08-Feb-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Who among the following chairs the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

 Turkey and Syria lie in which seismically active region

Consider the following statements:

1. India is largest producer of millets globally.

2. India is second largest exporter of millet in the world

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In what way does the Indian Parliament exercise control over the administration?

United Nation's General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2023 as International Year of

Consider following statements regarding the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 (FRBMA) :

1. It was enacted with the purpose of fiscal consolidation and reducing fiscal deficit (FD).
2. Initially the Act mandated the central government to reduce India’s FD to 3% of its GDP by 2022.
3. N. K. Singh is currently the Chairman of the review committee for Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, under the Ministry of Finance.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider following statements regarding the Medium-term Fiscal Policy (MTFP) Statement

1. It is presented to Parliament under Section 3(2) of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.
2. It sets out the three-year rolling targets for only 3 fiscal indicators: Revenue Deficit, Fiscal Deficit and Effective Revenue Deficit.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cell T therapy, recently seen in news, is a therapy aimed primarily towards:

E20 fuel’ refers to—

In the context of international financial system, consider the following statements regarding the SWIFT system:

1. It is the medium through which actual global monetary transactions happen.
2. It was established in 1973 and is based in Belgium.
3. India’s financial system does not have access to the SWIFT system.
4. It is overseen by the central banks from eleven industrial countries.

How many of the above statements are correct?