UPSC Quiz – 2026 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19th March 2026

Solution (c)

Statement 1 is correct: It is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016. It was established for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking, and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It is the successor of the Indian Standards Institution (ISI), which was created in 1947 to ensure quality control and competitive efficiency in the rapid industrialization era.

Statements 2 and 3 are correct: BIS represents India in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. It is headquartered in New Delhi and maintains regional and branch offices throughout the country.

Solution (d)

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: It is a potent synthetic opioid like morphine or heroin. It is both a prescribed drug and a drug that is at times made and used illegally. It is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic. It acts in the central nervous system (CNS) or brain to relieve pain.

Statement 3 is correct: It is made entirely in laboratories, with no natural ingredients. It was developed as a prescription medicine for treating severe pain, such as pain after surgery. When used as prescribed, it is also very effective in treating cancer pain or other types of severe chronic pain that don’t respond to other pain medicines.

Solution (a)

Statement 1 is correct: National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It was established in 2006 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (WPA 1972).

Statement 2 is incorrect: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is chaired by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The primary objective for the establishment of the NTCA was to create a statutory body to provide legal directives for the implementation of the Project Tiger.

4. Solution (b)

Option (b) is correct: Carlsberg Ridge is a mid-oceanic ridge (a divergent plate boundary) located in the Indian Ocean. The ridge extends from the triple junction of the African, Indian, and Australian tectonic plates (where it connects to the Mid-Indian Ridge) northwest to the Gulf of Aden. The ridge separates the Arabian Sea to the northeast from the Somali Basin to the southwest. It marks the boundary between the Somali Plate and the Indian Plate.

Solution (a)

Option (a) is correct: Frontier 50 Initiative will support 50 Aspirational Districts / Blocks to pick use cases from the Repository and deploy those frontier technologies that have potential to accelerate saturation of services across ADP/ABP themes. It is launched by NITI Aayog under its Frontier Tech Hub. The Frontier Tech Repository showcases 200+ impact stories from across India in four sectors – Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, and National Security.