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Prelims Booster - 30-July-2024 | 5 Questions daily| UPSC and State PSC

 1. International Day for Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems is celebrated each year on?

a) 25 August

b) 24 July

c) 26 July

d) 30 July



Answer. c) 26 July

It was declared by UNESCO.



2. " Jabiluka Uranium Site" has been recently in the news, it is located in?

a) Kazakhstan

b) Russia

c) Canada

d) Australia



Answer. d) Australia

Recently, Australia has banned uranium mining at the Jabiluka uranium site. Kakadu National Park and Mirarr people are related to the Jabiluka uranium site.


3. Golan Heights has been recently in the news, it is located in?

a) USA

b) Russia

c) Israel

d) Australia



Answer. c) Israel

Golan Heights was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, since then it has been under Israeli control.


4. In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered: ( UPSC 2021)

a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement

b) members of the Interim Government in 1946

c) members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly

d) officers of the Indian National Army


Answer. d) officers of the Indian National Army


5. Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School? ( UPSC 2021)

a) Annie Besant

b) Debendranath Tagore

c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d) Sarojini Naidu


Answer. c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891)

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