19 March 2022 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
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Sealed cover jurisprudence is a practice used by courts, of asking for or accepting information from government agencies in sealed envelopes that can only be accessed by judges. The Supreme Court derives its power to use it from which Act?
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The Supreme Court derives its power to use it from Rule 7 of order XIII of the Supreme Court Rules and Section 123 of the Indian Evidence Act of 1872
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The Supreme Court derives its power to use it from Rule 7 of order XIII of the Supreme Court Rules and Section 123 of the Indian Evidence Act of 1872
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
U.S.- based Hewlett Foundation was put on the FCRA [Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act] watchlist because its donations to India were being used for which activity that is not permissible under FCRA guidelines?
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The Union Home Ministry has placed the U.S.- based Hewlett Foundation on its watchlist following an investigation that foreign contributions it sent were being used for climate awareness campaigns, an activity not permissible under the FCRA [Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act], a senior government official said
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The Union Home Ministry has placed the U.S.- based Hewlett Foundation on its watchlist following an investigation that foreign contributions it sent were being used for climate awareness campaigns, an activity not permissible under the FCRA [Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act], a senior government official said
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
In 1979, which was the only country, outside the Soviet bloc, to abstain from voting in the UN General Assembly after the Soviet Union had vetoed a Security Council resolution against its intervention in Afghanistan?
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The Indian abstention in cases relating to the Soviet Union at the UN was institutionalised by Indira Gandhi in 1979, when India became the only country outside the Soviet bloc to abstain in the UN General Assembly after the Soviet Union had vetoed a Security Council resolution against its intervention in Afghanistan
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The Indian abstention in cases relating to the Soviet Union at the UN was institutionalised by Indira Gandhi in 1979, when India became the only country outside the Soviet bloc to abstain in the UN General Assembly after the Soviet Union had vetoed a Security Council resolution against its intervention in Afghanistan
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
After reports of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) buying oil from Russia have cropped, which is the other company to buy oil from Russia?
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India is expected to deepen energy cooperation with Russia as an official confirmation in this regard came against the backdrop of reports that after the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has bought two million barrels of Russian crude oil as Indian energy majors forge ahead with attempts to secure a part of Russian energy supply
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India is expected to deepen energy cooperation with Russia as an official confirmation in this regard came against the backdrop of reports that after the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has bought two million barrels of Russian crude oil as Indian energy majors forge ahead with attempts to secure a part of Russian energy supply
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
Trade sanctions are regulated under the GATT rules of the WTO. What is the full form of GATT?
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Under the WTO regime, the right of countries to impose trade sanctions, such as suspending MFN, on security grounds, is regulated by Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
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Under the WTO regime, the right of countries to impose trade sanctions, such as suspending MFN, on security grounds, is regulated by Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
BARC is related to which ratings in the media industry?
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Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has resumed ratings for individual news channels, with the release of data for Week 10 of 2022. The BARC India had temporarily suspended the viewership ratings of news channels in October 2020, amid the allegations of a Television Rating Point (TRP) scam
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Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has resumed ratings for individual news channels, with the release of data for Week 10 of 2022. The BARC India had temporarily suspended the viewership ratings of news channels in October 2020, amid the allegations of a Television Rating Point (TRP) scam
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
Drugmakers in India have signed sub-licence agreements with the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool to manufacture the generic version of which organization’s oral antiviral drug?
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Nineteen drugmakers in India have signed sub-licence agreements with the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to manufacture the generic version of Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir, which is to be used in combination with ritonavir
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Nineteen drugmakers in India have signed sub-licence agreements with the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to manufacture the generic version of Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 antiviral nirmatrelvir, which is to be used in combination with ritonavir
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
A judge in Honduras granted the extradition of Juan Orlando Hernandez to the U.S., where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking. In what capacity did Hernandez serve the Republic of Honduras?
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A judge in Honduras granted the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States, where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking. The former President held office from 2014 to 2022
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A judge in Honduras granted the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States, where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking. The former President held office from 2014 to 2022
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
India’s growth forecast has been downgraded for the calendar year 2022 from 9.5% to 9.1%. Which credit rating agency announced this?
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Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded India’s growth forecast for the calendar year 2022 from 9.5% to 9.1% and marginally pared growth hopes for 2023 from 5.5% to 5.4%, citing the global impact on growth due to the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded India’s growth forecast for the calendar year 2022 from 9.5% to 9.1% and marginally pared growth hopes for 2023 from 5.5% to 5.4%, citing the global impact on growth due to the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Which U.S. President said, “Dear Mr. Scholz, tear down this wall,” about the Berlin Wall in 1987?
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Invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reached back to that Cold War era as he drew on a 1987 speech in Berlin by U.S. President Ronald Reagan: “Dear Mr. Scholz, tear down this wall,” which he said Germany had helped build with its business ties to Russia.
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Invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reached back to that Cold War era as he drew on a 1987 speech in Berlin by U.S. President Ronald Reagan: “Dear Mr. Scholz, tear down this wall,” which he said Germany had helped build with its business ties to Russia.