20th July 2022 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
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What is the oldest Muslim body in the country, set to reintegrate after splitting into two factions in 2008?
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Fourteen years after the split in 2008, the two factions of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the oldest Muslim body in the country, are ready to bury the hatchet. The merger of the factions, headed by Arshad Madani and his nephew Mahmood Madani respectively, is likely to be announced after ratification by the working committee of the Mahmood camp next week.
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Fourteen years after the split in 2008, the two factions of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the oldest Muslim body in the country, are ready to bury the hatchet. The merger of the factions, headed by Arshad Madani and his nephew Mahmood Madani respectively, is likely to be announced after ratification by the working committee of the Mahmood camp next week.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points
Which legal provisions cover bail in bailable and non-bailable offences?
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Explanation:
Under Section 436, bail is a right in bailable offences and the police or court is bound to release the accused following the furnishing of a bail bond, with or without surety…. Section 437 sets out the circumstances in which courts can grant bail for non-bailable offences.
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Under Section 436, bail is a right in bailable offences and the police or court is bound to release the accused following the furnishing of a bail bond, with or without surety…. Section 437 sets out the circumstances in which courts can grant bail for non-bailable offences.
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points
Indian polyvalent antivenom includes the venom of which of these snakes?
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Explanation:
The green pit viper may not be more lethal than Russell’s viper, the saw-scaled viper, the spectacled cobra or the common krait. But what it injects from its poison glands often renders the polyvalent antivenom derived from the venom of the other four ineffective.
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Explanation:
The green pit viper may not be more lethal than Russell’s viper, the saw-scaled viper, the spectacled cobra or the common krait. But what it injects from its poison glands often renders the polyvalent antivenom derived from the venom of the other four ineffective.
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points
In what year was the U.S Saudi strategic alliance forged between US President Franklin D Roosevelt and Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud?
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Explanation:
Speculation was rife that the U.S.-Saudi strategic alliance that goes back to the 1945 meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was in peril.
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Speculation was rife that the U.S.-Saudi strategic alliance that goes back to the 1945 meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was in peril.
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points
Who of the following is a half-cousin to Charles Darwin and is known, among other things, for his study of heredity?
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Explanation:
We are celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of Gregor Johann Mendel and Sir Francis Galton this year. Mendel was born on July 20, 1822; Galton on February 16. Both men sought to understand heredity, transmission of characteristics from parents to children. Galton was Charles Darwin’s half-cousin; they shared a common grandparent, Erasmus Darwin.
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We are celebrating the 200th birth anniversary of Gregor Johann Mendel and Sir Francis Galton this year. Mendel was born on July 20, 1822; Galton on February 16. Both men sought to understand heredity, transmission of characteristics from parents to children. Galton was Charles Darwin’s half-cousin; they shared a common grandparent, Erasmus Darwin.
