17-Jan-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding National Clean Air Programme (NCAP):

1. Central government in 2019 launched the NCAP that committed funds as well as set targets for 131 of India’s most polluted cities.
2. NCAP initially set a target of reducing key air pollutants PM10 and PM2.5 by 20-30% in 2024, taking the pollution levels in 2017 as the base year to improve upon.
3. In 2022, the Centre set a new target of a 40% reduction in particulate matter concentration, but by 2026.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Indian Constitution requires the Governor to mandatorily address the Members of legislature at the commencement of first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and the first session of each year. This is stated in—

 Consider the following statements regarding Pongal festival:

1. It is a harvest festival.
2. It is named after a traditional dish of the Tamil people.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Shukrayaan I:

1. It will be Indian Space Agency ISRO’s maiden mission to Uranus.
2. It will be an orbiter, lander and rover mission, in line with Mangalyaan I.
3. The mission is expected to study the targeted planet’s geological and volcanic activity, emissions on the ground, wind speed, cloud cover, and other planetary characteristics from an elliptical orbit.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statement regarding Agnipath Scheme:

1. It is a short-service scheme for the Indian Army to recruit young soldiers for 10 years.
2. One of the primary motives behind this scheme is to reduce the defence pension burden on union government. 

Which one of the following is correct?

Which of the following are the powers and functions of Election Commission of India

1. Recognition of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols
2. It acts as a court for settling disputes related to granting of recognition to political parties and allotment of election symbols to them.
3. Notify ‘classes’ of voters who are unable to vote in person at their constituencies owing to their physical or social circumstances

 Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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 are the discretionary powers given to the Governor of State?

1. Sending a report to the President of India for imposing the President's rule.
2. Appointing the ministers.
3. Reserving certain bills passed by the State Legislature for consideration of the President of India.
4. Making the rules to conduct the business of the State Government. 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statement:

 1. Fiscal deficit: value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the products it exports

2. Current Account Deficit: difference between the total revenue earned and total expenditures incurred by a country

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
 

The postal ballot voting outside the constituency is available to

1.  Service voters
2. Persons on election duty
3. Person on preventive detention.
4. People with disabilities

Select the correct answer using the code given below.