29/7/2020 : Daily Prelims Current Affairs MCQ Questions for Civil Services (UPSC/IAS/IPS/PCS) ( Arora IAS)

Q1: Consider the following statements and choose the correctly matched options :

1. Buxa Tiger Reserve – Maharashtra
2. Palamau Tiger Reserve – Jharkhand
3. Dampa Tiger Reserve – Mizoram
4. Satkosia Tiger Reserve – Odisha

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

Q2: The “Five Eyes” alliance comprises of which of the following countries, choose the correct option?

1. Canada
2. Russia
3. New Zealand
4. Australia
5. India
6. United Kingdom
7. United States

1. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 only
2. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 only
3. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 only
4. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 only

Q3: consider the following statements and choose the correct options

1. The word hepatitis refers to any inflammation of the liver
2. hepatitis is caused by a group of viruses known as the “hepatotropic” viruses
3. CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19 may injure the liver, too.
4. drugs and alcohol abuse, fat buildup in the liver , cause autoimmune hepatitis.
5. Hepatitis B is included under India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
6. India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) provides free of cost vaccination against eleven (excluding Hepatitis B) vaccine-preventable diseases i.e. Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Pneumonia and Meningitis due to Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib), Measles, Rubella, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Rotavirus diarrhoea.
7. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand became the first four countries in the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia region to have successfully controlled Hepatitis B.

1. 1, 2, 4 and 6 only
2. 1, 2, 3, and 6 only
3. 2,3,4,5 and 6
4. all of the above

Q4: consider the following statements and choose the correct options

1. merger under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) can take place only between two original political parties.
2. Subsequently, 2/3 of the members of that House belonging to that party should accept the merger.
3. If 2/3 of the members do not accept it, then the merger doesn’t happen as per the law.
4. 92 Constitutional Amendment of 2003 which deleted the Paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule and the law now exempts defection only when it is at two-thirds (in a merger).

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