23-May-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Which of the following statements is not true about the Agnipath scheme in the Indian Armed Forces?

Consider the following Committees

1. Y H Malegam Committee (2013)
2. Nachiket Mor Committee (2014)
3. Usha Thorat Committee (2020)
4. Bimal Jalan Committee (2019)

Which of the above-mentioned committees are related to the RBI’s dividend transfer to Government of India?

Consider the following rivers

1. Vltava River
2. Elbe River
3. Morava River
4. Oder River
5. Danube River

How many of the above-mentioned rivers pass through ‘Czech Republic’?

Recently, ‘Form 17C’ of the Election Commission of India was in the news. It is associated with which one of the following?

Consider the following pairs of Oversea Territories/Unincorporated territories and the Sovereign States to which they belong:

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

With reference to tomato, onion, and potato (TOP) vegetables, consider the following statements

1. They play a pivotal role in influencing both food and beverages inflation as well as headline WPI  figures.
2. TOP group constitutes 3.6% of the total consumption basket in urban areas while it constitutes 5% of the total consumption basket in rural India.
3. One of the striking features of TOP is its price volatility

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs

1. Tunga Dam — Tamil Nadu
2. Ujani Dam —Madhya Pradesh
3. Kallanai Dam — Kerala
4. Mettur Dam — Karnataka

How many of the above pairs are incorrectly matched?

With reference to Contingent Risk Buffer (CRB), consider the following statements

1. It is a specific provision fund kept by the central bank primarily to be used during any unexpected and unforeseen contingencies.
2. The apex bank, RBI for a fiscal year, has to keep the buffer fund of a certain percent of its balance sheet.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Laspeyre’s price index

1. It an index formula used in price statistics for measuring the price development of the basket of goods and services consumed in the base period.
2. In India, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used to measure price inflation which is largely based on the Laspeyre’s price index.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

With references to The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and The International Criminal Court (ICC), consider the following statements

1. Both the courts sit in Hague, Netherlands.
2. The ICJ is a much more recent institution than ICC.
3. The ICC can  investigate a much wider array of crimes than the ICJ.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?