UPSC Current Affairs Practice Questions – 05 June 2024

1. Consider the following statements:

1. The ‘Agnibaan’ is a launch vehicle that operates in three stages.
2. The ‘Agnibaan’ has the capability to transport payloads weighing up to 1000 kgs to a low earth orbit and payloads up to 100 kgs to a geosynchronous orbit.
3. To propel itself, the ‘Agnibaan’ utilizes a combination of liquid kerosene and super-cooled liquid oxygen.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Which of the following statements best describes Recombinant Proteins (RPs)?

3. Consider the following statements:

1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests can help in rapidly detecting diseases.
2. Radioactive nuclides left behind after nuclear events can be used to determine the health of soil and rate of erosion.
3. Food irradiation can improve the safety and extends the shelf life of foods by reducing or eliminating microorganisms and insects.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements:

1. India is the third largest economy on terms of PPP
2. PPP provides more accurate measure of living standards across countries than Market exchange rate (MER) based estimates as MER often inflates the buying power of high-income countries

Which of the statements is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements with reference to OPEC:

1. It was stablished at the Vienna Conference of 1960 as an intergovernmental grouping to coordinate and unify petroleum policies among major oil producing nations.
2. Saudi Arabia is the single biggest oil supplier within the group

Which of the statements is/are correct?