UPSC Daily Current Affairs MCQs | 11 November 2025

QCOs are published by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) independently to regulate exports.

BIS certification is mandatory for all products manufactured in India, and QCOs are the mechanism for this.

QCOs make the use of the BIS Standard Mark mandatory for certain products due to public interest or national security.

The primary purpose of QCOs is to increase compliance burdens on industries to improve quality.

It is an alkaline earth metal used primarily in nutritional supplements.

It is a Lanthanide metal used to make very strong permanent magnets, which are vital for electric vehicles.

India’s primary source for Neodymium is from bauxite and hematite ores.

It is a noble gas that is inert and does not tarnish in the air.

To replace the United Nations and govern all forms of international technology transfer.

To create a US-led alternative to existing AI governance initiatives.

To focus exclusively on the military applications of artificial intelligence.

To shape global standards for world cooperation in A-I, incorporating principles like data sovereignty and algorithmic transparency.

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The disease derives its name from Kenya’s Rift Valley, where it was first recognized.

It is caused by a Phlebovirus belonging to the Phenuiviridae family.

The disease has been shown to spread easily from person to person through respiratory droplets.

Humans can get infected through close contact with infected animals or by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

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A supply-driven approach where projects are initiated by India to ensure strategic influence.

Providing large-scale loans to financially vulnerable nations, often leading to debt dependency.

A demand-driven approach where proposals originate from partner governments, focusing on capacity-building.

Insulating all projects from multilateral bodies to maintain bilateral political dynamics.

It is an initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Rural to manage agricultural waste.

The programme’s primary goal is to promote biomining over biocapping, as biomining generates landfill gases.

All states are eligible for the programme only if their legacy waste sites contain a minimum of 45,000 metric tons of waste.

It is a targeted initiative by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to achieve “Lakshya Zero Dumpsites” by September 2026.

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