Current Affairs Questions

Civil Services Chronicle Online, July, 2020:

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis And Malaria

The international financing organization, ‘Global Fund’, works towards accelerating the end of which of the following diseases?

  1. AIDS
  2. Malaria
  3. Swine Flu
  4. Polio
  5. Tuberculosis

Choose the correct option:

A
1, 2 and 4 only
B
1, 2 and 5 only
C
2, 3 and 5 only
D
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Pardoning Powers Of President/Governor

Consider the following statements:

  1. ‘Respite’ implies reducing the period of the sentence without changing its character.
  2. ‘Remission’denotes awarding a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded due to some special fact, such as the physical disability of a convict or the pregnancy of a woman offender.
  3. ‘Reprieve’ implies a stay of the execution of a sentence (especially that of death) for a temporary period. Its purpose is to enable the convict to have time to seek pardon or commutation from the President.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

A
Only 1
B
1 and 2
C
Only 3
D
1, 2 and 3

Seismic Waves

Consider the following statements with reference to ‘Seismic Waves’:

  1. P-waves are the first waves detected by seismographs (instruments used to detect and record earthquakes).
  2. P-waves can travel through solids and liquids (since they are longitudinal waves) whereas S-waves can only travel through solids (as they are transverse waves).

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

Chabahar Port

In which of the following country, Chabahar port is located?

A
Iran
B
Oman
C
Pakistan
D
None of the above

National Investment And Infrastructure Fund

Consider the following statements with reference to the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF):

  1. It is a collaborative investment platform for international and Indian investors, anchored by the Government of India.
  2. It was set up in December 2014 to catalyse funding into the country’s core sectors.
  3. It invests across asset classes such as infrastructure, private equity and other diversified sectors in India, with the objective to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A
Only 1
B
1 and 2
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

Tangam Language

Consider the following statements with reference to the Tangam Language:

  1. Tangam is an endangered Sino-Tibetan language of the Tani subgroup spoken in Arunachal Pradesh state in North-East India.
  2. It has been marked ‘critically endangered’ by the UNESCO World Atlas of Endangered Languages (2009).

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

The Multidimensional Poverty Index

Consider the following statements with reference to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI):

  1. The Multidimensional Poverty Index was launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) in 2010.
  2. The Global MPI uses three standard dimensions: Health; Education; Standard of Living.
  3. If a person is deprived in a third or more of ten (weighted) indicators, the global MPI identifies them as ‘MPI poor’.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
1 and 3
C
Only 2
D
1, 2 and 3

Assam Wildlife Sanctuary To Upgrade To National Park

Recently, the government of Assam has decided to upgrade it’s one of the Wildlife Sanctuary into national park. What is the name of the Wildlife Sanctuary?

A
Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary
B
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary
C
Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary
D
Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary

Rabari, Bharvad And Charan Communities

Recently, which of the following state decided to form a five-member commission to identify members of Rabari, Bharvad and Charan communities, who are eligible for benefits of Schedule Tribe (ST) status?

A
Rajasthan
B
Gujarat
C
Himachal Pradesh
D
Maharashtra

Hope Mars Mission

Recently, one of the gulf country is planning to launch it’s first mission to Mars under the name: Hope. Choose the name of the gulf country from the options given below:

A
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
B
Kuwait
C
Saudi Arabia
D
Bahrain
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