UPSC Quiz- 2019 : IASbaba’s Daily Current

Affairs Quiz [Day 75]

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Q.1) ‘Punch Tantra’ was recently in news. What is it related to?

1. Guidelines to double farmers’ income by 2022
2. Tribal handlooms and handicraft
3. Air-to-Air Missile developed by DRDO
4. Indigenously developed Supercomputer

Q.2) Consider the following statements about ‘WAYU’

1. It is developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)
2. It works by converting pollutants such as PM2.5 and PM10 particles, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds into carbon dioxide using a filter.

Select the correct code:

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

Q.3) Consider the following statements about ‘SDG Media Compact’

1. It is an initiative marking a new drive to advance awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unanimously adopted by all world leaders at the United Nations in 2015.
2. India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is one of the founding compact members

Select the correct code:

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

Q.4) Consider the following statements about ‘Tx2’

1. It was launched by CITES at the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit.
2. It is an ambitious and visionary species conservation goal set by the governments of the tiger range countries to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.

Select the correct code:

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

Q.5) Project UNNATI is associated with

1. Allocation of coal mines
2. Digital Literacy in Rural India
3. Improving operational and financial performance of Ports
4. Monitor high value transactions and detect tax evaders