UPSC Current Affairs Practice MCQs - 23 January 2024

1. Consider the following MARS missions:

How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) All three

(d) None

2. Consider the flowing statements:

India has approved commercial cultivation of only one GM crop, Bt cotton.
No GM food crop has ever been approved for commercial cultivation in the country.

Which of the following statements is/are not correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

3. Deep sea corals get nutrition from which of the following?

(a) Photosynthesis in presence of sunlight

(b) Symbiotic relationship with algae

(c) Filter particles out of the water column

(d) Small animals of the ocean

4. Recently, ‘Gambusia’ was in the news, which refers to

(a) Biodiversity enriching plant

(b) Invasive species

(c) AI-assisted language translation system

(d) New fungus found in tropical region

5. If a particular plant species is placed under Schedule IV of The Wildlife Protection Act,2022, what is the implication?

(a) animals requiring utmost protection

(b) species needing comparatively lower protection

(c) Hunting and trade generally prohibited

(d) species to be protected under CITES

UPSC Current Affairs Practice MCQs – 23 January 2024