Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 25-04-2024

 Consider the following statements with respect to the National Clean Air Programme:

1. It was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in January 2019.
2. It is the first-ever effort in the country to frame a national framework for air quality management with a time-bound reduction target.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched on October 2, 2014, to fulfil the vision 
of a cleaner India by October 2, 2019. Consider the following statements:

1. The objective of the Mission was to eliminate open defecation, eradicate manual scavenging, and promote scientific solid waste management. 
2. SBM aimed to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by October 2019, with a subsequent goal to transition to ODF Plus by 2024-25.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is an area of the ocean extending up to 200 nautical miles (370 km) immediately offshore from a country’s land coast. 
2. The territorial sea extends to a limit of 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal State.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

In the light of recent controversy regarding the use of Electronic Voting 
Machines (EVM), consider the following statements:

1. They were first used in the Paravur Assembly Constituency of Kerala in 1982. 
2. It has been devised and designed by the Technical Experts Committee (TEC) of the Election Commission.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

How many among the following is/are the government measures to 
tackle human-animal conflicts?

1. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
2. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 
3. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Choose the correct option from the code given below: