Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027
- It succeeds the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing (PLI-LSEM).
- The scheme will be implemented from FY 2026–27 to FY 2030–31.
- It primarily focuses only on increasing mobile phone exports.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. MPMS succeeds the PLI-LSEM (2020–2026) after its tenure ended on 31 March 2026, and will operate for five years, from FY 2026–27 to FY 2030–31, with an outlay of ₹62,500 crore. Statement 3 is incorrect — MPMS is not merely an export-promotion scheme; it aims to deepen domestic value addition, promote local component manufacturing, encourage Indian brands, design and R&D, and strengthen India's position in the global electronics value chain.
- Transmission occurs through ingestion of contaminated food or water.
- Leafy vegetables and berries have been implicated in outbreaks.
- Cooking contaminated food destroys the parasite.
All three statements are correct. Cyclospora cayetanensis spreads through the faeco-oral route via contaminated food or drinking water. Several outbreaks have been linked to leafy greens like lettuce, spinach, basil and cilantro, and to berries, especially when consumed raw. Proper cooking destroys the parasite, whereas routine washing or chlorine-based sanitisers may not fully eliminate its resistant oocysts.
- Gitchak nakana is the first subterranean fish species recorded from Assam.
- The species possesses well-developed eyes but lacks pigmentation.
Statement 1 is correct — Gitchak nakana is the first subterranean (aquifer-dwelling) fish scientifically recorded from Assam, discovered in a dug well in Goalpara district. Statement 2 is incorrect — the species is actually eyeless (anophthalmic) and lacks a skull roof, classic troglomorphic adaptations to permanent underground habitats where vision offers no evolutionary advantage.
Reason (R): Article 324 empowers the Election Commission to conduct elections but does not confer authority to adjudicate citizenship.
Both A and R are true, and R explains A. Deletion of a person's name from the electoral roll during Special Intensive Revision does not amount to a legal determination of citizenship. Under Article 324, the Election Commission's powers are confined to the superintendence, direction and control of elections, with no constitutional authority to adjudicate citizenship — questions of citizenship must instead be decided by the competent authority under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
The Asiatic Lion is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is the only surviving wild lion population outside Africa, confined to the Greater Gir Landscape of Gujarat, and receives the highest legal protection under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
