Daily Quiz – 13.10.2026

1. The commercial approval of Bt cotton in India does not automatically extend to cotton hybrids incorporating additional genetic traits that have not received regulatory approval.
2. Herbicide-tolerant cotton can reduce dependence on manual weeding, while additional insect-resistance traits may help address limitations in the effectiveness of existing Bt traits against certain pests.

III. The unauthorised adoption of a genetically modified crop is sufficient to establish that its agronomic benefits outweigh its potential environmental and biosafety risks.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?

1. Regulatory approval of a GM crop does not necessarily extend to subsequently introduced genetic traits.
2. The potential economic and agronomic benefits of a technology may encourage its adoption even in the absence of regulatory authorisation.
3. The adoption of unauthorised GM crops provides sufficient scientific evidence to establish their environmental safety.

Select the answer using the code given below: 

1. Household consumption may respond to anticipated changes in lifetime income, even when current disposable income remains unchanged.
2. When firms face price rigidities, changes in aggregate demand induced by monetary policy can influence real output in the short run.

III. Forward guidance can influence present economic decisions by shaping expectations about the future path of monetary policy, even without an immediate change in the policy interest rate.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?

1. An unchanged current income level does not necessarily imply unchanged household consumption.
2. Price rigidities can weaken the influence of monetary policy on real output by preventing aggregate demand from changing.
3. The effectiveness of forward guidance depends partly on how economic agents form expectations about future policy.

Select the answer using the code given below:

1. The Rub’ al-Khali Desert is connected to the Al-Nafud Desert through the Al-Dahna sand belt.
2. The Hejaz and Sarawat Mountains are located along the Persian Gulf coast.
3. Saudi Arabia depends partly on seasonal riverbeds, underground aquifers and seawater desalination for freshwater.

Which of the statements given above are correct?