04/7/2020 : Prelims Daily Current Affairs MCQ for Civil Services (UPSC/IAS/IPS/PCS) ( Arora IAS)

 Prelims Daily Current Affairs MCQ for Civil Services 

 

Q-1. Prerak Dauur Samman awards are announced as a part of:

1. Swachh Survekshan
2. Atma Nirbhar Abhiyaan
3. Atal Innovation Mission
4. Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana

 

Answer: A

Explanation:

A new category of awards titled ‘Prerak Dauur Samman’ has been announced as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021.

 

Q-2: Consider the following statements regarding Swachh Survekshan 2021

1. ‘Prerak Dauur Samman’is announced as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021.
2. The Ministry of environment has been conducting the Swachh Survekshan since 2016.
3. Mysuru won the award for the Cleanest City of India in the first edition of the survey, Indore has retained the top position for three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019).

 

Choose the correct option from above Statements

1. 1,2 Only
2. 1,3 Only
3. 1,2,3 Only
4. 1 Only

 

Answer: B

explanation:

 

 the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has been conducting the Swachh Survekshan since 2016.

 

 

 

Q-3: Consider the following statements about Articles

1. Article 160 (1A) provides for limiting the number of ministers in the state cabinets.
2. the total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.
3. Article 164 (1A) was inserted in the Constitution on the recommendation of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution on appointment of council of ministers of state.

 

Choose the incorrect option from Above Statements

 

1. 2 Only
2. 3 Only
3. 1, 3 Only
4. none of the above

Answer: C

explanation:

Article 164 (1A):

• Article 164 (1A) provides for limiting the number of ministers in the state cabinets.
• It prescribes that the total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.
• It was inserted in the Constitution on the recommendation of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution headed by former Chief Justice of India, M.N. Venkatachaliah on misuse and drainage of public money to put a ban on over-sized cabinets.

 

 

 

Q-4: consider the following statements about Kaziranga National Park

1. Kaziranga National Park was declared as a National Park in 1974.
2. Kaziranga had an estimated 103 tigers, but it has not been declared as a tiger reserve yet
3. kaziranga was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
4. No national highway passes through kaziranga

 

Choose the incorrect option from Above Statements

 

1. 3 Only
2. 1 Only
3. 2, 3 Only
4. 2, 4 Only

 

Answer: D

 explanation:

• kaziranga was declared as a National Park in 1974. It has been declared a tiger reserve since 2007. It has a total tiger reserve area of 1,030 sq km with a core area of 430 sq. km. Kaziranga had an estimated 103 tigers, the third highest population in India after Jim Corbett National Park (215) in Uttarakhand and Bandipur National Park (120) in Karnataka.
• The National Highway 37 passes through the park area. The park also has more than 250 seasonal water bodies, besides the Diphlu River running through it.