UPSC/BPSC/UPPCS 2020 Current based General Studies Mock (1-15 September 2019)

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September 14, 2019 (Updated everyday)

Question: Recently the Central Government has imposed a minimum onion export price. What is/are the objective/objectives behind this decision?
1. To curb onion exports
2. Bring down domestic prices
3. To discourage onion imports
(a) Only 1 and 2
(b) Only 1 and 3
(c) Only 2 and 3
(d) Only 2

Question: With reference to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’s ‘adverse list’, consider the following statements:
1. People included in this list are prohibited from getting Indian passports.
2. This list is restricted only to Punjab or the Khalistan movement.
3. After removing names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals, only two people are left in this list.
Which of the above statement/ statements is / are corect?
(a) Only 2
(b) Only 1
(c) Only 1 and 3
(d) Neither of the above statements is correct.

Question: Which of the following statement/statements is/ are correct with reference to Payment Banks and Small Finance Banks?
1. The payment bank cannot give any loans while small finance banks can give loans to small entrepreneurs.
2. Payment bank cannot issue credit cards whereas small savings bank can issue credit cards.
3. The payment bank cannot accept deposits of more than one lakh rupees per customer.
(a) Only 1 and 2
(b) Only 2 and 3
(c) Only 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Question: With reference to ‘end-Guadalupian’, consider the following statements:
1. It is the oldest mass extinction events on our planet which has recently been brought to light by scientists.
2. End-Guadalupian occurred at the same time as the Emeishan flood-basalt eruption .
3. The Emeishan Traps, an extensive rock formation are found today in southern China.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) Only 1 and 2
(b) Only 2 and 3
(c) Only 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Question: Consider the following pairs, seen in the newspapers recently: :
1. Cryodrakon boreas: Microorganisms discovered in Antarctica
2. Dinizia Excelsa: A tree species
3. Namjaa and Onon: Common Cuckoos
Which of the above pair/pairs is / are correctly matched?
(a) Only 3
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 1 and 2
(d) Only 2 and 3

Question: What is the correct chronological order (starting from the earliest) of the following mass extinction evens?
1. The Permian Mass Extinction
2. Late Devonian Mass Extinction
3. The end Ordovician Mass Extinction
4. The Cretaceous extinction
(a) 4, 3, 2, 1
(b) 3, 1, 2, 4
(c) 4, 2, 3, 1
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1

September 13, 2019 (Updated everyday)

Question: With reference to Electric eels, consider the following statements:
1. It is a type of mammal eel, not a fish.
2. Electrophorus voltai can discharge 860 V of electricity in a single shock and it is the most powerful Electric eel ever discovered. .
3. The electric eel actually inspired the invention of the first battery back in 1799
Which of the above statement/ statements is / are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3