Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027
- Mosasaurs were a group of dinosaurs that adapted to aquatic life during the Cretaceous Period.
- The closest living relatives of mosasaurs are monitor lizards and snakes.
- Mosasaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 66 million years ago.
Statement 1 is incorrect — mosasaurs were NOT dinosaurs. They were marine reptiles of the squamate order (the same group as lizards and snakes) that evolved from land-living ancestors. Statement 2 is correct — monitor lizards (varanids) and snakes are their closest living relatives. Statement 3 is correct — mosasaurs went extinct in the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (~66 MYA).
- Project Tiger was launched in 1973 and is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
- India currently has 58 tiger reserves covering approximately 78,000 sq km.
- The NTCA was established under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as amended in 2006.
- Inflation-adjusted funding per conservation unit under Project Tiger has increased steadily since 2008-09.
Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct. Project Tiger was launched in 1973; India has 58 tiger reserves covering ~78,000 sq km; and the NTCA was established under the Wildlife Protection Act as amended in 2006. Statement 4 is incorrect — inflation-adjusted funding per conservation unit has actually declined over time.
- IDPIC is a body established under the Reserve Bank of India to implement AI-based risk scoring of financial transactions.
- The mulehunter.ai registry, created under IDPIC, enables information sharing about suspicious accounts among banks.
- IDPIC classifies transactions into three risk categories: low, medium, and high.
All three statements are correct. IDPIC operates under RBI guidelines (Statement 1). The mulehunter.ai registry was created to facilitate inter-bank sharing of suspicious account data (Statement 2). The AI-based risk scoring system classifies every transaction as low, medium, or high risk so banks can take targeted action (Statement 3).
Section 479(1) of BNSS 2023 (replacing CrPC Section 436A) applies to first-time offenders — those with no prior conviction — and mandates release on bond after they have served one-third (not half) of the maximum prescribed sentence for the offence charged. Option (c) is wrong because the provision is limited to first-time offenders, not all undertrials. Option (d) conflates this with the Arnesh Kumar guidelines on arrest.
- It is the longest river that flows entirely within Lebanon.
- It originates in the Bekaa Valley and drains into the Red Sea near Tyre.
- UNSCR 1701 (2006) called for Israeli military withdrawal to positions south of the Litani River.
Statement 1 is correct — the Litani is the longest river lying entirely within Lebanon. Statement 2 is incorrect — it drains into the Mediterranean Sea near Tyre, not the Red Sea. Statement 3 is correct — UNSCR 1701 (2006), adopted after the Israel-Hezbollah war, called for the cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces to positions south of the Litani, alongside Hezbollah's disarmament in the area.
