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Weekly UPSC Quiz Covers Energy, Cricket, Elections and More
This weekly quiz helps students learn about important recent news for a future civil-service exam.
It explains that energy storage saves energy in forms such as chemical energy before turning it back into electricity.
It also describes a new way to move cricket pitches between stadiums.
The quiz covers a tourism event in Northeast India and old pottery found underwater near Poompuhar.
It asks students to learn where some Indian space facilities are located.
Other questions look at environmental approvals and online tools used in election work.
They also explain new rules for car fuel efficiency and the launch of Apple Pay in India.
Finally, the quiz discusses how medicine prices are regulated.
Each question includes an answer and an explanation.
The quiz reviews energy storage, including India’s projected need for 208 GWh of battery storage by 2030 and the Green Energy Corridor’s 50 GWh storage provision.
It covers exchangeable cricket pitches being prepared at five South African venues for the 2027 Men’s ODI World Cup, and tourism events in Northeast India.
Other questions address West Asian pottery found near Poompuhar, the locations of ISRO facilities, and post-facto environmental clearances.
The quiz explains ERONET and ECINET, India’s CAFE-III vehicle-efficiency rules, and Apple Pay’s initial support for Axis Bank cards in India.
It identifies the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013, as the principal framework governing medicine prices in India.
- Who
- The Indian Express UPSC team prepared the quiz for civil-service examination aspirants.
- What
- A weekly current-affairs quiz with 10 questions and explanatory answers.
- Where
- The quiz concerns India and related developments, including South Africa’s preparations for the 2027 Men’s ODI World Cup.
- When
- The quiz is titled for September 27–October 3; it refers to developments including Apple Pay’s India launch on September 30 and CAFE-III’s notification on September 29.
- Why
- To help aspirants build current-affairs knowledge and conceptual understanding for UPSC Prelims.
Key facts
- Quiz period
- September 27–October 3
- Number of questions
- 10
- Projected battery storage need
- 208 GWh by 2030, according to the National Electricity Plan (2023) cited in the article
- Green Energy Corridor
- Third phase approved with an outlay of Rs 1.86 lakh crore and provision for 50 GWh of battery storage
- International Tourism Mart
- The article says the event is scheduled in Tawang from October 27 to November 1; the 2025 edition was held in Sikkim
- CAFE-III period
- April 1, 2027, to March 31, 2032
- Apple Pay in India
- Launched September 30, initially supporting eligible Axis Bank-issued Visa and Mastercard credit cards
- Medicine price framework
- The Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013
Quotes
Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta
A Supreme Court bench hearing petitions on medicine pricing.
“The MRP is 10 times the rate at which it is provided to the retailers. If this is not extortion, then what is it?… That’s absolute rampage, carnage, broad daylight dacoity… It is very surprising that the authorities who are supposed to take a decision on this are absolutely silent. We don’t need to spell out the reason for that”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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