Current Affairs MCQ Practice for UPSC : 28th September 2022

1. Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is prepared by the Labour Bureau
2. It provides employment and related variables of establishments in organized segment of nine sectors 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? 

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1. Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the planets. 
2. Total mass of all the asteroids combined is less than that of Earth's Moon.
3. Most asteroids lie in a vast ring between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced by the government in 1969 and it was awarded for the first time to Devika Rani. 
2. It was introduced by the Government of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke's contribution to Indian cinema. 
3. Dadasaheb Phalke directed India's first full-length feature film. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

1. It is the longest subsea pipeline in the world. 
2. It is an export gas pipeline which runs under the Caspian Sea carrying gas from Russia to Europe.
3. Nord Stream consists of two pipelines, which have two lines each. 
4. It crosses the territorial waters of Russia, Denmark, and Germany. 

1. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 
2. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.   
3. Environment Protection Act, 1986. 

1. The National Park is located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. 
2. It has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world. 

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1. It is UNESCO’s World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development which is held annually. 
2. This is the third such conference and is being held in Sweden. 

1. It is the first-ever mission by NASA dedicated to planetary defence. 
2. It uses a technique called kinetic impact to navigate the spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid to deflect it. 

Which of the above statements is/are correct?