Quiz Of the Day


1.  Consider the following Statements regarding the term recently in news, i.e., Air bubble or travel bubble:
1) Under a bilateral air bubble agreement, both countries can operate to and fro flights with some restrictions.
2) In a ‘travel bubble’ a set of countries agree to open their borders to each other, but keep borders to all other countries closed.
3) People can move freely within the bubble, but cannot enter from the outside.
4) India has not established a travel bubble with any country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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     1 and 4 only
     2, 3 and 4 only
     1, 2 and 3 only
     1, 2, 3 and 4


2.  Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) Rankings 2020 is released recently. Consider the following statements regarding it:
1) ARIIA is an initiative of Ministry of Education formerly known as Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

2) It systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties.
3) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has topped the Atal Ranking Institutions on Innovation Achievement (ARIIA) 2020 under the “Best Centrally Funded Institution” category. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?


     1 and 3 only
     1 and 2 only
     2 and 3 only
     1, 2 and 3


3.  The Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal project is in news recently. It defines river water sharing between the States of:

     Punjab and Haryana
     Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
     Odisha and West Bengal
     Gujarat and Maharashtra


4.  Nine-member bench of Supreme Court in its landmark judgment had fixed the upper limit of reservation at 50% in which of the following case?

     Indira Sawhney case
     Golaknath case
     A.K. Gopalan case
     Shankari Prasad case


5.  Consider the following statements regarding the Sero-surveys: 1) Sero-surveys use tests that examine the liquid part of blood, or ‘serum’, not nose, throat and mouth fluid. 2) These tests detect an immune response to the virus material, not SARS-CoV-2 virus material itself. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

     1 only
     2 only
     Both 1 and 2
     Neither 1 nor 2