22-Sep-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Recently, BRICS nations decided to expands its grouping, which of the following nations are going to be new members of BRICS organisation

1.  Egypt

2. Iran

3. UAE

4. Argentina

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Consider the following statements

1. Canada accounts more than 10% of total Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India

2. Canda is the second largest source of tourists in India

3. India had trade surplus with Canda during Financial year 2022-23.

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Consider the following statements

1. India aims to achieve the target of 20% ethanol blending by 2025-26

2. India has achieved the target of supplying 10 per cent ethanol-blended petrol ahead of schedule

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following countries are member of Group of Seven (G7)

 1. Canada

2. France

3. Japan

4.   South Africa

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Consider the following statements:

1. Tight monetary policy of US Federal Reserve could lead to capital flight.

 2. Capital flight may increase the interest cost of firms with existing External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs).

 3. Devaluation of domestic currency decreases the currency risk associated with ECBs.

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With reference to Delimitation, consider the following statements

1. It literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country to represent changes in population.
2. The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the Prime Minister of India and works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India.
3.  Under Article 170, States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Mohalla clinics, consider the following statements

1. It is the Delhi government’s flagship project.
2. Each Mohalla Clinic is headed by a doctor.
3. District nodal officials supervise the operations of the Mohalla Clinics in their respective areas.
4. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare is at the apex of the supervisory structure.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to Kurmis, consider the following statements

1. Kurmis are a landowning farming community whose status varies from place to place.
2. Kurmali language is a language spoken by the Kurmi community, primarily in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha.
3. The Kurmali language doesn’t have a script of it’s own.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following sources produce Sulphur Dioxide emissions ?

1. Phytoplankton
2. Smelter ovens
3. Volcanoes
4. Burning of coal and petroleum

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Consider the following statements regarding Black Sea 

1. Russia , Turkey and Ukraine borders Black Sea.
2. The Black Sea is a marginal Mediterranean Sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia.

How many of the above statements is/are correct ?
 

A new molecular test, ‘TrueNat’ recently in the news, is related to detection of?

Oldest yet fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur, Tharosaurus indicus has been recently discovered in?