Daily Current Affairs Quiz 09-04-2020

1. Consider the following statements regarding National Board for Wildlife (NBWL):

  1. 1.1. It is a statutory Board constituted under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
  2. 2.It is headed by the Minister of Environment, Forest and climate change.
  3. 3.Its decision is binding on the government.
  4. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

2. Consider the following statements regarding Armed force Special Powers Act:

  1. 1.Army can arrest anyone in the territory without an warrant.
  2. 2.Habeas corpus cannot be entertained in the court.
  3. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

3. Which of the following will be covered under the Essential commodities Act, 1955:

  1. 1.Rice
  2. 2.Fertilizers
  3. 3.Drugs
  4. 4.Petroleum products
  5. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

4. Recently Interpol issued ‘Purple Notice’ to many of its member countries during the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Purple Notice denotes which of the following?

 
 
 
 

5. Consider the following statements:

  1. 1.Phishing is the method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive e-mails and websites.
  2. 2.Malware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.
  3. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

6. In context to Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), consider the following:

  1. 1.It is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals.
  2. 2.Its implementing agency is Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI).
  3. 3.It ensures access to quality medicines.
  4. Which of the statements given above are correct?

 
 
 
 

7. With reference to Essential Commodities Act 1955, consider the following:

  1. 1.It is used to regulate the production, supply and distribution of a whole host of commodities which it declares ‘essential’.
  2. 2.It includes list of items such as drugs, fertilisers, pulses and edible oils, and petroleum and petroleum products.
  3. 3.It can also fix the maximum retail price (MRP) of any packaged product that it declares an “essential commodity”
  4. Which of the statements given above are correct?

 
 
 
 

8. Recently, the term ‘Co-seismic Ionospheric Perturbations (CIP)’ was seen in the news. It is related to

 
 
 
 

9. Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific, 2020.
Consider the following statements :

  1. 1.‘Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific’ is an annual survey published by World Economic Forum (WEF)
  2. 2.The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific, 2020 has pointed that the slowdown in the region was led by the major economies namely Russia, China and India.
  3. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

10. Recently, the “iGOT” portal was seen in the news. Which of the following is the objective of the iGOT portal?

 
 
 
 

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