January Current Affairs Test: UPSC

1) It is a RAR (Real aperture radar) imaging satellite for reconnaissance built by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

2) It is used in the field of agriculture, forestry and disaster management and for military purposes.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

1) The Bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955, and seeks to make foreign illegal migrants of certain religious communities coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China and Sri Lanka eligible for Indian citizenship

2) The number of years of residency has been relaxed from 11 years to five years for the specified class of illegal migrants

3) The Bill also proposes to incorporate a sub-section (d) to Section 7, providing for cancellation of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) registration where the OCI cardholder has violated any provision of the Citizenship Act or any other law in force.
Select the correct answer using the code given below

1) European Green Deal 2050 is an outcome of the Climate summit held in Paris 2015.

2) The deal consists of number of Climate focused action points for the next 5 years but does not create any binding obligations.

3) The deal aims to be a comprehensive strategy document which puts the European Union (EU) on a trajectory toward “no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Inner Line Permit (ILP) is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period.

2) Presently ILP is applicable in four states of India and Manipur was the first State to come under ILP.

3) At present, two different kinds of ILP is issued Government of India and obtaining of ILP is purely voluntary for Indian Citizens.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Hydrogen Cells also known as fuel cells that use Hydrogen as a source of fuel to create Electricity by an Electrochemical process.

2) The fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to generate electric current, water being the only by product

3) Like battery-powered electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles need to be plugged in but it produces smaller quantities of Greenhouse gases.

Which of the statement given above is/are incorrect?

1) The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement signed by the Governments of India and Assam, in New Delhi on August 15, 1985.

2) New Department was set up in the Government of Assam, called “Implementation of Assam Accord Department.

3) Foreigners who “came to Assam after 1.1.1966 and up to 24th March 1971 shall be detected in accordance with the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946. The Home Ministry was the nodal Ministry for the implementation of the Accord.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

1) National Population Register is a register of the usual residents of the country in which the database is maintained by the Ministry of Statistical and Program Implementation.

2) Unlike the NRC, the NPR is not a citizenship enumeration drive, as it would record even a foreigner staying in a locality for more than six months.

3) Recently the Assam government withdrew activities related to the National Population Register (NPR).

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1) It is forum jointly hosted by the UNHCR and the Government of Switzerland with an aim to discuss the response of the world’s countries to the global refugee situation.

2) The 1^st Global Refugee Forum was held recently in Switzerland with the meeting for every 2 years once at the Ministerial level.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1) According to the India State of Forest Biennial Report (ISFR) 2019, the forest-and tree Cover in India has decreased by 5,188 square kilometers compared to the last survey.

2) The total tree and forest cover is around 25 per cent of the geographical area of the Country.

3) Except Assam and Tripura, all states in the region show a decrease in the forest cover.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) The forum was held in Berlin with the theme "Cleaner Air, Greener Economy".

2) It focused on implementation of NDCs and SDGs based on Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 of UN respectively.

Choose the correct the answer using the codes given below:

1) Swachh Survekshan League 2020 was introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development with the objective of sustaining the onground performances of cities with respect to Cleanliness.

2) It is being conducted in 3 quarters, i.e. April- June, July – September and October- December 2019.

3) Kolkata remains the top in the ranking and Indore and Jamshedpur ranked at the Bottom.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) It was launched in 2^nd October 2017 by NITI Ayog with the help of United Nations.

2) Kerala remained the top performer while Bihar being the worst performer.

3) On “Zero Hunger” parameters Goa, Mizoram and Manipur were the forerunner.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Renewal Energy Certificate is a policy instrument to catalyst the development of Renewal Energy.

2) NSIL is the regulatory authority in trading of Renewal Energy Certificate.

3) Recently, the sales of Renewal Energy Certificate increased around 10% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is a new portal launched by the Central Government to deal the missing of Original documents like Degree Certificate, Driving License, Passport etc.

2) The complainant has to upload the police complaint and their own ID proof to trace the status in portal.

Choose the correct the answer using the codes given below:

1) The ability to see without eyes is known as extraocular vision.

2) Recently, it has been identified that the red brittle star that lives on the coral reefs

became the only species to have this ability.

3) The peculiar feature of the red brittle star its signature colour change.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) Any individual with ten years of experience in finance or Non Banking financial Companies (NBFC’s), microfinance companies, local area banks, etc.

2) The minimum paid up capital shall be 75 crores.

3) Unlike scheduled banks, CRR and SLR need not be maintained.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) Democratization of Coal mining sector by opening to anyone who willing to invest.

2) Mining through prospecting license-cum-mining Lease (PL- cum-ML).

3) Promotion of FDI in coal mining sector by removing restriction and relaxing eligibility criteria.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is accelerated development of North Eastern Region through an Integrated Steel Hub for focused development of North Eastern States.

2) The integrated Steel Hub would focus on three key elements namely Capacity addition, development of steel clusters near integrated steel plants and Transformation of logistics.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is a legal principle that is used by courts during statutory interpretation -the process by which courts interpret and apply a law passed by the legislature.

2) The presumption is absolute in nature.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) The index is developed by Renewable Energy Corporation Limited of India.

2) The index categorized states into four such as front runner, Achiever, Contender and Aspirant.

3) The top performing states in the Index is Gujarat, Maharasthra and Madhya Pradesh which belongs to achiever category.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) United Nations (UN) inter-agency group for child mortality has recently released a

report ‘Levels and Trends in Child Mortality’.

2) According to the report under-5 mortality of boys exceeds that of girls in India.

3) According to the report half of all under-5 deaths in 2018 occurred in five countries in

which India also one among them.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is a Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre (BCMAC), operated by the

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).

2) It is a part of Digital India initiative under Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology (MeitY).

3) Computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and rootkits are classified as botnet

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) The scheme was initiated in 2014 which involves fair-price stalls and counters across

the city, allows people to procure vegetables at affordable prices.

2) Recently, the scheme has been implemented by the Tripura Government to protect the

consumers from the spike in food inflation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is released by United National Environmental Programme annually.

2) India for the first time ranks among the top 10 countries.

3) Ranking of the country in Index are based on 4 categories in which Renewal Energy

has been given highest weightage.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) Lion census conducts in every 4 years and in May 2020 the census of Lion is scheduled to take up by Wild Life Institute of India.

2) Asiatic Lion is listed as Endagered as per IUCN status.

3) Canine Distemper is contagious bacterial disease that affect wide variety of animal

species which kills Asiatic Lion in Gir forest in Gujarat.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) Hargila is a rarest of storks, that is currently on the brink of extinction due to habitat

loss and indiscriminate felling of trees.

2) It was categorized as Criticially Endagered as per IUCN Status.

3) Assam state Zoo is the first in India to breed Harigila.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) Mukhyamantri Nirman Shramik Mrityu Evam Divyang Sahayta Yojana was launched

in Jharkand recently.

2) It is scheme for Labourers of the state that aims to provide financial benefits of Rs.1,00,000/- in the event of death and Rs.50,000/- in case of disability.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) It means any country or territory outside India which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare for the purpose under section (44A-Civil procedure code)

2) Recently the Ministry of Law and Justice issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification, declaring the Maldives to be a “reciprocating territory”.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Recently Bhashan Char Island was allotted to Rohingya refugees by the Indian Government.

2) The island is also known as Thengar Char Island.

3) The Island is located at the mouth of Meghana.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) India recently test fired a submarine nuclear capable missile called K-4 missile.

2) It is a high range ballistic missile with the maximum range of 4500 Km.

3) Only USA and Russia have submarine-launched ballistic missile.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) The treaty was signed in 1968, entered into force in 1970, and presently, it has 190 member states.

2) As of now, four countries are non-signatory to this treaty.

3) Recently, Iran has withdrawn from NPT over sanctions by the United States.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) Steppe Eagle is considered to be the second largest migratory eagle species to India.

2) It is classified as Endangered as per IUCN.

3) Recently it was sighted at the paddy field of Jayed in Uttar Pradesh.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

1) It is tiny robots built from the cells of the African clawed frog that can move around on their own.

2) Recently, the xenobots was created in Russia which is the world’s first living machine.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) The Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Equal Development of All Regions Bill, 2020 created three capitals i.e. Amaravati as Executive Capital, Vishakhapatnam as Legislative Capital and Kurnool as Judicial Capital.

2) It is the second state in India to have multiple capital after Maharashtra.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1) They are a large family of viruses with some causing less severe common cold to more Severe SARS and MERS disease.

2) They can affect pigs, hedgehogs and some birds apart from human beings.

3) The virus has been irregularly arranged on its surface.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?