Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz - 01-08-2020 - (Online Prelims Test)

1) A report, The Toxic Truth: Children’s exposure to lead pollution undermines a generation of potential, was released recently by?

2) Consider the following statements with respect to AIM-iCREST Initiative

1. It was launched by the NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2. Under the initiative, the AIM’s incubators are set to be upscaled and provided requisite support to foster the incubation enterprise economy.

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

3) Consider the following statements with respect to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

1. It is the premier central police force of the Union of lndia for Intenal Security.
2. The Agency is governed by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Act 1949.

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

4) Consider the following pairs

                    Borders     – Guarding Forces

1. Indo-Myanmar    – Border Security Force
2. lndo-Nepal          – Indo-Tibetan Border Police
3. lndo-Bangladesh – Sashastra Seema Bal

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

5) Baba Kalyani committee is associated with which of the following?

6) Consider the following statements with respect to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

1. It is a multilateral treaty adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution. 
2. Certain rights enshrined in ICCPR are specifically enumerated in the Constitution of India.
3. India has signed the treaty but not yet ratified it.  

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

7) Consider the following statements with respect to Vermin 

1. It includes wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals or which carry disease.
2. States can send a list of wild animals to the Centre requesting it to declare them vermin under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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

8) Consider the following statements with respect to Smog Towers

1. It absorbs the polluted air, purifies the air through its multiple layers and re-circulated it into the atmosphere.
2. It can only filter out PM 10 and not PM5.

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

9) Consider the following  

1. Natural gas
2. Steel
3. Cement 

Which of the given above is/are not a Core Industry?

10) Consider the following statements with respect to Fiscal Deficit

1. It is the total debt accumulated over years of deficit spending.
2. It is universally regarded as a negative event and always bad for the economy.   

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