18-Jan-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA):

1. It was originally conceived after the SAARC grouping failed to agree on a regional motor vehicles agreement.
2. BBIN project is supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding economic crisis and debt restructuring programme of Sri Lanka (SL):

1. International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2022 reached a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka (SL) for a debt restructuring programme.
2. Under IMF’s External Fund Facility (EFF), SL must take a series of immediate measures to fix fiscal lapses and structural weaknesses in order to avail loan from IMF.
3. IMF also mandated SL to first get  the country’s official creditors to commit financing assurances on debt sustainability.
4. India, one of the biggest official creditors of SL, has recently sent such an assurance to IMF, paving the way for SL to potentially avail the IMF bailout money.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Periyar National Park (PNP)

1. It is a protected area located in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala.
2. It is also notified as an elephant reserve, a tiger reserve and a Wildlife Sanctuary.
3. PNP forms the major watershed of both Periyar and Pamba rivers.
4. It is located in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the south Western Ghats along the border with Tamil Nadu.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding sanctioning of terrorists by United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

1. It is usually done by the UNSC 1267 Committee, also known as the ISIS/ Da’esh and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
2. UNSC 1267 Committee comprises of all 15 permanent and non-permanent members of the UNSC.
3. In 2023, it designated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) deputy chief Abdur Rehman Makki as a sanctioned terrorist after China withdrew its earlier technical hold.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding lightning :

1. It is a discharge of static electricity that has built up in storm clouds, or between clouds and the ground.

2. The main protection against lightning currently in use is the lightning rod, which was first conceived by American leader Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

3. Recently scientists have successfully guided lightning bolt using a laser beam.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 Which of the following are the pillars of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’

1.  ECONOMY
2. INFRASTRUCTURE ·
3. DEMOCRACY ·
4. DEMAND

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

99^th Indian Constitutional amendment is related to

Arrange the following water bodies from North to south

1. Yellow Sea

2. South China sea

3. East China sea

4. Celebes Sea

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
 

United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 is related to

National green tribunal (NGT) deals with which of the following laws

1. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
2. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
3. Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
4. The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991;

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: