Current Affairs Questions

Indian Scientists

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, Indian scientists, along with international collaborators from Brazil and France, have derived the accurate value of Pluto’s atmospheric pressure at its surface.
2. The atmospheric pressure of Pluto was found to be 8.23 μbar, which is over 80,000 times less than the atmospheric pressure at mean sea level on Earth.
3. In astronomy, an occultation happens when a celestial object gets hidden from the view of the observer due to another celestial object passing in between them.

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

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)

Consider the following statements:

1. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) consists of 30 fully steerable gigantic parabolic dishes of 45m diameter each, spread over distances of up to 25 km.
2. The metre wavelength part of the radio spectrum has been particularly chosen for study with GMRT because man-made radio interference is considerably lower in this part of the spectrum in India.
3. GMRT is located in Hyderabad.

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

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

Consider the following statements:

1. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched three satellites – earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites (INSPIRESat-1 and INS-2TD) - onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52.
2. It was the first launch of ISRO in 2022, and the 54^th flight of PSLV.
3. It would replace the RISAT-2

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

Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE)

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, NASA selected two science missions - the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm - to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment.
2. The primary goal of the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) mission is to investigate the causes of coronal heating and instability, such as flares and coronal mass ejections, and gain insight into the basic plasma properties of the corona.
3. The HelioSwarm mission will capture the first multiscale in-space measurements of fluctuations in the magnetic field and motions of the solar wind known as solar wind turbulence.

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

Market Infrastructure Institution

Which of the following Committee was constituted by the Government to Review of Ownership and Governance of Market Infrastructure Institution (MIIs)?

Fair And Remunerative Price

Consider the following statements in contest to the Fair and Remunerative Price(FRP):

1. FRP is the price declared by the government, which mills are legally bound to pay to farmers for the cane procured from them.
2. The Central Government announces Fair and Remunerative Prices which are determined on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and announced by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
3. The payment of FRP across the country is governed by The Sugarcane Control order, 1966.
4. It mandates payment within 18 days of the date of delivery of the cane.

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

State/Union Territory

Recently, which of the following State/Union Territory (UT) became first to be integrated with National Single Window System?

World Bank

Recently, the Central Government along with two States, signed an agreement with the World Bank for the implementation of Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Project. The two States are:

Semi-Nomodic Tribes In India

Which of the following Commission(s) were formed to look in to issues with Denotified, Nomodic and Semi-Nomodic tribes in India?

Tropical Legumes Project

With reference to the Tropical Legumes Project, consider the following statements:

1. Tropical Legume Project was taken by ICRISAT between 2007 and 2019 in Africa for improving the food security among the deprived section of the population.
2. The projects ran in three phases: Phase I (2007–2011), Phase II (2012–2014) and Phase III (2015–2019).

Choose the correct statement(s) from the options below: