UPSC Current Affairs Practice MCQs - 02 April 2024

1. Vaikom Satyagraha, a historic temple entry movement in South India, was led by which of the following leaders:

(a) Jyotiba Phule

(b) Ambedkar

(c) Gopal Baba Walangkar

(d) TK Madhavan

2. Consider the following statements:

Charbagh style in which main buildings are encircled by gardens on all four quadrilaterals is an important contribution of Mughal Architecture.
Humayun’s Tomb is the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following pairs and identify the correctly matched ones:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) All three

(d) None

4. The term “Totipotency” is sometimes in news. Which of the following best describes the term?

(a) The ability of a single cell to divide and produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism.

(b) The process by which a plant uses sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

(c) The ability of a cell to resist or recover from the damage caused by an environmental stressor.

(d) It is a high-yielding, specific reaction for molecular joining.

5. Amal is travelling in a region which is mainly planted with the Cardamom plants. Which of the following could be that region?

(a) Ganga Plains

(b) Plateau region of Central India

(c) Northern Eastern Ghats

(d) Evergreen rainy forests of the Western Ghats

UPSC Current Affairs Practice MCQs – 02 April 2024