UPSC 2020: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Aug 08 - Aug 14

Which of the following is/are correct about the UNHRC?

1. The UNHRC has 47 members elected for two-year terms.
2. Members are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms.
3. Eastern European states are allotted the maximum number of seats amongst all the regional groups.

Which of the following is/are correct about the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?

1. It is an independent judicial body that adjudicates disputes arising out of the UNCLOS.
2. India is not a signatory to ITLOS.

Which of the following is/are correct about Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)?

1. The EEZ does not include the territorial sea and also does not include the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.
2. The EEZ includes the contiguous zone.

Which of the following is/are correct about the continental shelf?

1. It is the stretched margin of all continents occupied by comparatively shallow gulfs and sea.
2. It is the shallowest part of the ocean.
3. The Siberian Shelf is the largest continental shelf.

Which of the following theories of the earth’s origin and their proponents is incorrectly matched?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?

1. It is a statutory body.
2. It implements the GAGAN project in collaboration with ISRO.

Which of the following is India’s first interplanetary mission?

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to uranium?

1. All uranium isotopes are radioactive and fissionable.
2. Largest viable deposits of Uranium are found in Australia, Kazakhstan, and Canada.
3. Uranium is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long physical half-life.

Which of the following is/are incorrect?

1. Tsunami Ready is a community performance-based programme initiated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO to promote tsunami preparedness.
2. India is the first country to implement Tsunami Ready in the Indian Ocean Region.
3. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services is the nodal agency to provide tsunami advisories to India.

‘Pokkali Rice’ is native to

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to Qualified Institutional Placements (QIPs)?

1. It is a tool for raising capital with limited regulatory compliance.
2. In a QIP, only equity shares can be issued.
3. Only qualified institutional buyers are allowed to participate in a QIP issuance.

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the River Sarayu?

1. The river originates from Lake Mansarovar in the Himalayas and is also known as the Ghaghra.
2. Sarayu flows through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
3. Ayodhya is situated on the banks of this river.

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Indian Leopard?

1. It is classified under the endangered category in the IUCN Red List.
2. It is included in Appendix I of CITES.
3. A dedicated quadrennial leopard survey is carried out by the Wildlife Institute of India in coordination with the Environment Ministry.

Consider the following statements with respect to Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN):

1. It is an indigenously developed technology system that digitizes vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
2. It is being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM).
3. eVIN was first rolled out in Sikkim.

Which of the given statement/s is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with respect to the President of India:

1. The President of India is elected for 5 years, is eligible for immediate re-election and can serve for two terms.
2. The process of impeachment of the President can begin in either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha.
3. The President can resign from his office at any time by addressing the resignation letter to the Lok Sabha.

Which of the given statement/s is/are incorrect?

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio for gold loans?

1. Higher the LTV, higher will be the interest.
2. Making charge and taxes paid while purchasing gold jewellery is not taken into account by banks for deciding the value of the gold.

Korvai is a textile weaving technique from the state of

Priority sector includes which of the following categories?

1. Agriculture
2. MSME
3. Export credit
4. Education
5. Housing
6. Social infrastructure
7. Renewable energy

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the River Brahmaputra?

1. It has its origins in the Chemayungdung Glacier of the Kailash Range near the Manasarovar Lake.
2. It enters India under the name of Siang or Dihang.
3. It enters India west of the Sadiya town of Assam.

The Prime Minister of India at the time of his/her appointment

Diplopodology is the scientific study of

Which of the following is/are correct about Lebanon?

1. It is located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
2. It shares international borders with Syria, Jordan and Israel.

Which of the following is/are correct about the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)?

1. It is a constitutional body.
2. It comes under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Which of the following is/are correct about the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)?

1. One of its objectives is to reduce infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate.
2. The ASHA volunteers are a part of this mission.

The first to start a joint-stock company to trade with India were the

Which of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Shimla Agreement of 1972?

1. It was signed between India and Pakistan months after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.
2. The agreement contained the steps which were to be taken in order to ensure the normalization of relations between India and Pakistan.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Pitt’s India Act, 1784?

1. It was also known as the East India Company Act, 1784.
2. It established the British Crown’s authority in the civil and military administration of its Indian territories.
3. The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay became subordinate to the Bengal Presidency.

The Eravikulam National Park is in which state?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Garuda Shakti – Maldives
2. Mitra Shakti – Sri Lanka
3. Ekuverin – Indonesia
4. Surya Kiran – Nepal

Choose the correct option: