30 Days Revision Module Day 8 - Jan 2021 Current Affairs (UPSC Prelims 2021)

1) With respect to Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM), consider the following statements:

1. It is an important mechanism under the World Trade Organization’s (WTOs) monitoring function.
2. The review facilitates smooth functioning of the multilateral trading system by enhancing transparency of Members trade policies.
3. All WTO Members are subject to review under the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM).

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

2) Consider the following statements with respect to Vanadium

1. It is a high-value metal used in the manufacture of partially hydrogenated oils or Trans fats.
2. India is a significant consumer of vanadium, but is not a primary producer of the strategic metal.
3. It is recovered as a by-product from the slag collected from the processing of vanadiferous magnetite ores.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3) Which of the following is the objective of TESS Mission of NASA?

4) Which of the following is the nodal agency for implementing India’s Arctic Policy?

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

1. The treaty banned the ratifying countries to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons under any circumstances.
2. India is neither party to nor bound by any obligations of the treaty.
3. Japan, the world's only country to suffer nuclear attacks, does not support the treaty.

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

6) India and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have recently signed the framework for Strategic Partnership. Which of the following is/are not the benefits of the partnership?

7) Consider the following statements with respect to Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW)

1. SSW events are anthropogenic atmospheric fluctuation, caused by climate change.
2. It is a rapid warming, up to about 50°C in just a couple of days, between 10 km and 50 km above the earth’s surface.

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

8) Which of the following site is not one of the selected spot for Introduction of Cheetah in the Wild?

9) Department of Official Language works under which of the following Ministries?

10) Consider the following statements about Tampon tax

1. It is a value added tax on women’s sanitary products.
2. India has abolished this tax.

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