Quiz 2020: Prelims Power Play 16 November 2020

1. Consider the following statements

1. Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
2. This island is a part of U.K.’s Blue Belt Program for the conservation of marine biodiversity
3. The endangered rockhopper penguins are found only in Tristan da Cunha.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statement regarding Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.

1. It’s a US backed initiative with 10 member ASEAN bloc and New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
2. Both India and China are not a part of this regional trade bloc.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

3. In the context of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe), consider the following statements:

1. Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) will be an autonomous nodal agency under the Department of Space.
2. IN-SPACe main purpose is to market the technologies developed by ISRO and bring it more clients that need space-based services.
3. IN-SPACe will act as an interface between ISRO and private parties.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the statements about ‘Dark Energy and Dark Matter’:

1. The composition of universe’s total mass and energy is, ~68% dark energy, ~27% dark matter, ~5% normal matter
2. The Dark matter drives the universe’s ever-accelerating expansion

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements

1. UN peace operations are deployed on the basis of mandates from the he United Nations Secretariat
2. The Charter explicitly mentions peacekeeping
3. The financing of UN Peacekeeping is the sole responsibility of UNSC members

Which of the above statements is/are correct?