UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 03 July 2025

Question 1: Which of the following statements correctly differentiates gig work from traditional self-employment in the Indian context?

1. Gig workers typically rely on platform algorithms for task assignment and payment calculation.
2. Gig work is often multi-platform, task-based, and lacks time-bound employment.
3. Unlike traditional self-employment, gig workers usually have long-term written job contracts.
4. Gig workers have full autonomy over pricing and service terms.
   

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Question 2: Which of the following correctly defines palliative care as per the World Health Organization (WHO)?

1. It aims at curing chronic or terminal illness with advanced technology.
2. It involves prevention and relief of suffering through early identification, assessment, and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial, and spiritual issues.
3. It applies only at the end stage of life, once all curative options have been exhausted.
4. It excludes emotional and spiritual support as these are outside the scope of medical care.

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Question 3: Which of the following statements correctly describes the recent genome sequencing of an ancient Egyptian individual?

1. The DNA was extracted from the bones of the femur.
2. The burial was dated to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom.
3. The genome is the oldest and most complete ever sequenced from Ancient Egypt.
4. The individual’s ancestry shows partial links to Neolithic Mesopotamian populations.
   

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Question 4: Which of the following bilateral areas was not a major focus during PM Modi’s 2025 visit to Ghana, as per official reports?

Question 5: Which one of the following is the best description of ‘INS Astradharini’, which was in the news recently?

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