IASbaba Daily Current Affairs Quiz [Day 136]

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Q.1) ‘Operation Searchlight’ refers to

1. A military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in the erstwhile East Pakistan in March 1971
2. Operations by the Indian Peace Keeping Force to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in late 1987 to enforce the disarmament of the LTTE as a part of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord
3. India's Army-led rescue and relief mission in quake-hit Nepal
4. A cross-border counter-insurgency raid in Myanmar

Q.2) Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is the nodal Ministry of the Government for the Law of the Sea-related issues.
2. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention.
3. The purpose of the Commission on Legal Continental Shelf (CLCS) is to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention) in respect of the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (M) from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

Select the correct statements

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.3) Which of the following countries are members of Uniting for Consensus (UfC)

1. Italy
2. Pakistan
3. Argentina
4. Spain

Select the correct code

1. 1, 3 and 4
2. 1, 2 and 4
3. 1 and 2
4. All of the above

Q.4) Consider the following statements about ‘Vaccine Safety Net Project (VSN)’

1. It was initiated by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO)
2. The mission of the Vaccine Safety Net is to help internet users find reliable vaccine safety information tailored to their needs

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.5) What causes the tides?

1. Wind
2. Seismicity
3. Ocean currents
4. Gravity

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