22-May-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding Copernicus Programme

1. It was launched in 1998 and it was earlier called Global Monitoring for Environmental Security (GMES).
2. It is a part of NASA’s space programme and aims to monitor the Earth and its environment by collecting data from a set of satellites known as the Sentinels.
3. Users have to pay subscription charges to get the data from the programme.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Which of the following is not a common cause of turbulence during flight?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’

1. It was established in 1992.
2. It is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.
3. India has never hosted any Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

How many of the above statements are correct?

Recently, ‘Thangjing hill’ was in the news. Which one of the followings best describe it?

Consider the following statement regarding ‘Juvenile Justice Board (JJB)’

1. Juveniles accused of a crime or detained for a crime are brought before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).
2. The JJB consists of judicial magistrate of the first class and two social workers, at least one of whom should be a woman.
3. JJB is meant to resolve the case within a year.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to X chromosome , consider the following statements

1. Since females have two copies of the X chromosome, one of the X chromosomes is randomly inactivated during early embryonic development, in a process called X chromosome inactivation (XCI).
2. The inactivation occurs to prevent the overexpression of X-linked genes in females.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following pairs

1. Duchenne muscular dystrophy – Y linked genetic disease
2. Agammaglobulinemia — X linked genetic disease
3. Barth syndrome — X linked genetic disease
4. Haemophilia — Y linked genetic disease

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

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Consider the following statements with reference to Environmental footprints

1. Environmental footprints increase as households move from poorer to richer economic classes.
2. Eating  out in restaurants is a  significant contributor to the rise in environmental footprints.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Which of the following best describes the term ‘Credit event’ ?