21ST JANUARY ,2021 : DAILY 10.30 A.M UPSC PRELIMS(10 QUESTIONS) MCQs

1. Nuakhai is a is an agricultural festival of which of the following states?

2. Which of the following countries is/are part of ASEAN Plus Six initiative

1. 1. India
   2. Australia
   3. New
   4. China

Choose the correct from the options given below:

3. Consider the following statements about the Technical group on population projections

1. 1. It is constituted by the National Commission on Population (NCP) under the Ministry of Home Affairs
   2. Its mandate is to provide population projections for the period 2011 to
   3. The report states that India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country around 2022

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements about the National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI)

1. 1. NPCI was incorporated as a not-for-profit company under the provisions of the Companies Act
   2. It has been promoted by the RBI and 10 core banks including SBI and ICICI

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements about the National Population Commission

1. 1. Its objective is to review, monitor and give directions for the implementation of Census, every 10 year
   2. It is chaired by the prime minister

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following statements about East Asia Summit

1. 1. EAS is an initiative of ASEAN and is based on the premise of the centrality of
   2. It is a forum of 18 countries of the Asia-Pacific region formed
   3. China, India, Russian Federation and the USA are members of EAS

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Recently the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unveiled the framework to set up a pan-India umbrella entity

With reference to it consider the following statements

1. It must have a minimum paid-up capital of Rs. 500 crore
2. Applicants must also have at least three years of experience in the payments
3. No single promoter or promoter group should have more than 40% investment in the capital of this

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

8. Uttar Pradesh government signed a cooperation agreement with which of the following countries for resolving water crisis in Bundelkhand region?

9. Aarogya Setu team has worked on a new innovative feature which is called ‘Open API Service’. With reference to it consider the following statements about the Open API Service

1. 1. It can be availed by organizations and business entities, who are registered in India with more than 50 employees
   2. Once enrolled the Open API will provide the Aarogya Setu status and name of the Aarogya Setu User without taking any consent from the user

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Consider the following statements about recently launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest

1. 1. It has been launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
   2. The objective is to boost startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?