Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 April 2021

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Indian Rhino Vision 2020 program:

1. The program is initiated by Assam Forest Department and International Rhino Foundation.
2. It aims to reduce the risk to the rhino population from poachers by spreading the population in multiple parks.
3. It aims rhino population to 2,000 in seven protected areas in Assam.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) 2 only

Q.2) With reference to the Raisina Dialogue, consider the following statements:

1. It is held annually by India since 2015.
2.It attracts leading minds from the global strategic and policy-making community to discuss broader foreign policy and strategic issues facing the world.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Both 1 and 2 

(c) 1 only

(d) 2 only

Q.3) With reference to the zoonosis, consider the following statements:

1. It is an infectious disease that jumps from a non-human animal to humans.
2. It can spread to humans through direct contact or through food, water and the environment.
3. Zoonotic pathogens may be bacterial, viral or parasitic. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 only

Q.4) Recently seen in news about e-SANTA platform, it has been associated with 

(a) pharmaceuticals 

(b) aqua farmers 

(c) logistics 

(d) education 

Q.5) Recently seen in news Gruppe S, it has been associated with which of the following countrie?

(a) Italy 

(b) Iran 

(c) France 

(d) Germany 

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