UPSC Daily PIB Quiz for 24ᵗʰ September 2026

1) With reference to the Tokay Gecko and wildlife-trade regulation, consider the following statements:

1. The domestic legal status of a species under Indian wildlife law and its CITES listing operate through distinct legal frameworks and need not correspond to the same level of restriction.
2. A CITES Appendix II listing permits international trade subject to the applicable CITES documentation and regulatory controls, rather than imposing the general commercial-trade prohibition associated with Appendix I.
3. Inclusion in CITES Appendix II implies that a species is necessarily more threatened with extinction than species placed in Appendix I.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2) The REWARD programme is particularly relevant to rainfed agriculture because watershed development under such a framework can address which of the following?

1. Spatial relationship between land resources and hydrology
2. Conservation and efficient utilisation of rainwater
3. Reduction of vulnerability arising from rainfall variability
4. Crop productivity independent of soil and water characteristics

Select the correct answer using the code below:

3) With reference to Ayushman Bharat, consider the following pairs:

1. PM-JAY — Financial protection against specified hospitalisation expenditure
2. Ayushman Arogya Mandirs — Expanded comprehensive primary healthcare
3. ABHA — Digital health identity facilitating linkage and access to health records
4. PM-ABHIM — Cashless hospitalisation cover for eligible families

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

4) Consider the following statements regarding the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS):

1. The Agreement establishes disciplines concerning subsidies linked to IUU fishing and certain fishing activities involving overfished stocks.
2. The Agreement's disciplines on fisheries subsidies exhaust the WTO's work on subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing.
3. Implementation of the Agreement gives importance to fisheries-related monitoring, notification and transparency mechanisms.
4. Special and Differential Treatment is relevant because developing and least-developed countries may face differences in institutional, financial and technical capacity.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5) With reference to the recent study on Sodium Benzoate (SB) and Phenoxyethanol (POE), consider the following statements:

1. The antibacterial effects observed in the study involved both disruption of the bacterial cell envelope and intracellular biochemical disturbances.
2. The difference in pH dependence observed for sodium benzoate and phenoxyethanol can have implications for selecting preservatives for different formulations.
3. The presence of an outer membrane in Gram-negative bacteria is one structural distinction from Gram-positive bacteria relevant to interactions with antimicrobial agents.
4. A lower MIC value and a larger inhibition zone necessarily represent the same biological measurement expressed through two different experimental techniques.

Which of the statements given above are correct?