Daily Current Affairs Quiz 02-09-2019

1. With reference to ‘Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)’, consider the following statements:

1. It is a nodal coordinating, state-owned agency engaged in fishery production and allied activities.
2. It functions under the Union Ministry of Shipping.
3. It is a statutory body and it is headquartered in Kochi, Kerala.

Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

2. Consider the following statements:

1.The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the register containing names of Indian citizens, published only once in 1951.
2.Every individual, whose name does not figure in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), can represent his/her case to the Foreigners Tribunals.
3.The Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies meant to furnish opinion on the question as to whether a person is or is not a foreigner within the meaning of the Foreigners Act, 1946.

Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

3. Consider the following statements about advantages of “RBI regulatory sandbox”:

1. The “regulatory sandbox” will help fintech companies launch innovative products.
2. These companies will also be able to test the viability of the product without a wider and expensive rollout.

Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

4. Consider the following statements about “BASIC countries”:

1. They are a bloc of five large newly industrialized countries.
2. The BASIC group was formed in 2009.

Select the correct statement(s) using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

5. Consider the following statements about Firoz Shah Tughlaq:

1. He was the third ruler of Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate
2. Futuhat-e-firozshahi is his biography which was written by Fazl Ali

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

 
 
 
 

6. India’s first ‘Garbage Café’ is to be opened in which of the following cities?

 
 
 
 

7. Consider the following statements about National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam:

1. The NRC process is being carried out by Registrar General of India
2. The appeal against the exclusion in the NRC can be directly made in the Supreme Court of India.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

8. The e-course on Vulnerability Atlas recently seen in news is launched by:

 
 
 
 

9. Gaja Bandhu Scheme for the prevention of elephant deaths is a state scheme of:

 
 
 
 

10. Consider the following statements about Foetus in Foetu (FIF):

1. It is a condition wherein a malformed parasitic foetus is found in the abdominal cavity of then living twin (host)
2. The lumps formed due to FIF do not spread to other organs as in the case of a tumour.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

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