UPSC Prelims Current Affairs MCQ (1-30 April 2020)

Here everyday four to five Current Affairs based MCQs are posted for UPSC Civil Services Prelims Examination General Studies-1 Paper. These Questions were formed from topics covered in the newspapers and standard magazines between 1-15 April 2020. Sources are: THE HINDU, DOWN TO EARTH, HT, TIO, PIB, NATURE, SCIENCE, BBC, THE  MINT, MAIL TODAY . Here questions are not shown completely. On every 15 days, we send pdf of these 50 questions to the subscribers with answers and explanations. The purpose behind this initiative is to help those students which are not in a position to visit coaching institutions. So it is a home based current affairs self evaluation system. You need to subscribe for one year to get these questions. PDF is sent through E-Mail. One year subscription fee is Rs 1299. Contact US: 07428811251 (E-Mail: [email protected]): Or click here to subscribe.

Question: With reference to coral bleaching, consider the following statements:

  1. All bleaching events are due t——-
  2. Which of the above given statements is / are true?
    (a) 2 only
    (b) 1 and 3 only
    (c) 1 and 2 only
    (d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to Chagas disease, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to ‘sodium hypochlorite’, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the GISAID platform, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: What is the ‘R-nought’, that appeared in the news recently?
(a) Range of radar Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the south-west monsoon, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: How ‘Biofortification’ differs from conventional ‘Fortification’?
(a) There is no difference between Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: What is unique about ‘Madhuban Gajar’, recently appeared in the news?
(a) It has anti Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: The so called “neighbouring rights”, appeared in the news, is associated with:
(a) EuropeanClick Here To Subscribe Complete PDF


Question: With reference to ‘ World Adaptation Science Programme’, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to hydroxychloroquine, consider the following statements:

Which of the above statements is / are true?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: The ‘Fluid Lensing’ technology is used to:
(a) Manage Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

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Question: With reference to the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF .

Question: Consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: Which of the following persons are buried in Nizamuddin, Delhi?

Give the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: Consider the following statements:

  1. Quarantine and isolation have similar meanings in medical terms.

Which of the above given statements is / are false?
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 2 only Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to ‘geo-fencing’, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements are true?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to PM-CARES Fund, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

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Question: With reference to ‘Price Monitoring and Research Unit’ (PMRU), consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: According to Section 92 of the Patents Act 1970, what are the circumstances when an application for compulsory licensing can be granted?

Give the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) 3 and 4 only Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the Arogya Sanjeevani policy, consider the following statements:

Which of the above given statements is / are true?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

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Question: With reference to the ‘Ways and Means Advance’ (WMA) limit, consider the following statements:
 1. It is a temporary——–

 Which of the above given statements is / are true?
 (a) 1 only
 (b) 2 only
 (c) 2 and 3 only
 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the ‘SunRISE’ mission, consider the following statements:
 Which of the above given statements is / are true?
 (a) 3 only
 (b) 2 only
 (c) 1 and 2 only
 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: According to the Section 3A of the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020, under the J&K civil services (decentralisation and recruitment) Act, who will now be eligible to be a domicile of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir?
 Give the correct answer using the code given below:
 (a) 1 only
 (b) 2 and 3 only
 (c) 1 and 2 only
 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA), consider the following statements:
 Which of the above given statements is / are true?
 (a) 1 and 2 only
 (b) 2 and 3 only
 (c) 3 only
 (d) 1, 2 and 3 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: What is ‘community transmission’ usually used at the time of disease outbreak?
 (a) When a patient Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

Question: With reference to the Tablighi Jamaat , consider the following statements:
 Which of the above given statements is / are true?
 (a) 1 only
 (b) 2 only
 (c) Both 1 and 2
 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Click Here To Subscribe Complete PDF

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