UPSC Current Affairs Practice Questions - 01 July 2024

1. Which of following financial accommodation instruments are availed by States/UTs under the RBI Act, 1934?

(a) Ways and Means Advance (WMA)

(b) Special Drawing Facility (SDF)

(c) Overdraft (OD) Facility

(d) All of the above

2. Consider the following statements with respect to Mainland Serow:

It is a species that inhabits at an elevation of 200 to 3000 metres.
It is protected under CITES Appendix I and listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN red list.
The horns are only characteristic of the males.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

3. Bandar-e-Anzali, a port city recently in news, is located on the shores of

(a) Caspian Sea

(b) Black Sea

(c) Mediterranean Sea

(d) Baltic Sea

4. Which of the following committees have members elected only by the Lok Sabha?

(a) The Committee on Public Accounts

(b) The Committee on Estimates

(c) The Committee on Public Undertakings

(d) Departmentally Related Standing Committees

5. Consider the following:

How many of the above can preside over a joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) Only three

(d) All four

UPSC Current Affairs Practice Questions – 01 July 2024