Weekly UPSC Current Affairs Quiz 02.08.2020

Consider the following statements regarding the totalisation agreement:

1) It is an international agreement of social security for eliminating dual social security taxation.

2) India has recently signed the agreement with United States of America.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding open credit enablement network (OCEN):

1) It is credit protocol infrastructure.

2) Major advantage of the network will be making credit more accessible.

3) It has been developed by National Payment Corporation of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Global Forest Resources Assessment report is released by:

Istanbul Convention, recently seen in news, is related to

Consider the following statements regarding the Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana:

1) It is an initiative of khadi and Village Industries.

2) It aims to empower poter community of every state in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

ASTHROS mission, recently seen in news, is related to

Consider the following statements regarding the Turtle Survival Initiative:

1) It was formed as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises.

2) It was formed during the Convention on Biodiversity in 1992.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Peace Forest Initiative:

1) It aims to contribute to land degradation neutrality (LDN) implementation through partnerships.

2) The goal of the initiative is to offer countries recovering from violent conflict, an opportunity to achieve stability and trust while re-building livelihoods and economies.

3) It is an initiative of United Nations Environment Programme.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Astrogen project:

1. It is a genealogy project on academics for doctorates on astronomy.

2. The project allows the academics to trace their ‘ancestors’.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the tigers in India:

1. India has more than 50 percentage of tiger population of the world.

2. All the tiger states in India have seen increase in their tiger population.

3. Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of tiger population in India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Dare to Dream project:

1. It has been launched by NITI Aayog.

2. It is to promote the Indian innovators and startups for innovations in defence and aerospace technologies.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Project Card:

1) It is a joint initiative of NITI Aayog and Department of Biotechnology.

2) It aims to increase COVID 19 testing kits in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Amaranthus, recently seen in news, is

Consider the following statements regarding the Knowledge Resource Center Network:

1) It is a pan India network intended to connect all the knowledge and research institutes using high bandwidth.

2) It has been launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following wetlands is incorrectly matched with its respective country?

Wetlands : Country