24 April 2022 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
Which State in India is set to become the third in the northeast to make gambling and online gaming legal?
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Meghalaya will be the third State in the northeast after Sikkim and Nagaland to make gambling and online gaming legal
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Meghalaya will be the third State in the northeast after Sikkim and Nagaland to make gambling and online gaming legal
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
Which group of islands, that were seized by the former Soviet Union during the second World War, is being claimed by Japan as its sovereign territory?
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The Northern Territories are a group of islands Japan has sovereignty over and an integral part of Japan’s territory, but currently they are illegally occupied by Russia
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The Northern Territories are a group of islands Japan has sovereignty over and an integral part of Japan’s territory, but currently they are illegally occupied by Russia
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
During UK PM Boris Johnson’s visit to India, it was decided that the UK would create a license for India – the first such for the Indo-Pacific region – to help shorten delivery time for India’s defence procurement. What is this license called?
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The U.K. will also issue an Open General Export Licence (OGEL) to support greater defence and security collaboration in the coming decade. The OGEL will reduce bureaucratic interference and shorten delivery time for India’s defence procurement
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The U.K. will also issue an Open General Export Licence (OGEL) to support greater defence and security collaboration in the coming decade. The OGEL will reduce bureaucratic interference and shorten delivery time for India’s defence procurement
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
India on Friday extended the duration of a _____ million currency swap facility with Sri Lanka which it had concluded with the island nation in January.
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“India’s unstinted and multi-faceted support to Sri Lanka continued. As ongoing currency support, @RBI extended the duration of the $400 million currency swap for @CBSL which was concluded in #January this year,” India’s High Commission in Colombo said on Twitter
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“India’s unstinted and multi-faceted support to Sri Lanka continued. As ongoing currency support, @RBI extended the duration of the $400 million currency swap for @CBSL which was concluded in #January this year,” India’s High Commission in Colombo said on Twitter
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
The Kachin Independence Army and Karen National Union are armed “rebel” groups belonging to which country?
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Last week, the junta said its troops had displaced hundreds of PDF fighters as well as members of the Kachin Independence Army after days of clashes around Pinlebu town in the northern Sagaing region
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Last week, the junta said its troops had displaced hundreds of PDF fighters as well as members of the Kachin Independence Army after days of clashes around Pinlebu town in the northern Sagaing region
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
In February 2021, India signed the Uthuru Thila Falhu harbour development deal with which country to develop the National Defence Force Coast Guard Harbour?
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In the past four years, India has emerged as the Maldives’s main security and economic partner, committing $1.4 billion towards its ‘socio-economic development needs’
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In the past four years, India has emerged as the Maldives’s main security and economic partner, committing $1.4 billion towards its ‘socio-economic development needs’
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
Consider the following about solar flares and coronal mass ejections ( CMEs ) :
A CME can jostle Earth’s magnetic fields creating currents that drive particles down towards Earth’s poles .
Both eruptions are created when the motion of the Sun’s interior contorts its own magnetic fields.
While solar flares involve huge explosions of energy , CMEs involve formation of energy suctions in space that consume energy from its surroundings .
CMEs travel at the speed of light , solar flares do not .
Select the correct answer using the codes below :
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Ans( a )
Statement 1 : Flares and CMEs behave differently in terms of its impact on Earth . Radio waves travelling through the atmosphere can be disrupted by the energy from a flare . This can lead to disruption of communications and navigation signals and even temporary blackouts . CMES which interfere with Earth’s magnetic fields can funnel particles into near – Earth space driving it further downwards towards Earth’s poles . These cosmic particles react with oxygen and nitrogen producing brilliant display of lights called aurora . This is also known as the Northern and Southern Lights . Besides , the changes in the magnetic field can disrupt a variety of human technologies .
Statement 3 : These magnetic fields realign themselves resembling sudden release of a compressed rubber band . This drives vast amounts of energy into space leading to generation of a sudden flash of light which is called a solar flare . Explosions can also occur due to magnetic contortions which hurl huge amounts of solar matter into space .
Statement 4 : Duration of flares can range from a minute to hours releasing huge amount of energy . Solar flares travel at the speed of light to reach the Earth which is little over 8 minutes . Very – high – energy particles are hurled and accelerated towards the Earth by some of the energy
released . This can reach Earth in tens of minutes , CME is composed of immense cloud of magnetised particles that is violently hurled into space . This leads to generation of the hot material called plasma . Plasma travels over a million miles per hour and takes up to 3 days to reach Earth.
The subtle difference between the two types of explosions can be seen through solar telescopes . The flares appear as a bright light while CMEs look like enormous fans of gas swelling in space .
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Ans( a )
Statement 1 : Flares and CMEs behave differently in terms of its impact on Earth . Radio waves travelling through the atmosphere can be disrupted by the energy from a flare . This can lead to disruption of communications and navigation signals and even temporary blackouts . CMES which interfere with Earth’s magnetic fields can funnel particles into near – Earth space driving it further downwards towards Earth’s poles . These cosmic particles react with oxygen and nitrogen producing brilliant display of lights called aurora . This is also known as the Northern and Southern Lights . Besides , the changes in the magnetic field can disrupt a variety of human technologies .
Statement 3 : These magnetic fields realign themselves resembling sudden release of a compressed rubber band . This drives vast amounts of energy into space leading to generation of a sudden flash of light which is called a solar flare . Explosions can also occur due to magnetic contortions which hurl huge amounts of solar matter into space .
Statement 4 : Duration of flares can range from a minute to hours releasing huge amount of energy . Solar flares travel at the speed of light to reach the Earth which is little over 8 minutes . Very – high – energy particles are hurled and accelerated towards the Earth by some of the energy
released . This can reach Earth in tens of minutes , CME is composed of immense cloud of magnetised particles that is violently hurled into space . This leads to generation of the hot material called plasma . Plasma travels over a million miles per hour and takes up to 3 days to reach Earth.
The subtle difference between the two types of explosions can be seen through solar telescopes . The flares appear as a bright light while CMEs look like enormous fans of gas swelling in space .
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
Earth’s orbital velocity around the Sun varies with
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements :
The gravitation force ( g ) is not the same at different latitudes on the surface of the Earth .
Uneven distribution of mass of material within the Earth influences the gravitational force as experienced within the Earth .
Which of the above is / are correct?
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Ans ( c )
Justification :
Statement 1 : It is greater near the poles and less at the equator . This is because of the distance from the centre at the equator being greater than that at the poles .
Statement 2 : Distribution of mass affects the effective mass , that is , applying the gravitational force . Since not all earthly mass has same density , there is bound to be a difference in the way gravitational force is experienced within the Earth .
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Ans ( c )
Justification :
Statement 1 : It is greater near the poles and less at the equator . This is because of the distance from the centre at the equator being greater than that at the poles .
Statement 2 : Distribution of mass affects the effective mass , that is , applying the gravitational force . Since not all earthly mass has same density , there is bound to be a difference in the way gravitational force is experienced within the Earth .
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Which of the following sources helps in studying about the interior of the Earth ?
Meteors that at times reach the Earth
Gravitation
Magnetic field
Seismic activity
Select the correct answer using the codes the below :