Daily Current Affairs UPSC: News Based MCQs Quiz | 27th June 2025

Answer: (B) 3,4,1,2

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Answer: (D) None of the above

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• Project elephant was launched in 1992 to safeguard the elephants, their habitat & corridors.
• Project Elephant was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives:
  • To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors
  • To address issues of man-animal conflict
  • Welfare of captive elephants
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides financial and technical support to major elephant range states in the country through Project Elephant.
• There are currently 33 elephant reserves in India with the first reserve being in Jharkhand.

Answer: (A) 1 Only

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India was constituted as a non-statutory body on April 12, 1988 through a resolution of the Government of India.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India was established as a statutory body in the year 1992 and the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) came into force on January 30, 1992.

Answer: (B) 2 Only

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Answer: (D) None of the above

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• The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the UN Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members (5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members). Each Member has one vote. Under the Charter, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions. The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement. In some cases, the Security Council can resort to imposing sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security. The Security Council has a Presidency, which rotates, and changes, every month.
• The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation. Each year, in September, the full UN membership meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual General Assembly session, and general debate, which many heads of state attend and address. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly. Decisions on other questions are by simple majority. The General Assembly, each year, elects a GA President to serve a one-year term of office.

Answer: (C) All three

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• The executive committee of the National CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority), under the environment ministry, approved in-principle funding for the scheme on a pilot basis for one year
• National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), under the Environment Ministry, approved in-principle funding on a pilot basis for one year for the scheme, under which 80 forest divisions across 10 states, identified initially on the basis of data of recurring human-tiger conflict.
• On ground, the scheme will be implemented by the Chief Wildlife Wardens of state forest departments, in close collaboration with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
• The scheme’s proposed outlay till 2026-27 is `88 crore and it was initially announced and discussed on March 3 during the National Board for Wildlife meeting chaired by Prime Minister

Answer: (A) Only one

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• The 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill, introduced in 2019, extended the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for another 10 years, until January 25, 2030. It also removed the provision for nominating Anglo-Indians to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
• The 127th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2021, clarifies the powers of states and union territories to identify and prepare lists of socially and educationally backward classes (OBCs). It essentially restores the power of states to maintain their own OBC lists, which was previously impacted by a Supreme Court ruling related to the 102nd Constitutional Amendment. The bill amends Articles 342A, 366, and 338B of the Constitution to achieve this.
• It attempts to bring in 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state Legislative Assemblies and extends the quota to the seats reserved for SC/STs.

Answer: (A) 1 Only

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De-recognition/Delisting of political parties

• De-recognition refers to the withdrawal of recognition of a political party by the ECI.
• Such parties are simply declared as registered-unrecognized parties (RUPP).
• The ECI has the power to derecognize a political party if it violates the provisions of the IC or the RPA, 1951.
• The ECI can only delist the inactive parties and refer the matter to the Central Government for further action.

Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPP)

• Newly registered parties.
• Those who have not secured enough percentage of votes in the assembly or general elections to become a state party.
• Those who have never contested elections since being registered are considered unrecognized parties.
• Such parties don’t enjoy all the benefits extended to the recognised parties.