Weekly UPSC Current Affairs Quiz 31.03.2019

Consider the following statements about “West Nile virus” (WNV):

1) West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause neurological disease.

2) It is not lethal.

3) WNV is maintained in nature in a cycle involving transmission between birds and mosquitoes

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about UNNATEE (UNlocking NATional Energy Efficiency Potential):

1) It is a document and has been released by NITI Aayog.

2) The document offers a comprehensive roadmap to address India’s environmental and climate change mitigation action through energy efficiency measures.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Climate Vulnerability Index”:

1) The assessment has been done by Ministry of Earth Sciences.

2) Sikkim is the least vulnerable state with the index being 0.42.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “AFINDEX-19”:

1) It is a Joint Field Training Exercise between the Indian Army and South Africa.

2) AFINDEX-19 aims to train the participating contingents in Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO)

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Domestic systemically important bank”:

1) Banks whose assets exceed 2% of GDP are considered part of this group.

2) Recently, ICICI has been derecognised as a D-SIB by RBI.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Financial Stability and Development Council” (FSDC):

1) The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was constituted in December, 2014.

2) FSDC is a statutory body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Operation Sunrise”:

1) It was an operation carried out to rescue Indian People from war affected Syria.

2) It was an operation that destroyed camps belonging to an insurgent group in Myanmar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Lokpal Act of 2013 and identify the incorrect statement:

Consider the following statements:

1) AFINDEX-19 Exercise is held between Japan and India.

2) Sary-Arka-Antiterror 2019 is a joint Anti-Terrorism Exercise under the aegis of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Ice Stupa”:

1) The idea behind building ice stupas is to freeze and hold the water that keeps flowing and wasting away down the streams.

2) The Archaeological Survey of India has released a ‘special stamp cover on Ice Stupa’.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?