12-Jul-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements about Cheetah:

1. Chettah are declared extinct in India from 1950s.
2.  African Cheetahs are listed as ‘Endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
3. Recently, Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh is selecting as first site for reintroduction of Cheetah in India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following activities is/ are subject to taxation under the Goods and service tax

 1. Online gaming

2. Casinos

3.  Horse-racing

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Match the following pairs

 Tiger Reserve                                                  Location

1. Similipal Tiger reserve                         Odisha
2. Kamlang Tiger Reserve                       Mizoram
3. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve                   Tamil Nadu

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)  is chaired by  whom

Consider the following statements, with respect to Chandrayaan-3 mission

1.It is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface

2. The mission aims for safe landing on south pole of the moon.

3. It will be launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL)

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Solar flares’

1. Solar flares affect all layers of the solar atmosphere
2. Flares produce radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum at all wavelengths
3. Flares occur in active regions and are always accompanied by coronal mass ejections

How many of the statement(s) given above are correct?

With reference to ‘The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023’, consider the following statements

1. The Bill extends its remit to land which is not officially classified as ‘forest’ in State or Central government records.
2. It exempts land within 100 km of India’s border needed for national security from the purview of the Act.
3. The state government requires prior approval of the central government to assign any forest land to any entity

How many of the statement(s) given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Buses’

Statement 1 – These buses do not produce any carbon emissions

Statement 2 – Hydrogen fuel cells use hydrogen as a fuel that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical energy and water

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

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Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Chemical Weapons Convention’

1. It is an arms control treaty administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency
2. It is the only arms convention to be universally ratified

Which of the above statements is/are correct?