QUIZ: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 39

Consider the following statements about ‘Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’:

1. It is an independent French medical humanitarian organisation
2. It delivers emergency aid to people only in areas affected by armed conflict

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following Government initiatives (act/schemes/campaigns) are associated with pest management?

1. ‘Grow Safe Food’ campaign
2. “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” scheme
3. “Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India” scheme
4. Insecticide Act, 1968

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Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): There are numerous thin copper strands inside an electric wire instead of a single thick copper strand

Reason (R): Alternating current (AC) has a tendency to flow along the surface of any conductor rather than uniformly across the cross-section of a conductor

Which of the above statements is/are true?

Consider the following statements about the ‘Swiss challenge method’:

1. The Supreme Court of India has approved it as a way of awarding contracts
2. This method can be applied also for sectors that are not covered under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) framework
3. The original proposer has the right of first refusal

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Which of the following statements about India’s new gas pricing policy is/are correct?

1. The domestic gas price is the weighted average price of four global benchmarks, one of which is the US-based Henry hub
2. The gas pricing formula does not apply to those of us who use LPG cylinders

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