Daily UPSC Current Quiz : 21 Oct 2026

Consider the following statements regarding the rights of Indigenous Peoples:

1. Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognises the right to participate in cultural life.

2. UNDRIP recognises Indigenous Peoples’ rights to self-determination and to maintain their cultural institutions.

3. UNDRIP is an international treaty that is legally binding on all UN member states.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the United Nations Convention against Torture (CAT):

1. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1984.

2. It permits the use of torture in exceptional circumstances involving a threat to national security.

3. It requires State Parties not to expel or extradite a person to another State where substantial grounds exist for believing that the person would be in danger of being tortured.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the Fundamental Rights under the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

1. Article 19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression to all persons.

2. Article 19(1)(b) guarantees the right to assemble peaceably and without arms.

3. The right to assemble under Article 19(1)(b) is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interests of public order and sovereignty and integrity of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding transmissible cancer:

1. It involves the physical transfer of living cancer cells from one individual to another.

2. It is caused exclusively by viruses that induce cancer in the recipient.

3. The transferred cancer cells may survive and multiply in the new host, forming tumours.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?