29-Mar-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Recently, ‘Afanasy Nikitin Seamount’ was in the news. It is located in which one of the following oceans?

Recently NASA and European Space Agency’s SOHO mission was in the news. IT studies which one of the following space objects?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD)’

1. It is a joint Initiative launched at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) in December 2017 on a plurilateral basis by 70 countries.
2. This agreement aims to create legally binding provisions to facilitate investment flows.
3. India is a founding member of this agreement.

How many of the statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Irrigation as a Service (IaaS)’

1. It is an irrigation technology that provides hassle free, pay per use and cost effective on demand irrigation to small and marginal farmers.
2. It functions on a barter basis, where one party provides irrigation service in return of agricultural products.
3. It is still restrictive to small ponds, and lake holders in rural India.

How many of the statements are correct?

Which of the countries share a land border with Malaysia?

1. Thailand
2. Vietnam
3. Brunei
4. Singapore
5. Philippines
6. Indonesia

Choose the correct code

With reference to the Krishi Integrated Command and Control Centre (K-ICC), which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. It is a centralized, technology-based solution designed to provide informed decision-making support to India's agricultural sector.
2. It allows visualisation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based soil carbon mapping and soil health card data for a particular district together at one place.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) consider the following statements

1. AIFs often employ less sophisticated investment strategies and lower minimum investment requirements than traditional mutual funds.
2. They are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to a plurilateral agreement (PA), consider the following statements

1. It is  where all WTO members are party to the agreement.
2. It create rights or impose obligations on the remaining members who may or may not have accepted the agreement.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Spice Board of India

1. It is a non- statutory body.
2. It is responsible for determining Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for spices.
3. It is headquartered in Chennai.

Which of the above statements  are incorrect?

Which one of the following statements is correct in relation to the “Global Stocktake”?