UPSC Quiz – 2019 : IASbaba’s Daily Current

Affairs Quiz [Day 128]

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Q.1) Consider the following statements

1. GM foods are within the scope of the Cartagena Protocol only if they contain LMOs that are capable of transferring or replicating genetic material.
2. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) functions in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

Select the correct statements

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

Q.2) Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Land Acquisition Act, 2013’

1. It replaced the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
2. The scope of the Act includes all land acquisition whether it is done by the Central Government of India, or any State Government of India, except the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
3. The provisions of the Act does not apply to acquisitions under the Railways Act, 1989

Select the correct code:

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.3) ‘Noney’ was in recently in news. Where is it located?

1. Mizoram
2. Manipur
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Assam

Q.4) Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CCEW)’

1. It was launched during the Paris Climate Summit in 2015
2. It is a brainchild of India and China

Select the correct statements

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

Q.5) Edaphic factors are included in

1. Abiotic components
2. Biotic components
3. Consumers
4. Producers

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