25-Dec-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

In the context of ‘Tribunals in India’ consider the following statements

1. Tribunals are judicial or quasi-judicial institutions established by law.
2. The constitution of tribunals is recognized in Articles 323-A and 323-B.
3. Only judicial members can become part of Tribunals in India.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Sone River’

1. It is one of the largest southern tributaries of the Yamuna River.
2. It originates from the Amarkantak highlands in the hills of the Maikala range in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh at an elevation of 640 m.
3. Patna is the major town situated on the Sone River.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements

1. It is a protected area in the Upper Gangetic plain in Uttar Pradesh and covers an area of 400.6 km² in the Terai of the Bahraich district.
2. It provides strategic connectivity between the tiger habitats of Dudhwa and Kishanpur in India and the Bardia National Park in Nepal.
3. The Gairwa River, which flows in this area, is declared a sanctuary for Mugger and Gharial.
4. It is among the few places in India where freshwater dolphins, also known as Gangetic dolphins, are found in their natural habitat.

The above-mentioned statements refer to which one of the following wildlife sanctuaries?

Recently, ‘Pantoea Tagorei’ was in the news. It is a species of

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Turquet's octopus’

1. It is a species of benthic octopus with a circumpolar Antarctic distribution.
2. IUCN puts this species into critically endangered status.
3. Recently, scientists unveiled a surprising connection between the movements of Turquet’s octopuses and the stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

How many of the statements given-above are correct?

The extent to which labour productivity growth rate responds to output growth rate is reflected by:

Consider the following statements:

1. Ransomware is a malware designed to deny a user or organization access to files on their own computer.
2. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the concept of the hybrid immunity, consider the following statements:

1. It is gained from a previous infection plus vaccines.
2. As per the latest study, a hybrid immunity offers a lesser magnitude and durability of protection as compared to infection alone.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea to the east.
2. The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Red Sea via the Suez Canal in the southeast.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), consider the following statements:

1. It was formed in 2021 as a trilateral maritime security grouping of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
2. It is being seen as India’s outreach to the Indian Ocean to underline regional co-operation and shared security objectives.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?