Quiz 8 (Focus: Current Issues)

1.  

Black Death refers to

1. the bubonic Plague
2. the consumption

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

2.  

Consider the following statements:

1. ‘Carbon bomb’ is an oil or gas project.
2. Monkeypox is a fungal infection, and begins with diarrhoea.
3. Micro-plastics, which are tiny plastic debris and smaller than 5 mm in length, have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica.

Which of the above statements are correct?

3.  

With reference to ‘Ramsay Hunt Syndrome’, consider the following statements:

1. It is the viral infection impacting the 7th cranial nerve that is involved in facial movements.
2. It is a contagious disease.
3. Patients get cured within a span of 1-2 years of starting the treatment.
4. Recently, only Pop performer Justin Bieber got infected from this Syndrome.

Which of the above statements are correct?

4.  

‘Ancovax’ refers to

1. a study which reveals that around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome.
2. a disease with symptoms of painful, red rash and blisters in and around the ear.
3. a vaccine which can protect animals against the delta and omicron variants of SARS-COV-2.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

5.  

With reference to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2022, consider the following statements:

1. EPI 2022 uses 40 performance indicators to assess and rank 180 countries.
2. EPI 2022 makes an assumption that every country has to reach net-zero by 2030.
3. The index has new indicators such as air quality indicators, indicator on sustainable pesticide use, metrics that gauge recycling and ocean plastic pollution, with projections of progress towards net-zero emissions.
4. EPI is a biennial index.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

6.  

Consider the following statements regarding the election of the President of India:

1. Under Article 62(1) of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy to the term of office of the president, caused by the expiration of the term, shall be completed before the expiration of the term.
2. The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of elected and nominated MPs and MLAs across the country.
3. At present, the electoral college has 4,809 voters and their weighted votes are 10,86,431 lakhs.
4. The value of each MLA’s vote varies from a high of 208 in Uttar Pradesh to a low of 7 in Sikkim, and weighted votes from all the assemblies add up to 5.43 lakh, so that the 776 MPs should contribute the same total of votes as the MLAs.

Which of the above statements are correct?

7.  

Consider the following statements:

1. While the GDP calculates national income by adding up all expenditures in the economy, the GVA calculates the national income from supply side by looking at the value added in each sector of the economy.
2. Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE) refers to the money spent by the government on day-to-day expenses.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

8.  

With reference to National Facility for Gene Function in Health and Disease (NFGFHD), consider the following statements:

1. It has been set up at the Indian Institute of Science.
2. NFGFHD will provide timely supply of animal models to researchers.
3. It is built at a total cost of Rs 100 crore.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

9.  

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) has been launched by the US with the aim of

10.  

‘Monk Skin Tone Scale’ refers to

11.  

Recently, Maharashtra overtook Uttar Pradesh in sugar production due to

1. bountiful rainfall since 2019 which encouraged and induced farmers to plant more area under sugarcane.
2. huge jump in ‘unregistered’ cane cultivation.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

12.  

Consider the following statements about the Bramble Cay melomys:

1. It the first mammal to be declared extinct due to climate change.
2. It is native to the Amazon rain forest region of Brazil.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

13.  

Consider the following statements about the Krish-e agriculture app:

1. It has been developed and distributed by the agricultural ministry of the central government.
2. It is devoted entirely to providing information on organic farming.
3. It is available in all Indian languages.
4. It helps farmers identify pests and crop diseases.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

14.  

With respect to the agreement signed between Assam and Meghalaya in March 2022, consider the following statements:

15.  

Consider the following sets of areas and their location:

1. Ratacherra – West Khasi Hills
2. Hahim – East Jaintia Hills
3. Ri Bhoi – Mizoram
4. Gizang – Arunachal Pradesh

Which of the above is correctly matched?

16.  

Which one of the following is NOT true of the State Food Safety Index (SFSI)?

17.  

Consider the following statements at the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in June 2022 which has been called historic.

1. ‘Harmful’ subsidies on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing are to be curbed for the next four years in order to better protect global fish stocks, but developing countries have been exempted for two years.
2. A binding decision has been made to exempt from export restrictions food purchased by the UN’s World Food Programme for humanitarian purposes, though adoption of export restriction measures by member nations to ensure their own food security is allowed.
3. India’s key demand to let it export food from its public stockholdings to other countries was accepted.
4. The long standing moratorium on custom duties on e-commerce transmissions will continue till the next WTO ministerial conference, or no later than March 31, 2024.
5. It was agreed to temporarily waive intellectual property patents on Covid-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics without the consent of the patent holder for 5 years.

          Which of the above statements is/are NOT correct regarding the deals?

18.  

Consider the following statements on non-fungible tokens (NFTs):

1. An NFT is a form of cryptocurrency.
2. An NFT is a digital asset with a unique identification code and metadata which differentiates it from a fungible token.
3. An NFT cannot be traded or exchanged at equivalent values.
4. The programming used for building an NFT is quite different from that used for creating cryptocurrency.

Which of the above statements is/are NOT correct?

19.  

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘grey list’. Consider the following statements regarding grey list:

1. It includes countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorism financing but which have formally committed to working with the FATF to make changes.
2. Countries on this list face economic sanctions and cannot get loans from international financial agencies.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

20.  

Regarding marine heatwaves, which of the following is correct?