01-May-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Great Rift Valley’

1. It is part of a larger feature called the East African Rift System (EARS).
2. It was formed about 400 million years ago when tectonic plates split and gave rise to the East African Rift.
3. Lake Chad is a part of the ‘Great Rift Valley’.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance’

1. It consists of world leaders and experts from across sectors working together to accelerate political action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
2. It was established in 2022, on the recommendation of World Health Summit of WHO.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘G7’

1. It is an intergovernmental organization of leading industrialized nations formed in 1975.
2. Russia used to be a member of G7 (erstwhile G8) and was suspended from G8 in 2008.
3. It has no secretariate and the presidency rotates annually among members.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Recently, ‘K2-18b’ was in the news. It is a type of which one of the following?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Navratna Status’

1. For a company to be accorded Navratna status, it should already hold the Maharatna category I status and be listed under Schedule A of CPSEs.
2. Navratna organisations are authorised to undertake substantial investments of up to ₹10,000 crore without needing approval from the Centre.
3. Recently, the Department of Public Enterprises granted Navratna status to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA).

How many of the above statements are not correct?

With reference to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), consider the following statements

1. It is one of seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
2.  It has the largest percentage of women in its force, in comparison to all other CAPFs.
3. CISF also provides  security to the protected persons classified as Z Plus, Z, X, Y.

How many of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following with reference to Indian Labour Conference (ILC)

1. The first meeting of the ILC, then called Tripartite National Labour Conference was held in 1942.
2. All the 12 Central Trade Union Organisations, Central Organisations of employers, all State Governments and Union Territories are the members of the ILC.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Solicitor General of India, consider the following statements

1. He is the second highest law officer’ in the country after the Attorney General of India.
2. The office has been mentioned under the ambit of  Article 76.
3. The Headquarter  of Solicitor General shall be at New Delhi or Bombay or Calcutta or Madras or Allahabad as may be specified, from time to time, by the Government of India

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)

1. It was launched by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974.
2. In India, it was introduced in 1978 and later renamed as Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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