Daily Current Affairs Questions: 17 September 2020

Question 1.SPICe+ often seen in the news recently is associated with which of the following ?

 (a) Ease of doing Business

(b)  Doubling Farmers Income

(c) Incredible India Campaign 2.0

(d) Space Exploration

 

Question 2.Addu Atoll” often seen in the news is located in?

(a)  Indonesia

(b)  Australia

(c) Maldives

(d) Sri Lanka

 

Question 3.Consider the following statements with respect to Genome India Project

1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will serve as the nodal point of this project.
2. A Genome is defined as an organism’s complete set of RNA including all of its genes.

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

(a)  Only 1

(b)   Only 2

(c)   Both 1 & 2

(d) None

 

Question 4. Consider the following statements regarding Conservation Agriculture (CA).

1. Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands.
2. External inputs such as agrochemicals are not applied so that it does not disrupt the biological processes.
3. It includes crop-livestock integration and the integration of trees and pastures into agricultural landscapes.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a)  1 & 2

(b)   2 & 3

(c)   1 & 3

(d) 1, 2 & 3

 

Question 5. Consider the following statements regarding East Asian Observatory (EAO).

1. East Asian Observatory is formed by the members of East Asia Summit for the purpose of pursuing joint projects in astronomy within the East Asian region.
2. India is not part of East Asian Observatory.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a)  Only 1

(b)   Only 2

(c)   Both 1 & 2

(d) None

 

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