Daily current affairs based MCQs – Must practice – 11-07-19 17/07/2019 – Posted in: DAILY MCQs
1.
Consider the following statement/s regarding United Nations’ report on Sustainable Development:
(1) Hunger is growing.
(2) World is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030.
(3) Lack of progress is apparent among environment-related goals.
(4) Increase in people’s access to electricity.
(5) An increase in child mortality rates.
(6) Inequality is reducing.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 6 only
(c) 1, 3 and 5 only
(d) 3, 4, 5 and 6 only
2.
Recently UNESCO releases a report on Education. Consider the following statements in this regards:
(1) In 2030, when all children should be in school, one in six aged 6-17 will still be excluded.
(2) Five in twenty children in India will not be completing primary education by the 2030 deadline of SDG.
(3) Globally, 20% of young people and 30% of adults will still be unable to read.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 2 only
3.
Consider the following statements regarding Global Multidimensional Poverty Index:
(1) The MPI captures only the intensity of poverty.
(2) The global MPI tracks 101 countries on deprivations across ten indicators.
(3) It does not look upon income poverty.
(4) It tracks poverty in terms of the deprivation faced by people in their daily lives.
(5) It is developed in 2006 and MPI is calculated annually.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1,2, 3 and 5 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only
4.
Consider the following statements regarding the UN convention to combat Desertification:
(1) It was established in 1994.
(2) It is a non-legally binding international agreement.
(3) It addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of the above
Solution: 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A