Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 19 September 2018

Q1. Which of the following statements regarding PM Fasal BimaYojana are true ?

1) The Government has decided to incorporate the provision of penalties for States and Insurance Companies for the delay in settlement of insurance claims under the PradhanMantriFasalBimaYojana (PMFBY).
2) The new operational guidelines of the scheme detail a Standard Operating Procedure for evaluation of insurance companies and remove them from the scheme if found ineffective in providing services.
3) Aadhar number is not mandatory for identification of beneficiaries as per new guidelines by the government.

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

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding International Telecommunication Union (ITU) :

1) It is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.
2) The ITU coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promotes international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits.
3) ITU has its headquarters in New York.

Which of the above statements are true ?

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

Q3. The newly introduced web portal E-sahaj by the home ministry serves which of the following purposes :

a) getting e-way bills of GST cleared through govt.procedures easily.
b) Facilitates faster, transparent national security clearance through the portal.
c) an RBI facility making easy exchange of old notes with new ones.
d) getting educational certificates online from central/state universities.

Q4. Which of the following statements regarding artificial intelligence application machines are true :

1) AI autopilots in commercial airlines is a use of AI technology defined as autopilot.
2) An artificial intelligence tool has the ability of computers to interpret everyday language and can exhibit striking gender and racial biases.
3) Most large banks offer the ability to deposit cheques through a smart phone app, eliminating a need for customers to physically deliver a cheque to the bank through AI technology.

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

Q5. Consider the following statements regarding oysters:

1) Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.
2) Oysters stationed near offshore oil platforms can detect minute amounts of hydrocarbons as each one constantly filters dozens of gallons of water every day.
3) Oysters are considered to filter large amounts of water to feed and breathe (exchange O2 and CO2 with water) and they are permanently open.

Which of the above statements are not true ?

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

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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 19 September 2018