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- Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhich of the following is/are eligibility conditions provided under the Constitution to be appointed as a Judge in Supreme Court?
1. Must have born in India
2. One who has been for at least five years a Judge of a High Court
3. A distinguished jurist in opinion of the President
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Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years. In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, a person must be a citizen of India and must have been, for atleast five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years or he must be, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist.
Provisions also exist for the appointment of a Judge of a High Court as an Ad-hoc Judge of the Supreme Court and for retired Judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts to sit and act as Judges of that Court.
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Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years. In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, a person must be a citizen of India and must have been, for atleast five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years or he must be, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist.
Provisions also exist for the appointment of a Judge of a High Court as an Ad-hoc Judge of the Supreme Court and for retired Judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts to sit and act as Judges of that Court.
- Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhich of the following is/are online educational platforms(s)?
1. Swayam
2. Swayam Prabha
3. NPTEL
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Option 1 is correct. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is an Indian Massive open online course platform. It a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to any learner.
Option 2 is incorrect. The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.
Option 3 is correct. The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. It is one of the largest online repositories in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and social sciences subjects.
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Option 1 is correct. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is an Indian Massive open online course platform. It a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to any learner.
Option 2 is incorrect. The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.
Option 3 is correct. The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. It is one of the largest online repositories in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and social sciences subjects.
- Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements:
1. India and United Kingdom have signed extradition treaty with each other.
2. There have been no successful extradition from UK to India so far.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is correct. Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other’s law enforcement. India and the UK signed an extradition treaty in 1992.
Statement 2 is incorrect. There have been successful extraditions from UK to India. Kishan Singh, accused of operating an international drugs cartel, has been extradited to India recently to face charges of supplying illegal drugs.
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Statement 1 is correct. Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other’s law enforcement. India and the UK signed an extradition treaty in 1992.
Statement 2 is incorrect. There have been successful extraditions from UK to India. Kishan Singh, accused of operating an international drugs cartel, has been extradited to India recently to face charges of supplying illegal drugs.
- Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the COVAX Facility:
1. It is the diagnosis pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT).
2. It is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. COVAX is the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.
The ACT Accelerator is a ground-breaking global collaboration to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
Statement 2 is correct. COVAX is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside key delivery partner UNICEF. Its aim is to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. COVAX is the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.
The ACT Accelerator is a ground-breaking global collaboration to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
Statement 2 is correct. COVAX is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside key delivery partner UNICEF. Its aim is to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
- Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsArrange the following event(s) in chronological order:
1. Bandung Conference
2. North Atlantic Treaty signed
3. The Suez Crisis
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The Washington Treaty – or North Atlantic Treaty – forms the basis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – or NATO. The Treaty was signed in Washington D.C. on 4 April 1949 by 12 founding members.
In April, 1955, representatives from twenty-nine governments of Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss peace and the role of the Third World in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.
The Suez Crisis began on July 26, 1956, when Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal.
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The Washington Treaty – or North Atlantic Treaty – forms the basis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – or NATO. The Treaty was signed in Washington D.C. on 4 April 1949 by 12 founding members.
In April, 1955, representatives from twenty-nine governments of Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss peace and the role of the Third World in the Cold War, economic development, and decolonization.
The Suez Crisis began on July 26, 1956, when Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal.
- Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the Rohingyas:
1. The Rohingya people are an ethnic group from Myanmar.
2. The United Nations has described the Rohingya “as the most persecuted minority in the world.”
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Rohingya are mostly Muslim minority who have traditionally lived in Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes in August 2017 when violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, including the burning of entire Rohingya villages.
The United Nations has described the Rohingya “as the most persecuted minority in the world.” Eighty percent of Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh are women and children, including newborns.
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The Rohingya are mostly Muslim minority who have traditionally lived in Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes in August 2017 when violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, including the burning of entire Rohingya villages.
The United Nations has described the Rohingya “as the most persecuted minority in the world.” Eighty percent of Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh are women and children, including newborns.
- Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding the Managed floating Exchange rate System:
1. The country’s central bank may occasionally intervene in order to direct the country’s currency value into a certain direction.
2. India is having this type of exchange rate system.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is correct. A managed or dirty float is a flexible exchange rate system in which the government or the country’s central bank may occasionally intervene in order to direct the country’s currency value into a certain direction. This is generally done in order to act as a buffer against economic shocks and hence soften its effect in the economy.
A managed float is halfway between a fixed exchange rate and a flexible one as a country can obtain the benefits of a free-floating system but still has the option to intervene and minimize the risks associated with a free-floating currency.
Statement 2 is correct. India is having this type of exchange rate system. In this hybrid exchange rate system, the exchange rate is generally determined in the foreign exchange market through the operation of market forces.
But during extreme fluctuations, the central bank under a managed floating exchange rate system (like the RBI) intervenes in the foreign exchange market.
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Statement 1 is correct. A managed or dirty float is a flexible exchange rate system in which the government or the country’s central bank may occasionally intervene in order to direct the country’s currency value into a certain direction. This is generally done in order to act as a buffer against economic shocks and hence soften its effect in the economy.
A managed float is halfway between a fixed exchange rate and a flexible one as a country can obtain the benefits of a free-floating system but still has the option to intervene and minimize the risks associated with a free-floating currency.
Statement 2 is correct. India is having this type of exchange rate system. In this hybrid exchange rate system, the exchange rate is generally determined in the foreign exchange market through the operation of market forces.
But during extreme fluctuations, the central bank under a managed floating exchange rate system (like the RBI) intervenes in the foreign exchange market.
- Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhat is Heparin?
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Heparin is an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that prevents the formation of blood clots. Heparin is used to treat and prevent blood clots caused by certain medical conditions or medical procedures. It is also used before surgery to reduce the risk of blood clots.
It is a medication and naturally occurring glycosaminoglycan. As a medication it is used as an anticoagulant.
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Heparin is an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that prevents the formation of blood clots. Heparin is used to treat and prevent blood clots caused by certain medical conditions or medical procedures. It is also used before surgery to reduce the risk of blood clots.
It is a medication and naturally occurring glycosaminoglycan. As a medication it is used as an anticoagulant.
- Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsConsider the following statements regarding Oxygen:
1. The most abundant element in the Earth’s crust is oxygen.
2. One of the major commercial use of oxygen gas is in the steel industry.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium (by mass) and it’s the most abundant element (by mass) in the Earth’s crust, making up almost half of the crust’s mass. Oxygen is a gas at room temperature that glows a lovely pale blue colour when exposed to an electrical current.
The greatest commercial use of oxygen gas is in the steel industry. Large quantities are also used in the manufacture of a wide range of chemicals including nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide. It is also used to make epoxyethane (ethylene oxide), used as antifreeze and to make polyester, and chloroethene, the precursor to PVC.
Oxygen gas is used for oxy-acetylene welding and cutting of metals. A growing use is in the treatment of sewage and of effluent from industry.
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Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium (by mass) and it’s the most abundant element (by mass) in the Earth’s crust, making up almost half of the crust’s mass. Oxygen is a gas at room temperature that glows a lovely pale blue colour when exposed to an electrical current.
The greatest commercial use of oxygen gas is in the steel industry. Large quantities are also used in the manufacture of a wide range of chemicals including nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide. It is also used to make epoxyethane (ethylene oxide), used as antifreeze and to make polyester, and chloroethene, the precursor to PVC.
Oxygen gas is used for oxy-acetylene welding and cutting of metals. A growing use is in the treatment of sewage and of effluent from industry.
- Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsCategory: current affairsWhich of the following State does not border Odisha?
1. Bihar
2. Telangana
3. Andhra Pradesh
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Odisha borders the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. It also has a coastline of 485 kilometres along the Bay of Bengal.
# Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) has accorded administrative approval for sanction of Rs 50.30 crore for developing all-weather ROPAX (Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger) Jetty and allied infrastructure connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district &Talachua in Kendrapara district, Odisha under the Sagarmala initiative.
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Odisha borders the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. It also has a coastline of 485 kilometres along the Bay of Bengal.
# Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) has accorded administrative approval for sanction of Rs 50.30 crore for developing all-weather ROPAX (Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger) Jetty and allied infrastructure connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district &Talachua in Kendrapara district, Odisha under the Sagarmala initiative.