UPSC PRELIMS + MAINS CURRENT AFFAIRS DAILY TEST SERIES: 22 AUGUST, 2024

TODAY’S UPSC MAINS GS CURRENT AFFAIRS TEST MODEL

Question: How do fair price shops (FPS) —————————– suggest to strengthen the fair price shops? (GS-2, Polity)

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Question: With reference to waterspouts, consider the following statements:
1. A waterspout descends from a cumulus cloud.
2. A waterspout is filled with water from the ocean or lake.
3. While a fair weather waterspout develops downward in a thunderstorm, a tornadic waterspout develops on the surface of the water.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

Question: With reference to Teesta river, consider the following statements:
1. It is a tributary of the Brahmaputra river.
2. It originates from the Tso Lhamo Lake in Sikkim.
3. It flows in Sikkim, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None

Question: The Rome Statute is sometimes mentioned in the media with reference to the governance of:
(a) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(b) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(c) International Criminal Court
(d) International Court of Justice

Question: Consider the following statements:
1. ISDra2TnpB is a gene editing tool less than half the size of Cas9 and Cas12.
2. ISDra2TnpB is derived from bacteria.
3. CRISPR has a potential to improve crop resistance to anomalous weather through gene-editing.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None

Question: Which one of the following statements best reflects the term ‘Predatory Pricing’, sometimes mentioned in the news?
(a) It refers to a pricing strategy in which companies charge the highest possible price for a new product and then lower the price over time as the product becomes less and less popular.
(b) It refers to a pricing strategy in which a company sets prices according to what consumers think about the product’s worth.
(c) It refers to a pricing strategy in which products or services are priced differently depending on geographical location or market.
(d) It refers to a pricing strategy in which goods or services are offered at a very low price point, with the intention of driving out competition.

Question: Consider the following memorials:
1. Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino.
2. Monument to the Women of World War II
3. Memorial of the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar
4. Kolhapur Memorial
How many of the memorials given above are located in Poland?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All four

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