10 PM UPSC Current Affairs Quiz 29 March, 2024
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Question No. 1
Consider the following:
1.Electricity
2.Steel
3.Refinery products
4.Pharmaceuticals
How many of the above are considered as the ‘Core Sectors’ of the Indian economy?
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Question No. 2
The ‘Agnipath scheme’ fundamentally changes the recruitment process in the Indian Armed Forces by:
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Question No. 3
Consider the following statements with respect to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA):
1.Ongoing border disputes with neighboring countries can make a state or central government declare an area a ‘disturbed area’, enabling the implementation of AFSPA.
2.AFSPA grants power to armed forces to use force, even to the extent of causing death, for maintaining public order.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Question No. 4
Which of the following organizations have jointly published the ‘Food Waste Index Report 2024’?
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Question No. 5
Consider the following statements:
1.Article 22 of the Constitution makes it mandatory for preventive detention laws to form advisory boards consisting of persons qualified to be High Court judges.
2.Advisory boards, under the various laws, have to review detention orders every three months to see whether there was sufficient cause for detention.
3.Law and order issues have a wider impact, affecting the community at large or even the entire country compared to the issues of public order.
4.The state’s failure to effectively manage law and order should not automatically lead to the use of preventive detention measures.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Question No. 6
Consider the following statements:
1.Indian States and Union Territories can impose an internet shutdown only in case of a “public emergency” or in the interest of “public safety”.
2.The Indian Telegraph Act defines the criteria for determining what constitutes as an emergency or safety issue in the case of internet shutdowns.
3.Jammu and Kashmir saw the highest number of internet shutdowns in the last decade.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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Question No. 7
Which one of the following is a potential negative consequence of a persistently ‘high fiscal deficit’?
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Question No. 8
With reference to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India, how many of the following statements are correct?
1.It manages the foreign exchange reserves of the country.
2.It also advises the government on budgetary allocations.
3.It has been constituted under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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Question No. 9
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is also known as:
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Question No. 10
Consider the following statements:
1.Magnetofossils are the fossilised remains of magnetic particles.
2.Magnetofossils are created by magnetotactic bacteria, also known as magnetobacteria.
3.Magnetotactic bacteria are mostly prokaryotic organisms.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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