UPSC Current Affairs Quiz 05/04/2021

Consider the following statements with respect to Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers:

1) Base year for CPI IW is 2015

2) It is compiled by the Labour Bureau on a monthly basis.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ drive:

1) The main aim of this drive is to activate the Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in the selected villages.

2) It will be a 200 day drive starting w.e.f. 1^st April 2021

3) The drive will also include identification and shortlisting of potential VDVKs for clustering as TRIFOOD and SFURTI

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding planet Uranus:

1) Recently, astronomers have detected X-rays being reflected from Uranus.

2) It is also known as the 'sideways planet' because it rotates on its side.

3) It has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

consider the following statement about Baikal-GVD, Recently in news.

1) It is the Russian biggest underwater neutrino telescope situated in the Arctic region.

2) The telescope mission to study in detail neutrinos particles and their source.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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