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Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – July 10-11, 2022 [Mock Test]
Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – July 10-11, 2022 [Mock Test]
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1. Which of the following fish species is/are endemic to India and also listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List?
- Hump-backed mahseer
- Denison barb
- Labeo nigrescens
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 1 & 2
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1]
Notes:
The hump-backed mahseer is endemic to the Cauvery river basin in India and classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN. Denison barb, also endemic to Western Ghats, is listed as Endangered, not Critically Endangered. Labeo nigrescens is endemic to Karnataka but is not listed as Critically Endangered. Therefore, only 1 is correct.
2. Consider the following pairs:
| Index | Publishing Agency |
| Purchasing Manager’s Index | NITI Aayog |
| Global Innovation Index | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| Environmental Democracy Index | World Resources Institute |
| Global Gender Gap Index | World Bank |
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
[A] Only One Pair
[B] Only Two Pairs
[C] Only Three Pairs
[D] All Four Pairs
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Correct Answer: B [Only Two Pairs]
Notes:
Purchasing Manager’s Index is published by Institute for Supply Management, not NITI Aayog. Global Innovation Index is co-published by World Intellectual Property Organization. Environmental Democracy Index is released by World Resources Institute. Global Gender Gap Index is published by World Economic Forum, not World Bank. Hence, only two pairs are correctly matched.
3. Which of the following pairs of treaties was signed between the Allied powers and Bulgaria after World War I?
[A] Treaty of Sèvres
[B] Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
[C] Treaty of Versailles
[D] Treaty of Trianon
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Correct Answer: B [Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine]
Notes:- The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine was signed between the Allied powers and Bulgaria after World War I. It required Bulgaria to cede various territories to Romania, Greece and Yigoslavia. The treaty was signed on 27 November 1919 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
- The Treaty of Sèvres was a 1920 treaty signed between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire. The treaty ceded large parts of Ottoman territory to France, the United Kingdom, Greece and Italy.
- The Treaty of Versailles was signed between Imperial Germany and the Allied Powers on 28th June 1919. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
- Treaty of Trianon, (1920), treaty concluding World War I and signed by representatives of Hungary on one side and the Allied Powers on the other. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at the Trianon Palace at Versailles,
Originally written on
July 11, 2022
and last modified on
July 11, 2022.
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