UPSC 2019 Daily MCQ Based Current Affairs - Free PDF Download

Q1) Which of the following statements about World Heritage sites in India is
correct ?
A)India has the 2nd highest number of World Heritage sites
in the world
B)Victorian Gothic and Art Deco has become 5th World
Heritage site in Mumbai
C)India has 29 cultural, 7 natural and 1 Mixed world
heritage site
Options:
1)None is correct
2)All are correct
3)Only C is correct
4) B & C are correct
Q2) Which of the following statements about World Heritage sites is
correct ?
A) UNESCO may withdraw the World Heritage status given to
a site
B)Granting of World Heritage status means the site is listed
as a “Green Site” making environmentally sustainable
tourism mandatory
Options:
1) None is correct
2) Both are correct
3) Only A is correct
4) Only B is correct
Q3) As per report released by Indian government based on 2011
Census, which of these statements is correct ?
A) Sanskrit is the least spoken language in India
B) The Census records a ‘mother tongue’ as “the
language spoken in childhood by the person’s
mother to the person”
C)The number of Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam speakers have
declined
Options:
1) None is correct
2) A&B are correct
3) B&C are correct
4) A&C are correct
Q4) Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India does not list which
language/s ?
A) Rajasthani
B) English
C) Maithili
D) Nepali
Options:
1) A,C&D
2) A&B
3) B&C
4) All
Q5) Planting 65,000 saplings would add 1 sq km
forest/tree cover. This formula for plantation of trees
has been given by which organisation?
1)World Food Programme
2)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
3)MoEFCC
4)World Nature Organization (WNO)
Q6) Which of the following statements is true ?
A)In Chess, a player is called grandmaster when he achieves
an ELO Rating of 2500
B)Vishwanathan Anand is India’s youngest Chess
grandmaster
C)Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu has become youngest
world champion
Options:
1) B & C are correct
2) A & B are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) None is correct
Q7) Which of the following statements is true as per new study by
the ICMR-National Institute of Virology?
A)There are more cases of Chikungunya
in India compared to Dengue
B)Chikungunya is seen only in Monsoons
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Both are correct
4) None is correct
Q8) Which of the following statements is true as per the World Bank report
‘South Asia’s Hotspots: The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes
on Living Standards’ ?
A) The rising temperatures and changing monsoon
rainfall patterns from climate change could cost India
2.8% of GDP by 2030
B)If no measures are taken, average temperatures in
India are predicted to increase by 1.5-3°C by 2050
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Both are correct
4) None is correct
For India, it has projected that living conditions in
Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh will decline by
more than 9%, followed by Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Of the top 10 most affected hotspot districts, 7
(Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondiya, Wardha,
Nagpur, Raj Nandgaon, Durg) are in Vidarbha, and
the remaining 3 in Chhattisgarh and MP.
Q9) What is carbon-intensive?, a term used by the World
Bank recently ?
1. A future “in which some collective action is taken to limit
greenhouse gas emissions and global annual average
temperatures increase 2.4°C by 2100 relative to pre-industrial
levels.
2. A future in which no actions are taken to reduce emissions and
global annual average temperatures increase 4.3°C by 2100
relative to pre-industrial levels.
3. A future in which carbon emitted will be 10 times more than
carbon absorbed leading the global extinction
4. A future in which carbon will account for more biomass in oceans
than aquatic animals
Q10) Which of the following statements is true about the US travel
ban imposed by Supreme court recently
A) It extends to 8 Muslim-majority countries — Iran,
Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Chad and Sudan
B) Only Muslim majority countries are a part of
this ban
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Both are correct
4) None is correct
Q11) Which of the following is/ are not the ex – situ
conservation method?
A)Storage of seeds in banks
B)Setting up a National Park
C)Breeding of captive animal species in zoo
D)Setting up botanical gardens
Options:
1) A & D
2) Only B
3) B & C
4) Only A
Q12) Match the following :
Name of Embroidery Produced mainly in
A) Bagh 1) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Aari 2) Odisha
C) Kantha 3) UttarPradesh
D) Zardosi 4) Punjab
Options :
1) A – 1, B – 3, C- 2, D – 4 2) A – 3, B – 3, C- 1, D – 4
3) A – 4, B – 1, C- 2, D – 3 4) A – 2, B – 3, C- 1, D – 4