UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz : 27 August 2025

Answer: b) 2 and 3 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Incorrect: Quad is not a formal military alliance like NATO. It is an informal strategic dialogue.
• Statement 2  Correct: Quad’s stated vision is to ensure peace, stability, prosperity, and development in the Indo-Pacific.
• Statement 3  Correct: Cooperation includes health security, emerging tech, supply chain resilience, infrastructure, space, and climate initiatives.

Answer: c) 1 and 3 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1 Correct: GI tags in India are granted under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
• Statement 2  Incorrect: GI is not limited to agriculture/food products. It also covers handicrafts, industrial goods, and manufactured products (e.g., Kanchipuram silk, Aranmula mirror).
• Statement 3 Correct: Kuttiyadi coconut is unique for its long life (100+ years), high oil content, and resistance to pests/drought.

Answer: a) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1  Correct: The 50% tariff includes a 25% duty already imposed and an additional 25% linked to Russian oil imports.
• Statement 2  Correct: Around 55% of India’s exports to the U.S., worth $47–48 billion, are hit.
• Statement 3  Incorrect: Exemptions apply to iron, steel, aluminium, passenger vehicles, and copper derivatives.
• Statement 4  Incorrect: India has not yet announced counter-tariffs; MEA only termed the sanctions “unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable.”

The correct answer B

Rash Behari Ghosh was the president of the Surat session of Congress in 1907. Indian National Congress split into two groups i.e. moderates and extremists at the Surat in 1907.

The correct answer is (c) All the three. 

Explanation: Axiom-4: This private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) explicitly focuses on conducting various microgravity experiments, making it a primary objective of the program.

SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment): While primarily designed for testing docking technologies, microgravity research is an integral part of its objectives as it tests technologies needed for future long-term space missions which rely on microgravity environments.

Gaganyaan: India's first human spaceflight program aims to conduct scientific research in microgravity as a key part of its mission, including investigations into the effects of microgravity on the human body and other biological processes.