21-Apr-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

With reference to Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, consider the following statements

1. CAG has no control over the issue of money from the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. The term of the office of the CAG is 5 years.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Bats, consider the following statements

1. They are the only mammal species that can fly.
2. They exhibit the phenomenon of ‘Echolocation’.
3. International Bat Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on April 17th.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to National Quantum Mission, consider the following statements

1. Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that describes the physical properties of nature at the atomic and subatomic scale.
2. The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) will lead the mission.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to National Commission for Minorities (NCM), consider the following statements

1. It is a statutory body.
2. Only Five religious communities namely Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis), have been notified as minority communities by the Union Government.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Toque macaque recently seen in news, consider the following statements

1. It is a species of monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
2. It is listed as Critically Endangered (CR) in the IUCN Red List.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the Public Service Commissions, consider the following statements:

1. The President is entitled to create one or more All India services.
2. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is an independent constitutional body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, consider the following statements:

1. SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and military organization aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.
2. Uzbekistan is one of its members.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

With reference to the ‘history of International Monetary Fund’, consider the following statements:

1. The IMF was conceived at a UN conference in Bretton Woods.
2. Countries were not eligible for membership in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) unless they were members of the IMF.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Buddhism, consider the following statements:

1. It is one of the important religions of South and South-Eastern Asian countries.
2. The founder of Buddhism was born into royal family of Sakya clan.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

With reference to the Election Commission of India, consider the following statements:

1. Originally the commission had only one election commissioner but after the Election Commissioner Amendment Act 1989, it was made a multi-member body.
2. At the state level, the election commission is helped by the Chief Electoral Officer who is an IAS rank Officer.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?