Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – April 19, 2022 [Test]

Consider the following statements on ‘Permanent Indus Commission’:

1. Its goal is to implement Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 1960.
2. IWT was signed in Karachi by JL Nehru and Iskander Mirza.
3. IWT was brokered by World Bank.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following hydroelectric projects is/are located in Jammu and Kashmir?

1. Pakal Dul Project
2. Kiru Project
3. Lower Kalnai Project
4. Salal Project

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Which of the following is/are the global secure interbank system that communicates payment instructions and enables transactions between banks from all the countries around the world?

1. Rupee-rouble payment mechanism
2. Ruper-rial payment mechanism
3. SWIFT payment mechanism

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Which of the following species is/are endemic to China?

1. Giant Panda
2. Black Muntjac
3. Golden snub-nosed monkey
4. Panthera pardus tulliana

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Which of the following pairs of projects and respective states is/are matched correctly?

1. Deucha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsinga coal block- West Bengal
2. Kulda opencast project – Madhya Pradesh
3. Adasa underground opencast mine - Maharashtra
4. Khairaha underground mine – Odisha

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