12-Mar-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Samudrayaan Mission’

1. It is India’s first manned mission to explore the deep ocean.
2. It aims to develop a self-propelled manned submersible to carry three human beings to a water depth of 6,000 meters in the ocean.
3. Ministry of Science and Technology is the nodal agency of the Samudrayaan Mission.

How many of the statements are correct?

Recently, the ‘Yaounde Declaration’ was in the news for one of the following reasons?

Recently, ‘Second Thomas Shoal’ was in the news. It is a point of contestation between which two nations?

Which one of the following best describes the term ‘Parthenogenesis’

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Contempt of court’

1. Article 129 of the Constitution conferred on the Supreme Court the power to punish contempt of itself.
2. Besides the constitutional provisions, there is no statutory provision for contempt of court in India.
3. The contempt of Court petition cannot be taken Suo motto by the courts in India.

How many of the statements are correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the term “Solar Maximum”?

With reference to Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, consider the following statements

1. It to allow a single missile to carry multiple nuclear warheads, each capable of striking different targets.
2. The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and India are among the nations that possess the MIRV technology.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Phani Yerava tribe, consider the following statements

1. They are  mostly found in Kodagu district of Karnataka.
2. Their settlements are called 'Kunju'.
3. They are very backward and are mostly agricultural laborers in coffee plantations and tea estates.

How many of the above statements is/are incorrect?

With reference to artificial neural networks (ANNs), consider the following statements

1. It is a computer system that mimics the information processing of the human brain.
2.  Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are used to make predictions about future outcomes, such as stock market predictions or sales forecasting.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs

1. Zoji La Tunnel - Connects Srinagar and Leh
2. Ramban Tunnel – Connects Jammu and Kashmir
3. Atal Tunnel – Connects Manali to Lahaul- Spiti Valley
4. Sela Tunnel – Connects Tawang with Dirang

How many of the above pairs is/are correct?