Daily Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC : 1st Mar 2023

Option (c) is correct: 

Explanation:

• Vanuatu is a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands.
• It is geographically positioned in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. 
• Vanuatu is situated to the east of Northern Australia, to the north-east of New Caledonia, to the west of Fiji and to the south of Solomon Islands.

Option (d) is correct: 

Explanation:

Both statements are correct.

• The PBT is considered a viable alternative to radiation for treating solid tumours, especially head and neck cancers.
• Unlike radiation which uses X-rays, the PBT uses protons to tackle cancer. While radiation can prove toxic to the whole body, protons can destroy cancer cells precisely by targeting tumours, thus saving adjoining organs.
• Apollo Hospital of India is the only centre in the whole of South and West Asia offering the PBT.

Option (c) is correct: 

Explanation:

Both statements are correct.

• The CE-20 is a cryogenic rocket engine developed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, a subsidiary of Indian Space Research Organisation.
• It has been developed to power the upper stage of the LVM 3. 
• It is the first Indian cryogenic engine to feature a gas-generator cycle.

Option (a) is correct: 

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) releases economic growth data — Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA).
• Both GDP and GVA measure India’s economic growth.

• The GDP does this by adding up who spent how much; it thus captures the “demand” in the economy.
• Typically, the absolute level of GDP is more than the absolute level of GVA because taxes received are more than subsidies spent by the government.

Option (b) is correct: 

Explanation:

• The new deal, “Windsor Framework,” will deliver “smooth flowing trade” within the UK, “protects Northern Ireland’s place” in the UK and “safeguards” the sovereignty of Northern Ireland.
• The purpose of the deal is to fix the issues created by the Northern Ireland Protocol, an addendum to the Brexit deal agreed by Boris Johnson and the EU in 2019.
• The protocol was created to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland by keeping Northern Ireland aligned with the EU, meaning goods don’t need to be checked between the Republic and the province. The Windsor Framework will replace the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Option (b) is correct: 

Explanation:

Only two pairs are correctly matched.