15-May-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

With reference to Regulatory Sandboxes, consider the following statements

1. It is an isolated testing environment that enables users to run programs or open files without affecting the application, system or platform on which they run.
2. Software developers use sandboxes to test new programming code, while cybersecurity professionals use them to test potentially malicious software or files.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB)

1. It constitutes 90%  of all TB cases.
2. EPTB usually occurs with the lympho-hematogenous spread of primary infection to extrapulmonary organs.
3. EPTB can occur almost anywhere in the body, most commonly in the lymph nodes .

How many  of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with reference to Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)

1. It is one of the agencies of United Nations.
2. India is a member of GANHRI.
3. Its secretariat is situated in Geneva, Switzerland.

How many of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements about Aurorae

1. They are created when some violent events on the Sun’s surface throw up a mass of charged particles into space.
2. They are dangerous to human health.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) is related to?

Consider the following countries

1. Slovakia
2. Ukraine
3. Romania
4. Serbia
5. Croatia
6. Slovenia
7. Poland
8. Austria
9. Czech Republic

How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with ‘Hungary’?

Consider the following statements regarding Chabahar port

1. Chabahar is a deep-water port located in the Golestan province of Iran.
2. India is participating in the development of the first phase of the Shahid Beheshti Terminal, Chabahar Port in cooperation with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
3. The Indian company, India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) is yet to take over the operations of the Chabahar port.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Recently, the Home Ministry of India extended the ban for 5 years for which one of the organizations?

Consider the following statements regarding Hepatitis A virus

1. It is the rarest type of viral hepatitis.
2. Most commonly, it spreads through blood transfusion, unprotected sex, and sharing of other bodily fluids.
3. There is no specific treatment and no vaccine is available for hepatitis A.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘FLiRT variant’ of COVID virus

1. The variant is also known as KP.2 where the letters represent two immune escape mutations that allow the virus to evade antibodies.
2. It is a sub-variant of the Omicron lineage with new mutations.
3. India has not reported any cases of this new variant.

How many of the above statements are correct?