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26-Aug-24: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz With Answers

Ques:1

Which of the following is not a focus area of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)?

Ques:2

Consider the following statements with reference to ‘The Justice Verma Committee’:

  1. Criminalization of marital rape
  2. Strengthening laws against stalking and voyeurism
  3. Death penalty of rape
  4. Creation of fast-track courts for sexual assault cases

How many of the above is/are recommended by the committee?

Ques:3

Consider the following statements with reference to ‘The UPI-PayNow’:

  1. The UPI-PayNow linkage enables real-time, cross-border fund transfers between India and Singapore.
  2. It allows users to send money using mobile numbers or virtual payment addresses.

Ques:4

Consider the following statements with reference to ‘e-Cigarettes’:

  1. Lead
  2. Propylene glycol
  3. Vegetable glycerin
  4. Vitamin E acetate

How many of the above is/are ingredients of e-cigarettes?

Ques:5

Lebanon shares its longest land border with which country?

Ques:6

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) often seen in news is located at the border of …

Ques:7

Consider the following statements regarding Feroz Shah Kotla:

  1. It is a 14th century monument built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq, ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty.
  2. It introduced the concept of Diwan-e-Aam and Diwan-e-Khas for the first time in medieval India.

Which of the statements above is/are correct?

Ques:8

Consider the following statements regarding Atacama Desert:

  1. It is located in the Sahel region of Africa.
  2. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
  3. The salt flat at Atacama is known for Lithium extraction.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Ques:9

Consider the following pairs:

 

New Ramsar Site

State

1.

Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary

Tamil Nadu

2.

Kazhuveli Sanctuary

Kerala

3.

Tawa Reservoir

Rajasthan

How many of the above pairs are correct?

Ques:10

Consider the following:

  1. Unsustainable development
  2. Pollution
  3. Invasive Species
  4. Climate Change

How many of the above are threats to wetlands?