30-Mar-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Recently, ‘White Rabbit (WR) technology’ was in the news. It is associated with which one of the following experiments?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940’

1. It regulates the import, manufacture and sale or distribution of drugs and cosmetics through licences and permits.
2. The maximum penalty is 10 years and a fine of Rs. 20 lakhs or three times the confiscated goods’ value, whichever is greater.
3. There is no provision for specialized courts for the trial of offences covered by the Act.

How many of the statements are correct?

Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is related to which one of the following offences?

Consider following statements regarding ‘Kalam-250’

1. It is a stage-2 of Vikram-1 space launch vehicle.
2. It is a high-strength carbon composite rocket motor, which uses solid fuel and a high-performance Ethylene-Propylene-Diene terpolymers (EPDM) thermal protection system (TPS).
3. It is being developed and built by ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC).

How many of the statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Global Geological Parks and their respective countries  

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about Shaheed Bhagat Singh

1. He was one of the founder members of Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) in 1924
2. He was arrested for involvement in Lahore Conspiracy case and bombing of Central Legislative Assembly (1929).
3. He advocated socialism, and secularism, and opposed capitalism.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

Operation Indravati is India’s initiative to evacuate its citizens from which of the following country?

With reference to ‘Magentofossils’, consider the following statements

1. These are the fossilised remains of magnetic particles created by magnetotactic bacteria.
2. These are mostly prokaryotic organisms that arrange themselves along the earth’s magnetic field.
3. Magnetotactic bacteria contained “novel structured particles, rich in iron” in small sacs that assisted them to arrange themselves along the earth’s magnetic field.

How many of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

With reference to Afanasy Nikitin Seamount (AN Seamount), recently seen in news consider the following statements

1. Seamounts are underwater mountains formed through volcanic activity and are recognized as hotspots for marine life.
2. It is a major seamount in the Pacific Ocean.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Calsberg ridge, consider the following statements

1. The ridge is a portion of the Mid-Indian Ridge and extends from near Rodrigues Island to the Gulf of Aden.
2. It a convergent tectonic plate boundary between the African Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?