[Mission 2024] Current Affairs Quiz , 5 July 2023

Solution: a)

Iran is the new member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Prior to Iran’s joining, the SCO consisted of eight member countries: China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and the four Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The grouping came into existence in Shanghai in 2001 with six members, minus India and Pakistan. Its primary objective was to enhance regional cooperation for efforts to curb terrorism, separatism, and extremism in the Central Asian region.

Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia enjoy Observer status in the SCO, while six other countries — Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka — have Dialogue Partner status.

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Solution: c)

In common parlance, a recession implies that the total economic activity in an economy contracts for two consecutive quarters. In other words, if an economy’s GDP in the first three months of the year (first quarter) is lower than what it was in the first quarter of last year and the same thing happens in the second quarter, then the economy is said to have gone into a recession.

The potential GDP growth rate is that rate of growth at which an economy can grow without spiking inflation.

The US is in a growth recession today. Growth recession is something above zero but below potential

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Solution: b)

Statement 1 is incorrect.

The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 does not mention millets. Coarse grains are included in the definition of “foodgrains” under Section 2(5) of the NFSA.

The government declares a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for jowar, bajra, and ragi.

Jowar is mainly grown in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh. Bajra is mainly grown in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. 

Solution: a)

Only statement 2 is correct.

The five Indian states that share a land border with Nepal are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Sikkim.

Surya Kiran: Indo – Nepal Joint Military Training Exercise between Indian Army and Nepali Army.

The Sharda River demarcates Nepal’s western border with India.

Solution: b)

Statement 3 is incorrect.

The Indian Navy was established in 1612 by the East India Company.

Operation Trident was an offensive operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan’s port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy.