Prelims Daily Current Affairs MCQ

Questions Cum Answers

 

 

Q1: consider the following statements and choose the correct options

 

1. Zoram Mega Food Park is located in Assam
2. Mega Food Park Scheme was Launched in 2008-09 under the purview of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
3. The Scheme is based on the “Cluster” approach and envisages creation of state of art support infrastructure in a well-defined agri/horticultural zone for setting up of modern food processing units in the industrial plots provided in the park with a well-established supply chain.
4. The central government provides financial assistance upto Rs. 200 Crore per Mega Food Park (MFP) project.

 

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 3 only
3. 2 only
4. 2 and 3 only

 

answer: d

 

explanation:

Zoram Mega Food Park is located in Mizoram.  The central government provides financial assistance upto Rs. 50 Crore per Mega Food Park (MFP) project. 

 

Q2: which of the following voters are not allowed to cast vote through postal ballot?

 

1. Service voters (armed forces, the armed police force of a state and government servants posted abroad).
2. Voters on election duty.
3. Voters above 80 years of age or Persons with Disabilities (PwD).
4. Voters under preventive detention.
5. NRI’S

 

1. 1,2 and 4 only
2. 3,4 only
3. 4 and 5 only
4. 5 only

 

answer: d

 

explanation:

Currently, only the following voters are allowed to cast their votes through postal ballot: Service voters (armed forces, the armed police force of a state and government servants posted abroad). Voters on election duty. Voters above 80 years of age or Persons with Disabilities (PwD). Voters under preventive detention.

 

Q3: consider the following statements regarding polio and choose the correct options

 

1. Polio continues to be endemic to Pakistan, Afghanistan and India ?
2. polio can be cured through vaccination

 

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. 1 and 2
4. none of the above

 

answer: d

 

explanation:

Polio remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan.  There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented.

 

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding Arab space missions and choose the correct options

 

1. The first Arab space mission to Mars, an unmanned probe called Al-Amal, or Hope blasted off from Japan.
2. Hope is expected to enter Mars orbit by February 2021, marking the year of the 50th anniversary of the unification of the UAE, an alliance of seven emirates.
3. The mission’s main objective is to provide a comprehensive image of the weather dynamics in the red planet’s atmosphere
4. It will not land on the planet, but instead orbit it for a whole Martian year, or 687 days.

 

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 1, 2 and 4 only
3. 2, 3 and 4 only
4. all of the above

 

answer: b

 

explanation:

 

While the objective of the Mars mission is to provide a comprehensive image of the weather dynamics in the red planet’s atmosphere, the probe is a foundation for a much bigger goal – building a human settlement on Mars within the next 100 years.