Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – February 11, 2023 [Mock Test]

1. Consider the following pairs of trilateral defence exercises and the participating countries:
- Dosti – India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
- IMT TRILAT – India, Mozambique and Tanzania
- SITMEX – India, Singapore and Thailand
Which of the above pairs is / are correctly matched?
2. Who among the following has/have been listed among the 500 most influential Muslims globally?
- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
- Ayatollah Khamenei
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Imran Khan
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
3. Consider the following statements:
- A lab-grown diamond is chemically, physically, and optically the same as the natural diamond.
- Chemical Vapour Deposition is the only process to develop a lab-grown diamond.
- CVD mimic the pressure and temperatures found within the earth where natural diamonds are formed.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?