14-Jan-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

 Consider the following statements regarding Deepfakes:

1. These are modified images, text, audio, and video or synthetic media, created with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and MAchine Learning (ML).
2. Deepfake is a new and emerging technology that poses threat to India’s internal security as well.
3. Currently India has no law that specifically criminalises deepfakes.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 In the context of recent land subsidence in Joshimath, consider the following statements:

1. Joshimath is a key transit point for tourists travelling to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib.
2. Joshimath falls in Zone I of the National Seismic Zonation Map, indicating highest level of seismic activity.
3. The town is also very close to main geological fault lines, Main Central Thrust (MCT) and Pandukeshwar Thrust (PT).

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

‘Soul of Steel’ challenge, seen in news recently, is a challenge for—

Who are the targeted beneficiaries of PM SVANidhi scheme?

India’s first ‘Constitution literate district’ is—

Consider the following statement

1. Inflation target is fixed by the Reserve Bank of India under the RBI act, 1934

2. Wholesale price index (WPI) is adopted as key measure of Inflation by Reserve Bank of India.

3. India has adopted the flexible inflation target.

Select the correct answer using the code given below

Consider the following statements, with respect to National Green Tribunal (NGT)

1. It is a statutory body which is set up for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forest.

2. It has power to give relief and compensation for damages to persons and property

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements, With respect to Competition Commission of India (CCI) 

1. It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2. It promotes and sustain an enabling competition culture through engagement and enforcement 
3. It approves acquisition of one or more enterprises or merger or amalgamation of enterprises.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Kharkiv, Bakhmut and Soledar places, recently in news are located in

Sixty-Ninth Amendment Act, 1991 of Indian constitution is related to