Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – December 25-26, 2022 [Mock Test]

1. Which of the following international groupings has signed Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief partnership? [A] SCO[B] ASEAN[C] QUAD[D] BRICS Show Answer Correct Answer: C [QUAD] Notes: The Quad grouping decided to expand their scope of partnership with the signing ..

Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: January 1, 2023.

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for January 1, 2023. INDIA Assam merges 4 districts and redraws boundaries ahead of Election Commission’s (EC) delimitation deadline. New integrated Food Security Scheme to be rolled out from January 1, 2023. ..

Investor Risk Reduction Access Platform

Stock exchanges have been directed by the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) to set up an Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform. With the growing reliance on technology in the securities market, there is an increase in instances ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Banking, Finance & Economy Current Affairs Quiz – December 31, 2022

1. The Government of India initially introduced the one rank one pension plan in which year? [A] 2013[B] 2014[C] 2015[D] 2016 Show Answer Correct Answer: C [2015] Notes:The One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme’s revision of the pensions for retired ..

Delimitation of Constituencies in Assam

The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently announced that it had commenced the process of delimitation of state assembly and parliamentary constituencies of Assam. The last delimitation in Assam happened in 1976. The current delimitation exercise is being conducted based ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Triple Test Survey on Reservation

The Allahabad High Court had ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to conduct urban local body elections without the OBC reservations as the “triple test” requirement for the quota has not been fulfilled. The state government has recently constituted a commission ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

ISRO and Start-ups to Focus on Science Experiments and Human Space Flight in 2023

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced plans to conduct science experiments dedicated to the Sun and the Moon in 2023, even as the start-up sector in India is set to soar in the space applications segment. The upcoming ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : December 31, 2022

1. ‘Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee – National Institute of Water and Sanitation (DSPM – NIWAS)’ has been inaugurated in which state? [A] Uttar Pradesh[B] West Bengal[C] Telangana[D] Karnataka Show Answer Correct Answer: B [West Bengal] Notes:Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually ..

Omicron XBB.1.5

Omicron XBB.1.5 is a variant of the Covid-19 virus that has caused concern among experts due to its immune-evasive and highly contagious nature. It has been linked to a surge in hospitalizations in the US and UK. How is Omicron ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Category: International / World Current Affairs

Confuciusornis shifan

The fossil remains of a 119 million-year-old beaked bird were recently discovered in China. About Confuciusornis shifan Confuciusornis shifan lived during the Early Cretaceous Period, around 119 million years ago in present-day China. It belonged to the Confuciusornithidae family of ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs