Current Affairs Quiz 16 February 2024
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Current Affairs Quiz 16 February 2024 for UPSC Prelims
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1. Question
Consider the following statements:
1. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) helps in promoting the financial inclusion in the country.
2. NPCI has launched RuPay, a card payment scheme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?CorrectAns: (c)
IncorrectAns: (c)
- Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Which of the following is a most likely consequence of implementing the ‘Unified Payments Interface (UPI)’?
CorrectAns: (a)
IncorrectAns: (a)
- Question 3 of 5
3. Question
With reference to digital payments, consider the following statements:
1. BHIM app allows the user to transfer money to anyone with a UPI-enabled bank account.
2. While a chip-pin debit card has four factors of authentication, BHIM app has only two factors of authentication.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?CorrectAns: (a)
IncorrectAns: (a)
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4. Question
Consider the following statements in respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards:
1. Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are titles under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India.
2. Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended only once.
3. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of five in a particular year.
Which of the above statements are not correct?CorrectAns: (d)
IncorrectAns: (d)
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5. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)
- The Maternal Mortality Ratio in India is well below the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target.
- Maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
CorrectAnswer : b
- The Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS) released a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2016-18.
- The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in 2014-2016.
- MMR is defined as the number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births.
- The target 3.1 of SDG set by UN aims to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births.
- As per the WHO, maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management.
IncorrectAnswer : b
- The Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS) released a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2016-18.
- The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in 2014-2016.
- MMR is defined as the number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births.
- The target 3.1 of SDG set by UN aims to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births.
- As per the WHO, maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management.
