UPSC Current Affairs Practice Questions – 23-24 June 2024

1. Consider the following statements about Asiatic Lions:

1. Asiatic lions are slightly larger than African lions.
2. Similar to African Lion, Asiatic Lion has a longitudinal fold of skin running along its belly.
3. It is one among the seven big cats found in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following Conventions:

1. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
3. Stockholm Convention
4. Minamata Convention

Global Environment Facility (GEF) serves as a “financial mechanism” to how many of the conventions mentioned above?

3. Consider the following statements:

1. MAVEN mission was launched by ISRO
2. It aims to study atmosphere of MARS

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following Constitutional articles:

1. Article 14
2. Article 21
3. Article 22

How many of the above articles provide constitutional safeguards against illegal and arbitrary arrest?

5. Consider the following statements:

1. Article 16(4) enables the State to make provisions in favor of backward classes of citizens in public employment.
2. Article 330 and 332 deals with reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliament and State Legislature

Which of the statements is/are correct?

6. Consider the following:

1. Taxes, cesses, and surcharges levied by the Center, the States, and the local bodies would get subsumed into GST.
2. The goods and services that may be subjected to or exempted from GST.
3. The model GST Laws, principles of levy, apportionment of GST levied on supplies in the course of inter-state trade or commerce, and the principles that govern the place of supply.

GST Council is required to make recommendations to the Centre and the States on how many of the above matters?