Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 12 September 2019

Q1. Consider the following statements :

1) Animal Husbandry and other allied activities have a greater role to play in increasing the farmers’ income. Investments in Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, bee-keeping etc. bring in more returns.
2) The National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) aims to control and eradicate the Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis amongst the livestock in the country.
3) The 12,652 Crore fully Central Government sponsored programme will vaccinate over 600 million cattle in the country in an effort to mitigate the two diseases.

Which of the above statements are true ?

a) 1 &2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q2. Arrange the following pairs of lakes of India correctly from northern to southern part of India ?

a) Chilika,Nizamsagar,Gandhisagar,Hirakud
b) Gandhisagar,Hirakud,Chilika,Nizamsagar
c) Hirakud,Chilika,Nizamsagar,GandhiSagar
d) Nizamsagar,Hirakud,Chilika,Gandhisagar

Q3. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has rejected the National Stock Exchange’s request to grant ‘recognised association’ status to the commodity derivatives segment. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) NSE launched commodity derivatives trading in October 2018 and currently offers contracts in gold, silver and brent crude.
2) According to Sec 43(5) of the Income Tax Act, any derivative transaction entered into at a recognised stock exchange is treated as speculative, and losses cannot be set off against normal business profit.
3) To be eligible recognised exchanges, they should satisfy the conditions prescribed in the Income Tax rules, which essentially say they should be SEBI-compliant, should ensure client code modification in genuine cases only as they have a significant tax evasion potential.

a) 1 &2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above
answer : c

Q4. The UGC has constituted Expert Committee prepared a Curriculum for Life Skills (JeevanKaushal) for Under Graduate Programme. Which of the following statements regarding the same stands true ?

1) Life skills (JeevanKaushal) curriculum cover the set of human talents acquired by an individual via classroom learning or life experience that can help them to deal with problems encountered in day to day life.
2) This includes the core skills each individual must possess internally as well as externally for the betterment of self and the society as a whole. Adoption of life skills is the key to success and quality in life.
3) The curriculum will be made mandatory for both the graduate and undergraduates courses in the country.

a) 1 &2 only
b) 2 & 3 only
c) 1 & 3 only
d) all of the above

Q5. Which of the following committees have been recently constituted by the central government to oversee the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir ?

a) AK Goel committee
b) NitinBhardwaj committee
c) Sanjay Mitra committee
d) Kamal Pasha committee

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Answer :

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5.(c)