15-Jul-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements with respect to Kaas Plateau

1. It is located in the Western Ghats.
2. It is a biodiversity hotspot and UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.
3. The plateau is made of igneous rock having thinner layer of soil.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs

Exercises                                                        Participants

1. JIMEX 23                                        –       Indian and Japan navy
2. SALVEX 23                                     –       US and Indian navy
3. SOUTHERN READINESS 23         –       Maldives and Indian navy

How many of the pairs given above are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Zhuque-2

1. It is the world’s first hydrogen-based space rocket.
2. It uses methane as the fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer.
3. It was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Honey Bees

1. All honeybees are social insects and live together in nests or hives.
2. Honey bees communicate information to its fellow bees through waggle dance.
3. Queen bee regulate the hive's activities by producing chemicals that guide the behaviour of the other bees.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)

1. Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a zone of abundant Polymetallic nodules.
2. CCZ is a region in Pacific Ocean that falls outside national jurisdictions.
3. CCZ is regulated by International Seabed Authority (ISA).

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Thermal InfraRed Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural resource Assessment (TRISHNA) mission, is a joint initiate of

Consider the following pairs

            Nuclear plant                       Location

1. Kaiga nuclear plant               Maharashtra
2. Tarapur nuclear plant            Karnataka
3. Jaitpur nuclear plant             Gujrat

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Match the following pairs

               Protected Area                                             Location

1.  Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve                 Rajasthan
2. Ranipur  Tiger Reserve                                    Uttar Pradesh
3. Kuno National Park                                         Madhya Pradesh

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. The weightage of food in Consumer Price Index (CPI) is higher than that in Wholesale Price Index (WPI).

 2. The WPI does not capture changes in the prices of services, which CPI does.

3. Reserve Bank of India has now adopted WPI as its key measure of inflation and to decide on changing the key policy rates.

 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following countries share boundaries with Sea of Japan

1. Russia

2. China

3. Japan

4. South Korea

Select the correct answer using the code given below.