UPSC Daily PIB Quiz for 2ⁿᵈ November 2026

1) With reference to the social security framework for gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, consider the following statements:

1. A gig worker may undertake work outside a traditional employer–employee relationship, whereas a platform worker accesses work through an online platform or digital intermediary.
2. An individual may simultaneously fall within the categories of gig worker and platform worker.
3. The National Social Security Board is empowered to recommend social security schemes for different categories of unorganised, gig and platform workers.
4. The Code provides for contributions by aggregators towards social security schemes for gig and platform workers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2) With reference to PAVAN-I3C, consider the following statements:

1. It integrates multiple sources of pollution-related information, including satellite observations, industrial emission data, meteorological inputs and citizen complaints.
2. Its alert-based compliance mechanism is intended to facilitate escalation of deviations from prescribed standards to the concerned enforcement agencies.
3. It is a statutory authority established under the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021.
4. Its State Action Plan Monitoring Module covers pollution-control interventions across Delhi and the adjoining States of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3) Consider the following statements regarding the India–Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU):

1. The Joint Economic Commission provides an institutional platform for reviewing bilateral trade and investment relations between India and BLEU.
2. Cooperation discussed at the 19th JEC included financial services, clean technology, healthcare, agro-food processing and logistics.
3. The economic engagement was confined to trade in goods, excluding cooperation in research, innovation and higher education.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

4) With reference to India's NavIC system and satellite orbital configurations, consider the following statements:

1. NavIC provides both an open civilian service and an encrypted restricted service for authorised users.
2. A geostationary orbit is a special case of a geosynchronous orbit in which the satellite follows a circular equatorial orbit and appears stationary relative to Earth.
3. A satellite placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) is already in a circular geostationary orbit.
4. The Liquid Apogee Motor can be used for orbit-raising manoeuvres to increase the perigee of a satellite initially placed in GTO.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5) With reference to BIMSTEC and the inaugural BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise, consider the following statements:

1. All seven BIMSTEC member states, including landlocked Bhutan and Nepal, are participating in the inaugural maritime security exercise.
2. The Andaman and Nicobar Command is India's first integrated tri-service command and has responsibilities that include maritime surveillance, search and rescue, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Which of the statements given above are correct?