Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027
- JSJB 1.0 was launched in September 2024 at Surat, guided by the principles of Community, CSR, and Cost, and reported over 27 lakh groundwater recharge structures against a target of 10 lakh.
- JSJB 2.0, launched in June 2025, targeted 1 crore groundwater recharge structures with a specific focus on Over-Exploited and Critical groundwater districts.
- The Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign was first launched on World Water Day 2021 with the theme "Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls," building on the Jal Shakti Abhiyan 2019.
- JSJB: Catch the Rain 2026 is the first integration of the JSJB programme with the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign, and draws convergence funds from CAMPA and Per Drop More Crop under PMKSY.
All four statements are correct. JSJB 1.0 launched 6 September 2024 at Surat on the 3Cs (Community, CSR, Cost), reporting over 27 lakh structures against a 10 lakh target. JSJB 2.0, launched 1 June 2025, targeted 1 crore structures focused on Over-Exploited and Critical groundwater districts. Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain launched on World Water Day, 22 March 2021, building on Jal Shakti Abhiyan 2019. JSJB: Catch the Rain 2026 is the first integration of the two campaigns, drawing convergence funds from CAMPA and Per Drop More Crop (a PMKSY sub-component), among other schemes.
Option (B) is correct — the ICI 2022-23 series adds Iron Ore as the ninth core industry, switches the Steel Index to Gross Production Data (from Net in the 2011-12 series), and excludes Coal Middling and Washed Coal to eliminate double-counting since both derive from Raw Coal; Electricity holds the highest weight at 30.93%. Option (A) is wrong — Coal Middling and Washed Coal have been excluded, not retained. Option (C) is wrong — the Steel Index uses Gross, not Net, data, and the ICI's weight in IIP has actually decreased from 40.27% to 32.88%, not increased. Option (D) is wrong — the new series has nine core industries, not eight, and ICI is compiled by the OEA under DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce, not MoSPI (which compiles the IIP).
- 1. India–GCC FTA — Terms of Reference launched February 2026; GCC comprises six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE
- 2. India–EAEU FTA — The EAEU is a customs union comprising Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Ukraine
- 3. India–Israel FTA — Terms of Reference signed November 2025 in Tel Aviv; the second round, originally scheduled for May 2026, was eventually held in New Delhi due to safety concerns
- 4. India's total annual trade with GCC, Israel, and EAEU combined — approximately $243 billion, representing around 20% of India's total trade
Pairs 1, 3 and 4 are correctly matched. India–GCC FTA Terms of Reference launched 24 February 2026, with the GCC's six members correctly listed. India–Israel FTA Terms of Reference were signed in Tel Aviv in November 2025, with its second round relocated to New Delhi due to safety concerns. Combined annual trade with GCC, EAEU and Israel totals roughly $243 billion, about 20% of India's total trade. Pair 2 is incorrect — the EAEU does not include Ukraine; its actual members are Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Armenia, since Ukraine has been in armed conflict with Russia since 2014 and is not part of this bloc.
- The white-bellied heron was first described by Allan Octavian Hume in 1878 based on specimens from the Teesta region; the species no longer occurs in the Teesta today.
- India's entire known wild population of 6–9 individuals is distributed across three rivers — Noa-Dehing, Lahm, and Lohit — with the Lohit basin harbouring approximately 70% of the national population.
- The species is listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2007.
- The Forest Advisory Committee granted final environmental and forest clearance to the 1,200 MW Lohit Hydropower Project at its December 2025 meeting; compensatory afforestation was approved in 51 patches within Arunachal Pradesh.
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Allan Octavian Hume first described the species in 1878 from Teesta specimens; it has since disappeared from the Teesta. India's 6–9 known individuals are spread across the Noa-Dehing, Lahm, and Lohit rivers, with Lohit holding about 70% of the population. The species is Schedule I-protected and IUCN Critically Endangered since 2007. Statement 4 is incorrect — the FAC granted only in-principle clearance in December 2025, not final clearance, and compensatory afforestation was approved in 51 patches in Madhya Pradesh, not Arunachal Pradesh.
- 1. National Perspective Plan (NPP) prepared by NWDA, envisaging 30 inter-basin links including the Ken-Betwa as the first Peninsular component
- 2. Daudhan Dam construction commences within Panna National Park and Tiger Reserve
- 3. Ken-Betwa Link Project Authority (KBLPA) established as a Special Purpose Vehicle under a tripartite agreement between the Central Government, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh
- 4. Panna Tiger Reserve loses its tiger population to local extinction — subsequently recovered through a reintroduction programme
The correct sequence is the National Perspective Plan by NWDA (2002, identifying KBLP as the first Peninsular link) → Panna Tiger Reserve's local tiger extinction (2009, later reversed through reintroduction) → establishment of the KBLPA as an SPV under the tripartite agreement (post-2021, after formal approvals) → commencement of Daudhan Dam construction (2025–26, ongoing amid displacement protests).
