13-Apr-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Mount Etna’

1. It is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
2. Mount Etna has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013.
3. The earliest evidence of Mount Etna can be found in European Travelers’ records of the 14^th century.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Sungrazing Comets’

1. They are a special class of comets that come very close to the sun at their farthest approach, a point called aphelion.
2. They are subjected to a small fraction of solar radiation, which freezes off their water or other volatiles.
3. Most of the sungrazing comets observed follow a similar orbit, called the Kreutz Path, a single orbit that takes 800 years to complete.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Asiatic wild dogs’

1. It is a wild canid found in the forests of central, south, and southeast Asia.
2. They cannot survive in temperate or polar regions.
3. As per IUCN’s red list, they have critically endangered species status.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission’

1. It is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Petroleum, Government of India.
2. It is created to set standards for drugs in the country.
3. It also provides IP Reference Substances (IPRS) which act as a fingerprint for identification of an article under test and its purity as prescribed in IP.

How many of the above statements are correct?

The dispute for the ownership of the Senkaku Islands is between which of the two nations?

Consider the following pairs of Enteric diseases with their causative agents

1. Amebiasis — Bacteria
2. Botulism — Virus
3. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — Prions
4. Giardiasis — Parasite
5. Listeriosis — Bacteria
6. Salmonellosis — Bacteria

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

With reference to PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3), consider the following statements

1. It is developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).
2. It takes a part of a rocket that was usually thrown away – the fourth stage of the PSLV rocket – and turns it into a space lab.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Hydrogel, consider the following statements

1. It is a water-based substance that contains a network of polymer chains capable of holding a large amount of water while maintaining its structure.
2. It can be used to remove microplastics from water.
3. It can be used for cleaning industrial waste water.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

With reference to Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2023, consider the following statements

1. It is an annual, citizen-led household survey that aims to understand whether adults are literate or not in rural India.
2. It has been released by Ministry of Education.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

With reference to regulatory sandbox (RS), consider the following statements

1. It refers to live testing of new products or services in a controlled regulatory environment.
2. In it, regulators have to permit certain regulatory relaxations for the limited purpose of testing.
3.  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the first regulatory sandbox program in 2019.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?