Daily Quiz 17-08-23

Q1. In which of the following states India’s first Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Common Testing Centre under Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) will be established?

A. TN

B. Maharashtra

C. Gujarat

D. UP

Q2. Consider the following statements about ‘deemed forests.’

1. ‘Deemed forests’ are forests that are classified so, by the Centre or States, in their records.

2. A 1996 judgment of the Supreme Court in the Godavarman case entrusted States with identifying parcels of land “that conformed to the dictionary meaning of forest...irrespective of ownership.”

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements about the study of manuscripts in India.

1. According to National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), India possesses an estimated 10 million manuscripts in 80 ancient scripts.

2. While 75% of the existing manuscripts are in Sanskrit and Tamil, rest 25% are in other regional languages.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements about the India’s food subsidy issue and WTO.

1. India has asked for measures like amendments in the formula to calculate the food subsidy cap and inclusion of programmes implemented after 2013 under a ‘Peace Clause’.

2. Under global trade rules, a WTO member country’s food subsidy bill should not breach the limit of 10% of the production value based on the reference price of 1986-88.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q5. Which of the following countries are working together on the “Bay of Bengal Northeast Industrial Value Chain Concept”, which aims to attract manufacturing to India’s Northeast and Bangladesh?

A. India and Bangladesh

B. India, Bangladesh and Japan

C. India, Bangladesh and South Korea

D. India, Bangladesh and US