Posted in Current Affairs Quiz UPSC Current Affairs Practice MCQs – 09 January 2024 January 9, 2024 Leave a comment 1. Consider the following statements about the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC): SCLSC was established under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The Chief Justice of India serves as the ex-officio Patron-in-Chief of SCLSC. The committee’s main function is to provide free legal services to ethnically marginalized communities only. How many of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) All three (d) None 2. The terms “e-methane, e-kerosene, and e-methanol”, are recently in the news. They are: (a) Biofuels primarily produced from biomass. (b) Fuels in gas or liquid form produced from renewable or decarbonised electricity. (c) Fossil fuels extracted from deep within the earth. (d) Synthetic fuels produced from the direct capture of CO2 from the atmosphere. 3. Urea Gold, recently in the news, is: (a) A new variety of Urea coated with gold particles. (b) A new variety of Urea coated with Sulphur, introduced to address the Sulphur deficiency in soil. (c) A new variety of Urea coated with Neem oil. (d) A new variety of Urea coated with Liquid Nano Urea. 4. Consider the following statements: Statement-I : Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated every year in India on 9 January. Statement-II: This is the same day on which Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa in 1915. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? (a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I. (b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I. (c) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect. (d) Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct. 5. “Experiment will employ a pair of satellites flying together maintaining a fixed configuration as a ‘large rigid structure’ in space to prove formation flying technologies”. It is related with the context of which of the following Space Missions? (a) Proba-3 mission (b) Voyager 2 (c) New Horizon (d) Aditya L1 Loading … Related
