19th February 2023 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 points
‘Biological Passport’ often seen in news is related to
Correct
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Option C is correct.
• Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is a powerful anti-doping tool that monitors selected biological variables over time to reveal the effects of doping rather than attempting to detect the doping substance or method itself.
• It works against doping through enhanced target testing and analysis, investigations, deterrence, and as indirect evidence for use of prohibited methods or substances.
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation
Option C is correct.
• Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is a powerful anti-doping tool that monitors selected biological variables over time to reveal the effects of doping rather than attempting to detect the doping substance or method itself.
• It works against doping through enhanced target testing and analysis, investigations, deterrence, and as indirect evidence for use of prohibited methods or substances.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points
Exercise Manesar-2022 anti-terror exercise was recently held under the aegis of
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation
• Option C is correct.
• Exercise Manesar-2022 has been held under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS).
• The exercise is aimed at exchanging expertise, best practices and build synergy between the Counter Terrorism Forces of the SCO RATS Member Countries to enhance capabilities for conducting Anti-Terrorist operations and countering other security threats collectively.
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation
• Option C is correct.
• Exercise Manesar-2022 has been held under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS).
• The exercise is aimed at exchanging expertise, best practices and build synergy between the Counter Terrorism Forces of the SCO RATS Member Countries to enhance capabilities for conducting Anti-Terrorist operations and countering other security threats collectively.
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points
“The project primarily deals with sending and positioning a spectrograph, to study ultraviolet radiation and analyze the make-up and sources of interstellar gas in the region.” It is the aim of which of the following projects?
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Correct Answer: A
Spectrographic Investigation of Nebula Gas (SING)
• The SING project would be the first space-collaboration involving India and China.
• It primarily deals with sending and positioning a spectrograph, an instrument that splits light into constituent frequencies and wavelengths, to study ultraviolet radiation.
• This will help analyse the make-up and sources of interstellar gas in the region that swept by the space station as it orbits around the earth.
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Correct Answer: A
Spectrographic Investigation of Nebula Gas (SING)
• The SING project would be the first space-collaboration involving India and China.
• It primarily deals with sending and positioning a spectrograph, an instrument that splits light into constituent frequencies and wavelengths, to study ultraviolet radiation.
• This will help analyse the make-up and sources of interstellar gas in the region that swept by the space station as it orbits around the earth.
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points
Among the given options, which countries/organizations are a direct party to the Black Sea Initiative?
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Correct Answer: D
Explanation
Black Sea Grain Initiative
• It is an agreement between Russia and Ukraine with Turkey and the United Nations made during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• The documents were signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022.
• The signed documents entail the safe navigation for the export of grain and related foodstuffs and fertilizers, including ammonia from the Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhne.
• The ships will traverse the Black Sea in specially created corridors that are demined.
• All merchant vessels are required to go to Turkey for inspection.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points
Which of the following industries are considered to be Hard to Abate Sectors (HtAS)?
1. Cement
2. Aviation
3. Power
4. Iron and Steel
Select the correct option
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Correct Answer: B
Hard to Abate Sectors (HtAS)
• The term ‘hard-to-abate sector’ refers to any sector for which the transition to net zero is not nearly so straightforward, because they either lack the technology or its cost remains prohibitive.
• Some of the hard to abate sectors include: aviation, circular cars, heavy-duty road transport, shipping, aluminum, chemicals, cement and concrete, and iron and steel.
• The electric power sector is often regarded as the “easiest” sector to decarbonize, compared with highly diffuse sectors such as transportation.
• It is because of the large number of solutions available and the relative ease of transitioning a relatively limited number of generally centralized assets.
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Correct Answer: B
Hard to Abate Sectors (HtAS)
• The term ‘hard-to-abate sector’ refers to any sector for which the transition to net zero is not nearly so straightforward, because they either lack the technology or its cost remains prohibitive.
• Some of the hard to abate sectors include: aviation, circular cars, heavy-duty road transport, shipping, aluminum, chemicals, cement and concrete, and iron and steel.
• The electric power sector is often regarded as the “easiest” sector to decarbonize, compared with highly diffuse sectors such as transportation.
• It is because of the large number of solutions available and the relative ease of transitioning a relatively limited number of generally centralized assets.
