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UPSC quiz covers World Food Day, France cyberattack, IAEA initiative
The Story in Brief
Indianexpress.com published its UPSC Essentials daily subject quiz on International Relations on Sunday, 18 October 2026. The quiz includes four multiple-choice questions designed to help candidates revise static syllabus topics.
Question 1 asks about World Food Day 2026, whose theme was ‘Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow.’ The FAO commemorated the day on 16 October, with events in over 150 countries and 50 languages. The correct answer is option (a), only one statement is correct.
Question 2 describes a cyberattack on hundreds of supermarkets in France that spiked fridge and freezer temperatures, spoiling food worth millions of euros. Question 3 identifies the ‘Atoms4NetZero’ initiative as an IAEA programme that helps member states use nuclear energy for net-zero transitions. Question 4 asks about the Kigali Amendment, an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The quiz frames World Food Day through the FAO’s official theme and founding, correcting a common confusion with IFAD. The France supermarket cyberattack is used to illustrate cybersecurity as a dimension of international security, beyond the financial sector. The Atoms4NetZero question links nuclear energy to climate mitigation, emphasising the IAEA’s role in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. The Kigali Amendment question connects multilateral environmental agreements to climate action. The source leaves unresolved the specific details of the fourth question’s answer, which is cut off, and does not provide the answer key for that item.
Source: indianexpress.com
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