27th January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
Which legal provision did the government invoke to direct Twitter and YouTube to disable access to BBC’s Modi documentary within India?
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Section 69A, Information Technology Act
In an order on January 20, 2023, the government used emergency powers under the Information Technology Rules, 2021 and Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 to direct Twitter and YouTube to disable access to the documentary within India and prevent its re-upload.
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Correct Answer: Section 69A, Information Technology Act
In an order on January 20, 2023, the government used emergency powers under the Information Technology Rules, 2021 and Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 to direct Twitter and YouTube to disable access to the documentary within India and prevent its re-upload.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
Which deity is worshipped on the day of Basant Panchami?
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Saraswati
Basant Panchmi has both cultural and religious import. It is the festival of Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge, music, art, aesthetics.
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Saraswati
Basant Panchmi has both cultural and religious import. It is the festival of Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge, music, art, aesthetics.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
Which company is the the only bidder in the fray for Project-75I, the Navy’s project to introduce more indigenously-built submarines into the force?
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Daewoo
So, except for the South Korean firm Daewoo, no vendor that bid for the P-75I has a proven AIP system.
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Daewoo
So, except for the South Korean firm Daewoo, no vendor that bid for the P-75I has a proven AIP system.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
The dollar makes up what percentage of the global currency?
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Explanation:
The dollar makes up 60% of the global currency, the euro 20%, the yen 5.8% and the yuan 3%.
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The dollar makes up 60% of the global currency, the euro 20%, the yen 5.8% and the yuan 3%.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
What is the only provincial capital the Russians had taken since the war in Ukraine began?
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Kherson
After Ukraine, which launched a counteroffensive in September, recaptured swathes of the Kharkiv Oblast in the northeast and Kherson city in the south, (the only provincial capital the Russians had taken since the war began) the conflict had turned into a war of attrition — until recently.
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Explanation:
Correct Answer: Kherson
After Ukraine, which launched a counteroffensive in September, recaptured swathes of the Kharkiv Oblast in the northeast and Kherson city in the south, (the only provincial capital the Russians had taken since the war began) the conflict had turned into a war of attrition — until recently.
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
With which artist did pioneering architect B.V Doshi collaborate in 1995 to design the Gufa, an underground hive of domes and cavities on the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology campus in Ahmedabad?
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Explanation:
B. V. Doshi, a pioneer of Indian modernist architecture and the only Indian architect to have been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize…In 1995, he even collaborated with artist M.F. Husain on an unusual project. Part architecture, part art, the Gufa is an underground hive of domes and cavities that sprawls along one edge of the CEPT campus.
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B. V. Doshi, a pioneer of Indian modernist architecture and the only Indian architect to have been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize…In 1995, he even collaborated with artist M.F. Husain on an unusual project. Part architecture, part art, the Gufa is an underground hive of domes and cavities that sprawls along one edge of the CEPT campus.
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
Narayanpur left bank canal with modern irrigation system has been inaugurated in which state?
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several projects related to water security, farmers’ welfare and road connectivity in Karnataka.
He launched Narayanpur left bank canal with modern irrigation system at Yadgir in North Karnataka. It is implemented at a cost of 4699 crore rupees and will help irrigate over five lakh hectares in the backward regions of Yadgir, Raichur and Kalburgi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several projects related to water security, farmers’ welfare and road connectivity in Karnataka.
He launched Narayanpur left bank canal with modern irrigation system at Yadgir in North Karnataka. It is implemented at a cost of 4699 crore rupees and will help irrigate over five lakh hectares in the backward regions of Yadgir, Raichur and Kalburgi.
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
‘Centre for Maritime Economy and Connectivity’ is to be set up in which state/UT?
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Indian Ports Association has signed MoU with Research and Information System for Developing Countries for setting up a Centre for Maritime Economy and Connectivity in New Delhi.
The proposed project of Transhipment Port at Galathea bay at Greater Nicobar in Andaman & Nicobar Islands will be advantageous for the BIMSTEC Nations.
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Indian Ports Association has signed MoU with Research and Information System for Developing Countries for setting up a Centre for Maritime Economy and Connectivity in New Delhi.
The proposed project of Transhipment Port at Galathea bay at Greater Nicobar in Andaman & Nicobar Islands will be advantageous for the BIMSTEC Nations.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
Prime Minister Modi to name 21 islands of Andaman & Nicobar after which awardees?
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Prime Minister Modi named 21 islands of Andaman & Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees, to give due honour and recognition to real-life heroes.
The move was taken on Parakram Diwas, also known as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti. The national event aims to mark the birth anniversary of prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Prime Minister Modi named 21 islands of Andaman & Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees, to give due honour and recognition to real-life heroes.
The move was taken on Parakram Diwas, also known as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti. The national event aims to mark the birth anniversary of prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
What is the process of replacing original payment card details with an alternative code?
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Tokenization is the process of replacing original card details with an alternative code called a ‘token’. The token would be unique and it provides an additional degree of protection for customer card details.
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Tokenization is the process of replacing original card details with an alternative code called a ‘token’. The token would be unique and it provides an additional degree of protection for customer card details.
