19 February 2021 Current Affairs Questions

1) Question

Which of the following city has won a green contest among cities in India, and emerged one of the ‘Tree Cities of the World’?

Hyderabad

Kochi

Chennai

Delhi

2) Question

Which of the following organization has received the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)?

World wide fund for nature

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

The Nature Conservancy

None of the above

3) Question

With reference to the human challenge trials (HCT), consider the following statements:

1. The UK is set to conduct the first COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCT) within a month from now.

2. This is not the same as standard vaccine clinical trials, where the vaccine is given to participants who have acquired the infection naturally.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

4) Question

Which of the following statement is not correct about Delimitation Commission?

Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and state Assembly seats to represent changes in population

Under Article 82, the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census.

There was no delimitation after the 1981 and 1991 Censuses.

Delimitation Commissions have been set up seven times in India since Independence.

5) Question

With reference to the all India Surveys on Labour, consider the following statements:

1. The five All India Surveys are being conducted by Labour Bureau in Chandigarh.

2. Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Finance.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2