Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 26-08-2024 & 25-08-2024 (Online Prelims Test)

1) With reference to India & Australia, consider the following statements

1. India-Australia Agri Tech Forum (IAATF) is a newly constituted forum by India in New Delhi.
2. Both India and Australia are members of Indo Pacific Economic Forum for Prosperity and Trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.
3. The first negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) were first launched in May 2011.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

2) Consider the following statements with respect to Whistler Wave

1. It is an electromagnetic wave that originate during lightning discharges.
2. They propagate only through the ionosphere.

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

3) Consider the following statements with respect to Vaccine-derived Polio

1. It is a rare condition that occurs when the attenuated strain of poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccine mutates and regains the ability to cause paralysis.
2. More than 90% of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks are due to the type 2 virus present in oral polio vaccines.
3. Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) is a rare event that can occur in people who receive the oral polio vaccine (OPV).

How many of the statements given above are correct?

4) SNA-SPARSH is a cash management initiative to ensure real-time quick transfers through integration of which of the following?

1. Public Financial Management System (PFMS) of Union.
2. Integrated Financial Management and Information System of states.
3. e-kuber platform of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Atacama Salt Flat

1. The lake under the salt flat has one of the largest lithium reserves in the world.
2. It is the biggest salt deposit in the world.
3. It is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimetres per year due to lithium brine extraction.

How many of the statements given above are correct?