UPSC MCQ3rd + 4th April

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Q1) Consider the following statements :

A) Space junk is an ever-growing problem with more than 7,500 tonnes of redundant hardware now thought to be circling the Earth.

B) RemoveDebris system was carried by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

C) The RemoveDebris satellite was funded by the European Commission and 10 commercial partners

Options:

1) All are correct2) A & B are correct3) B & C are correct4) A & C are correct

Q2) Consider the following statements :

A) Tiangong-1, the Japanese space station plunged into the Atlantic ocean recently.

B) Point Nemo, or “ocean point of inaccessibility,” is a region in the South Pacific that is the loneliest place on the planet.

C) Point Nemo was named after the deep-sea diving captain in Jules Verne’s classic sci-fi novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Options:

1) All are correct2) B & C are correct3) A & C are correct4) Only C is correct

Q3) Consider the following statements :

A) Hindon Elevated Road will connect commuters to NH-12, the Delhi-Meerut Expressway making journey till Delhi’s Akshardham signal-free.

B) Hindon Elevated Road is a 22.6 km long elevated road, making it the longest elevated road in the country.

Options:

1) Both are wrong2) Both are correct3) Only A is correct4) Only B is correct

Q4) Consider the following statements :

A) India replaced USA to become second largest producer of mobile phones in 2017.

B) India accounted for 11 per cent of global mobile production in 2017 compared to 3 per cent in 2014.

C) India has set target to achieve around 500 million mobile phone production in India by 2020

Options:

1) A & C are correct2) B & C are correct3) Only C is correct4) Only B is correct

Q5) Consider the following statements:

A) Walong is India’s easternmost town in Arunachal Pradesh on Dibang river

B) Walong is a tri-junction of India, China and Myanmar

C) Russia with 16 tripoints lead the list of states by number of tripoints

Options:

1) Only A is correct2) B & C are correct3) A & B are correct4) Only B is correct

Q6) Match the following pairs :

Lines/Boundaries Countries

A) 17th Parallel 1) France and Germany

B) 31st Parallel 2) Canada and USA

C) Maginot Line 3) North Vietnam and South Vietnam

D) 49th Parallel 4) Iraq and Iran

Options:

1) A - 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2 2) A - 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1

3) A - 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3 4) A - 2; B – 4; C – 3; D - 1

Q7) Consider the following statements :

A) The Chief Justice of India remains in the office until the age of 62 years, unless he or she is impeached on grounds of misbehavior or incapacity.

B) A notice of motion for removal of CJI can be moved in either House

C) The Article 126 of the Constitution provides the process of impeachment of CJI

Options:

1) A & B are correct2) B & C are correct3) A & C are correct4) All are correct

Q8) Consider the following statements :

A) Madhya Pradesh government has rolled out a Rupashree scheme

B) Rupashree Prakalpa bagged the United Nations Public Service Award at The Hague.

C) Under Rupashree’ scheme , an amount of ₹25,000 will be credited to her bank account before her marriage.

Options:

1) All are correct2) A & B are correct3) B & C are correct4) Only C is correct

Kanyashree’ scheme, under which a beneficiary gets an annual scholarship of ₹500 and one-time grant of ₹25,000, aims at incentivising schooling of teenaged girls and delaying their marriage till the legal age of 18.

For the ‘Rupashree’ scheme, a woman has to fill out the application form before her marriage and submit it to the Block Development Officer or the Municipality Office. An amount of ₹25,000 will be credited to her bank account before her marriage

A sum of ₹1,500 crore has been earmarked for the project which is expected to benefit about six lakh women belonging to the economically poor families.

• The 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme was launched by the Maharashtra government on 1 April 2016 in place of ‘Sukanya’ scheme.• It is aimed at improving skewed girl child ratio, preventing sex determination and female foeticide and supporting female education.

• According to the earlier provisions, the scheme catered to girls from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and those whose annual income was up to Rs 1 lakh.• The revised provisions will allow families having an income up to Rs 7.5 lakh to also benefit from the scheme.

• According to the scheme’s revised policy, if the mother or the father undergoes a family planning operation after the birth of their first girl child, a sum of Rs 50,000 shall be deposited in a bank in the name of the girl child.• Further, if any of the parents undergo a family planning operation after bearing the second girl child, a sum of Rs 25,000 shall be deposited in the name of both children.

• The girl child will be able to withdraw the interest money twice, first when she reaches 6 years of age and next when she turns 12.• The girl will be able to withdraw the total amount along with interest at the time when she turns 18, provided she has completed her education up to 10 Standard and is unmarried.

Q9) Consider the following statements :

A) The Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister has a target to launch BS-VI compliant automotive fuels by 1st April 2020.

B) The sulphur content in our fuel is at 50 parts per million (PPM) while BS VI fuel has a sulphur content of 10 ppm.

C) Mumbai has become the first city to have fuel that is BS VI complaint.

Options:

1) All are correct2) A & C are correct3) A & B are correct4) Only A is correct

Q10) Consider the following statements :

A) SIDBI celebrated it foundation day foundation as day of Sampark (connect), Sanwad (interaction), Suraksha (security) and Sampreshan (disseminate).

B) MSME is second largest employment generating sector after agriculture sector.

C) Small Industries Development Bank of India was set up on April 2, 1990 through an Act of Parliament

Options:

1) All are correct2) A & Bare correct3) B & C are correct4) A & C are correct

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