Stay Tuned with Daily Current Affairs Newspaper Quiz for UPSC 2026
Question 1
Economy | Basics of Economy | Easy | The Hindu
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When an individual buys foreign goods, this spending is known as?
A. Injection in the economy.
B. Exchange rate market.
C. Leakages from economy.
D. Direct investment.
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (C) Leakages from economy.
Detailed Explanation
- Buying foreign goods is an expenditure from our country and it becomes the income of that foreign country. Hence, the purchase of foreign goods or imports decreases the domestic demand for goods and services in our country.
- Similarly, selling of foreign goods or exports brings income to our country and adds to the aggregate domestic demand for goods and services in our country.
- Foreign trade, therefore, influences Indian aggregate demand in two ways.
- First, when Indians buy foreign goods, this spending escapes as a leakage from the circular flow of income decreasing aggregate demand.
- Second, our exports to foreigners enter as an injection into the circular flow, increasing aggregate demand for goods produced within the domestic economy.
Question 2
Current Affairs | Awards | Easy | The Hindu
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Consider the following in context of Gopal Ratna Awards:
1. Department of Animal Husbandry has been conferring the National Gopal Ratna Awards since 2014.
2. It consists of a Certificate of merit, a memento and monetary prize of Rs 5lakh for the first prize winner.
Which of the statements above is or are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (B) 2 only
Detailed Explanation
Question 3
Environment | Pollution | Medium | The Hindu
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In context of Graded Response Action Plan, consider the following:
1. PM 2. 5 less than 250 micrograms but more than 120 micrograms per metre cube falls under the moderate to poor category.
2. GRAP was approved by the Supreme Court in 2016.
Which of the statements above is or are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (B) 2 only
Detailed Explanation
Question 4
Polity | Reservation | Medium | The Hindu
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Mohini Jain case – State’s obligation to provide education
Unni Krishnan case – Education a fundamental Right
Society for Unaided Private Schools case – 25% reservation for minority students in private schools
How many pairs is or are correctly matched?
A. Only one
B. Only two
C. All three
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (A) Only one
Detailed Explanation
- Key Indian Supreme Court judgments on the “right to education” include the Mohini Jain case (1992), which declared education a fundamental right derived from the right to life (Article 21), and the Unni Krishnan case (1993), which further established the state’s obligation to provide education.
- Society for Unaided Private Schools v. India (2012):
- The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, which mandates private schools to reserve 25% of seats for children from disadvantaged groups. However, the Court held that minority schools are exempt from this provision, as it would infringe upon their right to establish and administer their own institutions.
Question 5
Polity | Tribal Schemes | Medium | The Hindu
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Consider the following in context of Dharti Aaba JanjatiyaGram Utkarsh Abhiyan:
1. It was launched in 2024.
2. Financial Inclusion is a part of the scheme.
Which of the statements above is or are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Detailed Explanation
