10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 22nd 2021

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Question No. 1
Global Competitiveness Report is released by which of the following organizations?
Question No. 2
With reference to glaciers, consider the following statements:
1. Pro Glacial lakes are formed due to retreating glaciers.
2. Himalayan mountains hold the world’s third-largest amount of glacier ice following Antarctica and the Arctic.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Question No. 3
With reference to the All-India Quarterly Establishment Based Employment Survey (AQEES), consider the following statements:
1. It enumerates data regarding employment in both organized and unorganized segments.
2. It covers sectors like Manufacturing, Construction and Agriculture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Question No. 4
With reference to Beas Conservation Reserve, consider the following statements:
1. The reserve hosts the only known population in India of the endangered Indus River dolphin.
2. The Reserve is located in Himachal Pradesh.
3. Recently, the Critically Endangered Gharial has been successfully reintroduced in the Beas River where it had become extinct half a century ago.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Question No. 5
Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) include which of the following?
1. Killer robots
2. Bombs
3. Drones
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Question No. 6
With reference to Killer Robots, consider the following statements:
1. These are fully autonomous weapons that would be able to select and engage targets without meaningful human control.
2. India, Russia, and the United States are negotiating a new legally binding instrument to regulate killer robots.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Question No. 7
Recently Humanitarian trust fund for Afghanistan was set up by which of the following organization/event?
Question No. 8
With reference to Gharials, consider the following statements:
1. It is listed as endangered in the IUCN red list of species.
2. They are the only living crocodilian with visible sexual dimorphism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Question No. 9
With reference to Beej Gram Yojana, consider the following statements:
1. It aims to upgrade the quality of farmer’s saved seeds.
2. Financial assistance is available for up to one acre per farmer for distribution of certified seeds at 50% of seed cost for cereal crops and 60% for pulses, oilseeds, fodder and green manure crops.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
Question No. 10
Which of the following group of countries shares land border with Afghanistan?

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