Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 28-01-2023 (Online Prelims Test)

1) Consider the following statements with respect to Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) System:

1. AIP allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen.
2. The technology creates energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen, with only water created as a by-product.
3. They are similar to nuclear submarines and need not reach the surface of the water for several weeks.

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

2) Consider the following statements with respect to Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF):

1. It is a central sector scheme that will enable a financing facility for funding agriculture infrastructure projects.
2. It provides financial support to both the Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs).
3. It provides funding to create post-harvest management infrastructure and build community farming assets.

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

3) Consider the following statements with respect to the National Mission for a Green India (GIM):

1. It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s forest cover and responding to climate change.
2. The target under the Mission is 100 million hectares (Mha) on forest and non-forest lands for increasing the forest cover.
3. As per the India State of Forest Report-2021, forest and tree cover in the country decreased since the last assessment in 2019.

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

4) Consider the following statements:

1. Earth’s inner core is in the solid-state whereas the outer core is in the liquid state.
2. Earth’s inner core can spin independently from the earth’s surface because it floats in the liquid metal outer core.

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

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Pashmina Shawls:

1. Kashmir Pashmina is a fine type of wool which is obtained from breeds of mountain goats.
2. Karbi tribes from Ladakh rear the goat for its wool.
3. Kashmiri Pashmina is part of the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List

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