UPSC Current Affairs Practice Questions – 22 August 2024

1. Hema committee report, recently in news, is associated with

2. Consider the following statements regarding World Health Organisation:

1. The primary decision-making body of WHO is the World Health Assembly (WHA).
2. Territories not responsible for their international relations can be admitted to WHO by the World Health Assembly.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements with respect to Polio:

1. Only oral vaccine, and not injectable vaccines, are available against polio.

2. World Polio Day is observed on October 24 to maintain vigilance against the disease.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements with respect to the recent Model Foster Care Guidelines:

1. The guidelines allow any person, irrespective of marital status, to foster a child.
2. Single males can only foster and adopt male children.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements about Hayflick Limit:

1. It refers to the maximum number of times a cell can divide before it stops dividing.
2. The Hayflick Limit is observed in both somatic and gamete cells.

Which of the above statements regarding biosurfactants is/are correct?