UPSC Exam: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz May 19 - May 25

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. District Councils can make regulations to control trading with non-tribal population.
2. District Council can establish and manage waterways in the district.
3. For Meghalaya, Governor decides the applicability of acts of Parliament to autonomous regions.
4. There are maximum 4 nominated members in District Council.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution?

1. Regulations regulating money-lending to scheduled tribes in the state need the assent of the President of India.
2. Tribes Advisory Council has a maximum of 20 members.
3. Dilip Bhuria headed the 2nd Commission to report on the administration of the scheduled areas and the welfare of the scheduled tribes in the states.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Anti-Defection Law?

1. Only when 2/3^rd members of the party agree to a merger, a merger takes place between political parties.
2. The presiding officer of the House decides any questions regarding disqualification arising out of defection.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Finance Commission?

1. The Chairman should be a judge of High Court or one qualified to be appointed a judge of High Court.
2. It consists of 4 other members apart from Chairman.
3. It is a quasi-judicial body.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution?

1. Residents of the state are entitled to all rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India.
2. Bicameral legislature.
3. The concept of permanent residents of the state.
4. The territory of J&K includes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. President’s Rule cannot be declared in Jammu & Kashmir.
2. The jurisdictions of the Election Commission and CAG are applicable to the state.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to Supreme Court advocates?

1. Designation of ‘Senior Advocate’ can be given by a high court too.
2. Only advocates-on-record are allowed to file document before the Supreme Court.
3. Other advocates are not allowed to file any document or matter before the Supreme Court.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

1. It is smaller than that of the High Court.
2. Supreme Court cannot issue writs for purposes other than enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the legislative powers of the Governor?

1. Governor can reserve a bill for President’s consideration when it opposes a Directive Principle of State Policy.
2. Governor calls for a joint sitting of both the houses of the state legislature (in case of a bicameral legislature).
3. He nominates 1 Anglo-Indian to the state legislative assembly.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Only Rajya Sabha can initiate removal of the Vice-President.
2. Financial bills involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.

Consider the following statements:

1. The Bhitarkanika National Park is located in the state of West Bengal.
2. The Bhitarkanika National Park is located in the delta of rivers Brahmani, Baitarani and Dhamara.

Identify the correct statements from the options given below:

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) is the regulator for overseeing insolvency proceedings
2. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India also oversees entities like Insolvency Professional Agencies (IPA), Insolvency Professionals (IP) and Information Utilities (IU) in India.
3. IBBI handles the cases using two tribunals like NCLT(National company law tribunal) and Debt recovery tribunal.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Symbiodinium is a unicellular algae that provides its host with photosynthetic products in return for nutrients and shelter.
2. These unicellular algae reside in the endoderm of tropical cnidarians such as corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish.

Which of the following is/are incorrect?

1. The government fixes ceiling prices of all drugs under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).
2. Price fixation of drugs in NLEM is carried out by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

1. Israel considers the whole of Jerusalem to be its united capital.
2. Palestinians see East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 war and subsequently annexed, as the capital of a future state.
3. Most of the international community does not recognise Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
2. A successful test of Falcon Heavy, would be an important step toward demonstrating SpaceX’s ability to send spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit.

To provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports, an Expert Task
Force has been constituted. It has which of the following members?

1. Prime Minister
2. Minister of Commerce and Industry
3. CEO, NITI Aayog – Member
4. President, FICCI

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

What are Systematically Important Banks (D- SIBs) as recognized by the Reserve
Bank of India?

1. These banks are exempt from CRR and SLR regulations.
2. These are perceived as perceived as ‘Too Big To Fail (TBTF) banks.
3. The RBI determines a cut-off score beyond which banks are considered as D-SIBs.

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

Which of these is/are examples of Fixed capital formation?

1. Accumulation of foreign exchange reserve
2. Road and bridge construction
3. Energy infrastructure
4. Office equipment, such as computers

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

To stabilize India’s population, which of these is the prescribed Total
Fertility Rate (TFR)?

Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander’s invasion?

The practice of military governance was first introduced in India by the:

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. As per the Tolkāppiyam, Tamil Sangam poems fall into two categories – Akam and Puram.
2. Akam talks about personal human aspects in a metaphorical manner, while the puram talks about heroism, ethics, social life, etc.

Hoysala monuments are found in ___

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

Which among the following animals was not represented in the seals and terracotta arts of the Harappan civilisation?

Which one of the following Chola kings conquered Ceylon?

The ‘Pledge movement’ launched by the Indian Social Conference was regarding what?

Mahatma Gandhi extended his support in person to which of the following social movements?

Which of the following regarding the Wahabi movement is/are correct?

1. It was started in Punjab against the British.
2. It recognised the role of the individual conscience in religion.

Which of the following is not true for longitudes?

Which of the following is correct regarding the structure of the atmosphere?

Which of the following is incorrect for life in the Amazon Basin?

1. It has hot and wet climate throughout the year.
2. It is suitable for cattle rearing.

Which of the following statements regarding sea salinity is/are correct?

1. Ocean salinity depends upon evaporation and precipitation.
2. Any change in the density or temperature influences the salinity.

Which of the following statements regarding Circum-Pacific belt is/are correct?

1. It is an active volcanic realm.
2. It is an active seismic realm.
3. It is prone to tsunamis.

Which of the following is not a tributary of the River Ganga?

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Alluvial soils are rich in nitrogen content.
2. Black soils are rich in iron and lime but deficient in nitrogen.
3. Laterite soils are rich in iron and aluminum but deficient in nitrogen and potassium.

Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

1. Hussain Sagar Lake – Andhra Pradesh
2. Blue Bird Lake – Haryana
3. Vembanad Lake – Tamil Nadu

Stalactites and stalagmites are features of:

Which of the following islands is of volcanic origin?

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to Seemai Karuvelam (Proposis Juliflora)?

1. It is a native medicinal tree species used in the manufacture of India’s first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug.
2. It reproduces by way of seeds dispersed mainly by animals consuming the seed pods and spreading it through their droppings.

What is the visible surface of the sun called?

Which of the following statements best explains the term ‘Nematodes’?

Which of the following is/are viral diseases?

1. Tuberculosis
2. Cholera
3. Leprosy
4. Hepatitis

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Turtles are integral to a healthy riverine system as they act as scavengers cleaning up water bodies.
2. The National Mission for Clean Ganga envisages the breeding and release of turtles to clean the wetlands.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding Bandhan Financial Services?

1. It is the country’s largest microfinance institution.
2. It also undertakes regular banking activities as a commercial bank through its subsidiary.
3. A majority of its customers are women.

Which of the following are prominent genome-editing techniques?

1. CRISPR/Cas 9
2. Zinc-Finger Nuclease (ZFN)
3. Scanning Force Microscopy (SFM)
4. TALEN

The Strait of Hormuz connects which of the two water bodies?

Which of the following statements regarding the East African Community is/are correct?

1. It is an inter-governmental organisation that consists of 6 nations in the African great lakes (rift valley) region.
2. It is Africa’s largest free trade zone.

Which of the following statements on the Swachh Shakti Saptah programme is/are correct?

1. It is a week-long programme across the nation to honour the role of women in the Swachh Bharat Mission.
2. It is launched by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.