12-Jan-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements:

1. Direct taxes are based on the principle of the ability to pay.
2. Direct taxes are elastic and productive.
3. The canon of certainty is not embodied in direct taxation.

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

Regarding the ‘Speaker of the Lok Sabha’, consider the following statements:

1. The Constitution of India requires the Speaker should be a member of the House.
2. The Speaker is elected from among the Lok Sabha members by a special majority of members present and voting in the House.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the ‘Antibiotics’, consider the following statements:

1. Antibiotics are remarkable drugs capable of killing biological organisms in one’s body without harming the body.
2. These are used for everything from preventing infections during surgeries to protecting cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the GM mustard, consider the following statements:

1. It is an indigenously developed transgenic mustard.
2. It is a genetically modified variant of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) mustard.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the Genetically Modified (GM) crops, consider the following statements:

1. They are similar to hybrids.
2. Biotechnologists insert select genes at a random location in the DNA of a plant to develop a GM crop.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Report Fish Disease App’

1. The mobile application is introduced by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
2. It intends to empower fish farmers with a convenient and efficient platform to report diseases on their farms.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Recently, ‘Einstein Probe’ was in the news. Consider the following statements in this regard.

1. It is a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
2. Its primary goal is to explore the transient and variable X-ray sky, capturing powerful bursts of high-energy light emanating from objects such as merging neutron stars and black holes.
3. The mission was launched using the most powerful Rocket i.e., NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System).

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)’

1. It is proposed by the USA in COP28.
2. It will be a Tariff relief that is provided for developing nations to mitigate their green transition.
3. India supports the mechanism and has promised to join it in the future.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Recently, ‘MCG-01-24-014’ was in the news. It is a/an

Consider the following statements

1. It is a South American country.
2. It includes the Pacific archipelago of the Galapagos Islands.
3. The equator passes through this country.
4. Cotopaxi volcano lies in this country.

The above-mentioned statements refer to which one of the countries?