the above is/are correctly matched?

UNSC Resolution 1373 deals with which of the following?

River Tirekhtyakh is found in which of the following countries?

Consider the following statements:

1. A medical condition in which the body has abnormally high levels of blood sugar or glucose is called hypoglycemia.
2. Glucagon is a peptide hormone that stimulates glycogenolysis resulting in increased blood sugar.
3. Hypoglycemia is a commonly seen sign among Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) patients.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to trans fat:

1. Trans fats are a form of unsaturated fat created by converting liquid vegetable oils into semi-solid partially hydrogenated oil.
2. Trans fats are produced artificially and do not occur naturally.
3. Trans fats not only raise total cholesterol levels but also reduce good cholesterol (HDL).

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

Consider the following statements with respect to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC):

1. CVC was created via executive resolution and was later conferred with statutory status.
2. It was created based on the recommendations of the Santhanam Committee.
3. The CVC is under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs and submits its reports to the Ministry.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Lithium:

1. It finds its use in ceramics, glass, telecommunication and aerospace industries.
2. It is a “Prescribed substance” under the Atomic Energy Act.
3. It is a high energy additive to rocket propellants.

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with respect to Gobardhan Scheme:

1. It was launched by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
2. It is being implemented as part of the Swachch Bharat Mission (Gramin).
3. The scheme aims to support villages in effectively managing their cattle waste and help augment farmers’ incomes.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

Which of the following was/were changes brought about by the Government of India Act, 1935?

1. Provincial autonomy
2. Diarchy at the centre
3. Bicameral legislature

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