30th September 2020 : Daily Prelims Current Affairs MCQ Questions Cum Answers for Civil Services (UPSC/IAS/IPS/PCS) ( Arora IAS)

Q1. Consider the following statements with respect to Mizoram and choose the correct options:

1. Mizoram shares an international border with Myanmar only.
2. It has the highest proportion of tribal population among all the states in India.
3. Tripura, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland border the state.

 

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

 

 

Q2. Consider the following statements with respect to Cat Que virus and choose the correct options:

1. It infects both humans and livestock species.
2. It is an arbovirus.
3. Pigs are its primary mammalian hosts.

 

1. 1 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. None of the above

 

 

Q3. Consider the following statements with respect to RBI guidelines on Priority Sector  Lending (PSL), choose the incorrect option:

1. All scheduled commercial banks and foreign banks with a sizable presence in India must set aside 40% of their Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANDC) for PSL.
2. Regional rural banks, co-operative banks and small finance banks have to allocate 75% of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANDC) to PSL.
3. Bank finance to start-ups up to Rs. 50 crore shall be considered as PSL.

 

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

 

 

Q4. Consider the following statements with respect to the Malabar Exercise, choose the correct optiom:

1. It is a bi-annual Trilateral Maritime Exercise conducted between the navies of India, the United States and Japan.
2. It started off as a bilateral exercise between India and Japan in 1992.

 

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

 

 

Answers

 

Q1. Consider the following statements with respect to Mizoram and choose the correct options:

1. Mizoram shares an international border with Myanmar only.
2. It has the highest proportion of tribal population among all the states in India.
3. Tripura, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland border the state.

 

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

 

Answer: d

Explanation:

Mizoram shares an international border with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Among States, Mizoram has the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes (94.43) and Uttar Pradesh has the lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes (0.57).

It has the highest proportion of tribal population among all the states in India.

Tripura, Manipur and Assam border the state.

 

Q2. Consider the following statements with respect to Cat Que virus and choose the correct options:

1. It infects both humans and livestock species.
2. It is an arbovirus.
3. Pigs are its primary mammalian hosts.

 

1. 1 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. None of the above

 

Answer: c

Explanation:

CQV belongs to the Simbu serogroup.

One of the arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), the CQV may cause febrile illnesses, meningitis, and paediatric encephalitis among humans.

Arbovirus is an informal name used to refer to any viruses that are transmitted by arthropod vectors.

It infects both humans and economically important livestock species.

 The presence of CQV in Culex mosquitoes in China and pigs in Vietnam suggests the susceptibility of Asian countries to CQV.

 

Q3. Consider the following statements with respect to RBI guidelines on Priority Sector  Lending (PSL), choose the incorrect option:

1. All scheduled commercial banks and foreign banks with a sizable presence in India must set aside 40% of their Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANDC) for PSL.
2. Regional rural banks, co-operative banks and small finance banks have to allocate 75% of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANDC) to PSL.
3. Bank finance to start-ups up to Rs. 50 crore shall be considered as PSL.

 

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

 

Answer: d

Explanation:

Self-explanatory.

 

Q4. Consider the following statements with respect to the Malabar Exercise, choose the correct optiom:

1. It is a bi-annual Trilateral Maritime Exercise conducted between the navies of India, the United States and Japan.
2. It started off as a bilateral exercise between India and Japan in 1992.

 

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

 

Answer: d

Explanation:

Malabar Exercise is an annual Trilateral Maritime Exercise conducted between the navies of India, the United States and Japan.

Although it started off in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the US, Japan joined in 2015 to make it a trilateral exercise.