09-Feb-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Regarding the ‘Payment Banks’, consider the following statements:

1. They can accept demand deposits only.
2. They cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non-banking financial services activities.
3. Credit risk is highly involved with the Payments Bank.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

Sometimes seen in news, the Jaffna peninsula is located in:

Regarding the National Investigation Agency (NIA), consider the following statements:

1. The law under which the agency operates extends to the whole of India and also applies to Indian citizens outside the country.
2. The agency is empowered to deal with the investigation of terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states under written proclamation from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Myanmar is India’s gateway to South Asia.
2. India developed the Sittwe port in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the Kyasanur Forest Disease, consider the following statements:

1. It is a bacterial disease.
2. It is also known as monkey fever.
3. It is characterised by chills, frontal headache, body ache, and high fever for five to 12 days with a case fatality rate of 3 to 5%.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Open Network Digital Commerce’

1. It is an open-source network set up to enable buyers and sellers to transact with each other irrespective of the e-commerce platform on which either of them is registered.
2. It is an initiative by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
3. It seeks to democratize digital or electronic commerce, moving it from a platform-centric model to an open network.

How many of the statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Quantum Internet’

1. It is a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication devices that will create, process, and transmit quantum states and entanglement.
2. Quantum computers use fundamental units of information similar to the bits used in classical computing that are called “qubits.”
3. Recently, the USA has built the world’s first quantum internet for its military communication.

How many of the statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Kilkari Programme’

1. It is a centralized interactive voice response (IVR) based mobile health service.
2. It is centrally hosted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for all the States/UTs.
3. This service is FREE of cost for States/UTs and beneficiaries.

How many of the statements are not correct?

Recently, ‘MXenes’ are in the news. It is a/an

Recently, which two of the famous UNESCO sites were added in the Swadesh Darshan Scheme II?