18-Jul-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements with reference to Defamation

1. Any false and unprivileged statement published or spoken deliberately, intentionally, knowingly with the intention to damage someone's reputation is defamation.
2. In India, defamation can both be a civil wrong and a criminal offense.
3.  Section 499 and 500 of Indian Penal Code,1860 deals with Criminal defamation.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Vaccine-derived polio virus (VDPV)

1. A VDPV is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in Oral poliovirus vaccines (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus.
2. The VAPP cases can be avoided once the government start using  inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) over OPV to immunise children in India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Entamoeba moshkovskii

1. Currently it is the leading cause of Diarrhoea in humans.
2. E. moshkovskii is morphologically dissimilar to other species such as E. histolytica and E. dispar, both known to cause amoebiasis.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Effect of Air pollution,  consider the following statements

1. An insect’s ability to find food and a mate is reduced when its antennae are contaminated by sources of air pollution.
2. Antenna contamination compromises their capacity to detect odours.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Hoolock  gibbon, consider the following statements

1. It is the only ape species found in India.
2. These animals are known to live in tropical evergreen forests and are commonly found near rivers.
3. They are carnivores and survive by eating insects.
4. Females typically give birth to one offspring after a gestation period of approximately 230 days.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

As per the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, which of the following statement describe the ‘antiquity’

1. Any coin, sculpture, painting, epigraph or other work of art or craftsmanship that has been in existence for not less than fifty years.

2. Manuscript, record or other document which is of scientific, historical or aesthetic value that is not less than hundred years

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match the following pairs

              Straits                               Joining Water Bodies

1. Hormuz Strait                          Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea
2. Bab-el-Mandeb                        Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
3. Kerch strait                               Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

‘Black Sea Grain Initiative’ agreement is between which two nations

1. Ukraine

2. Russia

3. USA

4. Poland

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements, with respect to Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council 

1. It is a constitutional body which is responsible for making recommendations on issues related to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India

2. Every decision of the GST Council shall be taken by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the weighted votes of the members present and voting 

3.  Chairperson of, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), is Ex-officio chairman of  GST Council

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Core inflation is different from headline inflation because the former