14-Feb-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Recently, the ‘GROW’ portal was in the news. It is related to which one of the following fields?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Fire Capped Tit’ bird

1. It is a small bird species assigned to the family Paridae.
2. It is a Himalayan bird that flies down south towards Western Ghats and Kerala around September, and is back around February end and March.
3. As per IUCN’s Red List, it has the least concern status.

How many of the statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Biodiversity Heritage Sites and their respective States/UTs

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘United Arab Emirates (UAE)’

1. It is a federation of five emirates along the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
2. The largest of these emirates, Abu Dhabi, which comprises more than three-fourths of the federation’s total land area.
3. Musandam Peninsula lies on the eastern tip of UAE, which is governed by the Sharjah Emirate.

How many of the statements are correct?

Recently, ‘M87*’ was in the news. It is a/an

With reference to Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), consider the following statements

1. CEPA is a comprehensive agreement between India and the Saudi Arabia.
2.  The CEPA is the first deep and full-fledged FTA signed by India with any country in the past decade.
3. It entered into force on 2023.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to India- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) pact, consider the following statements

1. EFTA is an intergovernmental organization that was established as an alternative trade bloc for those European states that were unable or unwilling to join the European Union (EU).
2. EFTA comprises Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Natural language processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence that helps computers ______ human language.

1. Understand
2. Interpret
3. Manipulate

Which of the following combinations complete the above statement?

With reference to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), consider the following statements

1. It is a institution under The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI).
2. It conducts the largest survey to estimate household incomes, pattern of spending and savings.
3. It is headquartered at Mumbai.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Forest villages, consider the following statements

1. Village forest is a kind of forest that is owned or managed by the inhabitants in the area.
2. The Forest Act of 1878 separated the forest across three different categories. Reserved woods, protected forests, and village forests.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?