Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC Prelims : 16th and 17th March 2023

1. White Revolution – Diary products 
2. Yellow Revolution – Jute 
3. Golden revolution – Honey and Horticulture 

How many pairs is/ are correctly matched? 

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1. First backward classes commission- Kaka Kalelkar 
2. First Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission – U N Dhebar 
3. Second Backward Classes commission- B. P. Mandal 

How may pairs are correctly matched? 

1. Domestic Systematically Important Banks (D-SIBs) are financial institutions that are large enough where they cannot be allowed to fall. 
2. In order to be listed as a D-SIB, a bank needs to have assets that exceed 2 percent of the national GDP. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

1. Sarda Act fixed the age of marriage for girls at 12 years and boys at 16 years. 
2. Sarda Act was passed during the term of Lord Irwin as the viceroy 

Which of the statements above is/are correct? 

1. LTTD technology utilises the temperature difference available between surface water and deep sea water. 
2. LTTD Technology is completely pollution free and is suitable for island territories 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

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1. India 
2. China  
3. Bangladesh 
4. Maldives 
5. Mauritius 

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1. CAPF includes National Security Guards (NSG) , Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) 
2. CISF is deployed for security duties of private industrial undertakings 
3. Border Security Force (BSF) is India's border guarding organisation on its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh 

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1. Livestock census is conducted by Ministry of Agriculture 
2. Enumeration of dog, rabbit and elephant were also undertaken during the recent census 

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1. It is the first cross border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh 
2. It will be used to transfer LNG from Kolkata to Dhaka 

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1. Objective of the scheme is to illuminate dark regions through establishment of electric street lights. 
2. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has been entrusted to implement the scheme. 

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