15-Mar-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider following statements regarding vostro accounts:

1. A vostro account is an account that domestic banks hold for foreign banks in hard currencies like US Dollar.
2. Domestic banks use it to provide international banking services to their clients who have global banking needs.
3. In July 2022, the RBI had unveiled a mechanism to settle international transactions in rupee to promote the growth of global trade, with emphasis on exports from India, as well as pushing rupee as an international currency.
4. Special Vostro Rupee Accounts (SVRAs) arrangement will enable trade with sanction-hit nations such as Russia.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

Recently in 2023, the United Nations members agreed on a High Seas Treaty  during the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in New York, the US. What is the core objective of this treaty?

Which among the following is NOT a bordering country of the Black Sea?

Justice G. Rohini Commission has been set up to look into the matter of—

Indian Army’s recent (February 2023) Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) action, called Operation Dost, was to assist—

1. Turkey
2. Syria
3. Ukraine

Select the correct option using the code given below:

Arrange the following commodities in descending order based on their weightage in Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

1. Manufacturing products
2. Primary articles
3. Fuel and Power

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements

1. “Consortium for Scaling-Up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in South Asia (C-SUCSeS) aims to enhance food security, nutrition and income generation in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. 

2. South Asian governments have, agreed to consider the concept of a regional seed bank, regional testing and a framework for transfer of plant genetic material and seeds

3. India is also part of it and promote investment, and development and facilitate technical cooperation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following nations are part of AUKUS agreement

1. United States

2. Ukraine

3. Australia

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

With reference to IPCC report, consider the following statements:

1. IPCC was set up by the World Meteorological Organisation) and the UN Environment Programme
2. The IPCC itself will engage in intense scientific research before publishing their reports.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements, with respect to Solar Waste Treatment under E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022

1. Every manufacturer and producer of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall store solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells waste generated up to the year 2034-2035 

2.  Recycler of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be mandated for recovery of material.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?