Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (10 April 2023)

Current Affairs MCQs Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams

Date: 10 April 2023

Q1. Consider the following statements:

1. Galathea National Park is located on the Great Nicobar Island.
2. Sentinelese tribes are indigenous to Great Nicobar Island.
3. Ten Degree Channel separates Andaman and Nicobar Island.

Which of the statements given above is/are Incorrect?

a) 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Campbell Bay National Park and Galathea National Park are two national parks present in the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve.
  • Thus, statement 1 is correct.
  • The tribes of the Islands belong to two different races.
  • The Andamanese, Jarawas, Onges and the Sentinelese living in the Andaman group of islands belong to the Negrito group while the Nicobarese and Shompens, living in Nicobar Islands belong to the Mongoloid group.
  • So statement 2 is NOT correct.
  • Ten Degree Channel separates Andaman and Nicobar Island.
  • Therefore, statement 3 is correct.

Q2. With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements: [UPSC CSP 2022]

1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.
2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.
3. It has seamless portability across the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

  • Participation of a healthcare facility or an institution in Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is voluntary.
  • Therefore, statement 1 is NOT correct.
  • Participation in Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is also voluntary for citizens.
  • Thus statement 2 is also NOT correct.
  • It provides for seamless portability across the country.
  • Hence statement 3 is correct.

Q3. What is Reverse Charge Mechanism under GST?

a) It is a mechanism where the buyer pays the tax directly to the government instead of the seller.
b) It is a mechanism where the seller pays the tax directly to the government instead of the buyer.
c) It is a mechanism where both the buyer and the seller pay the tax to the government.
d) It is a mechanism where the tax is exempted for both the buyer and the seller.

Answer: (A)

Explanation: Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) under GST is a mechanism under which the GST is to be paid and deposited with the Govt by the recipient of Goods/ Services and not by the supplier of Goods/ Services. Thus, option (a) is the correct answer.

Q4. Consider the following statements:

1. Currently, India is the highest milk producer country in the world.
2. Milk production in India has registered a more than fifty per cent increase during the last eight years.

Which of the above statements is/are Not correct?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • India is the highest milk producer i.e., rank first position in the world contributing twenty-four percent of global milk production in the year 2021-22. Statement 1 is correct.
  • Milk production in India has registered a fifty-one percent increase during the last eight years i.e., during the years 2014-15 and 2021-22. Statement 2 is correct.