13th September 2022 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding the Criminal Procedure (Identification)
Act, 2022:
1. It provides the legal sanction to law enforcement agencies for the collection of
measurements of convicts and other persons.
2. The Prisoners Act, of 1920 collected measurements even for petty offenses, while
this act, collects data only for the imprisonment of one year or upwards.
3. Each State must notify an appropriate agency to collect and preserve this database
of measurements.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
Ans b
The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 provided that “measurements” will be taken for
those either convicted or arrested for offences that entail imprisonment of one year or
upwards.
The current law allows for “measurements” to be taken if a person has been
convicted/arrested for any offence, including petty offences.
Incorrect
Ans b
The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 provided that “measurements” will be taken for
those either convicted or arrested for offences that entail imprisonment of one year or
upwards.
The current law allows for “measurements” to be taken if a person has been
convicted/arrested for any offence, including petty offences.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding crowdfunding:
1. Crowdfunding is the use of small amounts of capital from a large number of
individuals to finance a new business venture.
2. Crowdfunding in India is monitored under the ambit of the Companies Act, 2013.
3. According to the Act, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs should keep a record of the
total financing conducted through crowdfunding for private and non-listed
companies in India.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
Ans a
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the use of small amounts of capital from a large number of
individuals to finance a new business venture.
It is a popular concept in the West and is seeing traction in India too for raising funds
for medical, professional, personal, educational, and creative causes/projects.
Under Crowdfunding, projects or a venture is financed by a group of individuals
instead of professional parties like banks, venture capitalists, or business angels.
The term “Crowdfunding” is not defined in the Companies Act 2013 (Indian company
law).
As the company law does not define ‘crowdfunding’, there is no question of MCA
keeping a record of the total financing conducted through such route for such
private, non-listed companies in India.
Incorrect
Ans a
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the use of small amounts of capital from a large number of
individuals to finance a new business venture.
It is a popular concept in the West and is seeing traction in India too for raising funds
for medical, professional, personal, educational, and creative causes/projects.
Under Crowdfunding, projects or a venture is financed by a group of individuals
instead of professional parties like banks, venture capitalists, or business angels.
The term “Crowdfunding” is not defined in the Companies Act 2013 (Indian company
law).
As the company law does not define ‘crowdfunding’, there is no question of MCA
keeping a record of the total financing conducted through such route for such
private, non-listed companies in India.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
With respect to Tax-GDP ratio in India, consider the following statements:
1. It is a representation of the size of the government's tax revenue expressed as a
percentage of the GDP.
2. A higher tax to GDP ratio means a better financial position of the country.
3. In India, it is around 10-11% of GDP and stayed at that level for the last 20 years.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Ans d
Incorrect
Ans d
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding difference between Consumer Price
Index (CPI) and GDP deflator
1. GDP deflator include prices of imported goods but they are not included in CPI.
2. While CPI is released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), the data on GDP deflator is
released by Labour Bureau.
3. The weights are constant in CPI, but they differ according to production level of each
good in GDP deflator.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Ans b
CPI may differ from GDP deflator because:
1. The goods purchased by consumers do not represent all the goods which are produced
in a country. GDP deflator takes into account all such goods and services.
2. CPI includes prices of goods consumed by the representative consumer; hence it
includes prices of imported goods. GDP deflator does not include prices of imported
goods.
3. The weights are constant in CPI – but they differ according to production level of each
good in GDP deflator.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) comes out with GDP deflator
in National Accounts Statistics as price indices.
Incorrect
Ans b
CPI may differ from GDP deflator because:
1. The goods purchased by consumers do not represent all the goods which are produced
in a country. GDP deflator takes into account all such goods and services.
2. CPI includes prices of goods consumed by the representative consumer; hence it
includes prices of imported goods. GDP deflator does not include prices of imported
goods.
3. The weights are constant in CPI – but they differ according to production level of each
good in GDP deflator.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) comes out with GDP deflator
in National Accounts Statistics as price indices.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding Open Network for Digital Commerce
(ONDC).
1. Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is a government-backed project which
is aimed at enabling small merchants in India to access processes and technologies
that are typically deployed by large e-commerce platforms.
2. It is a public non-profit company established by the Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
3. Facebook has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for
Digital Commerce (ONDC).
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Ans .b
Microsoft has become the first global big tech company to join the ONDC
Incorrect
Ans .b
Microsoft has become the first global big tech company to join the ONDC
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
Bohai Sea, recently seen in news is located between
Correct
Ans b
Incorrect
Ans b
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding metamaterials:
1. They are artificial electromagnetic media that are structured on the subwavelength
scale.
2. They derive their properties not from what they are made of but from their
structure.
3. They are manufactured based on the principle of negative refractive index, that is
light passing through them will bend backward.
Which of the above statements are correct?
Correct
Ans d
Incorrect
Ans d
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding bioplastics:
1. Bioplastics are made from corn, sugar, vegetable oils, and other renewable
materials.
2. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a bioplastic manufactured using microorganisms that ferment
with canola oil.
3. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) is a bioplastic produced by fermenting sugar from corn
and sugar cane.
4. Stitches to treat wounds are made of a bioplastic thread that harmlessly dissolves
into the body.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
Ans a
Bioplastics
Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as
vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste,
etc.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHAs are an emerging class of bioplastics in the latter
category, i.e., they are bio-based and biodegradable.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are manufactured using microorganisms that ferment
with canola oil.
Polylactic acid or polylactide (PLA) is a polyester derived from renewable biomass,
typically from fermented plant starch, such as corn, cassava, sugarcane, or sugar
beet pulp.
Bioplastics have long been used in medical applications.
For example, stitches are often made of a bioplastic thread that harmlessly dissolved
into the body.
Incorrect
Ans a
Bioplastics
Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as
vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste,
etc.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHAs are an emerging class of bioplastics in the latter
category, i.e., they are bio-based and biodegradable.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are manufactured using microorganisms that ferment
with canola oil.
Polylactic acid or polylactide (PLA) is a polyester derived from renewable biomass,
typically from fermented plant starch, such as corn, cassava, sugarcane, or sugar
beet pulp.
Bioplastics have long been used in medical applications.
For example, stitches are often made of a bioplastic thread that harmlessly dissolved
into the body.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements with respect to Coral reefs
1. Soft corals extract calcium carbonate from seawater to build corals whereas hard
corals attach themselves with existing coral exoskeletons.
2. Hard corals are the engineers of reef ecosystems and the coral cover is measured by
determining the increase in the hard corals.
3. Corals prepare their own food with the help of reactive oxygen produced by
zooxanthellae.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Correct
Ans a
Great Barrier Reef's Recovery
The annual long-term monitoring report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science
(AIMS) reports the highest levels of coral cover, within the past 36 years, in the
northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
The hard coral cover in northern GBR had reached 36%.
The recovery was fuelled largely by increases in the fast-growing Acropora coral,
which are a dominant type in the GBR.
However, these Acropora (fast growing corals) are also the most susceptible to
environmental pressures such as rising temperatures, cyclones, pollution, crown-of
thorn starfish (COTs) attacks which prey on hard corals and so on.
GBR is the world's largest reef system stretching across 2,300 km and having nearly
3,000 individual reefs.
Coral reefs support over 25% of marine biodiversity even as they take up only 1% of
the seafloor.
Incorrect
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Consider the following statements regarding the National Intellectual Property
Awareness Mission (NIPAM):
1. It is a flagship program to impart IP awareness and basic training to students.
2. It is implemented by the Intellectual Property Office, the Ministry of Science and
Technology.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
Ans a
National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM)
A National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) under the initiative of
the Government's "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav".
It is a flagship program to impart IP awareness and basic training to students.
The program is being implemented by Intellectual Property Office, the Office of
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry.
Incorrect
Ans a
National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM)
A National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) under the initiative of
the Government's "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav".
It is a flagship program to impart IP awareness and basic training to students.
The program is being implemented by Intellectual Property Office, the Office of
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry.
