21st October 2022 Currert Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as the new Congress president on Wednesday. This is the first time in how many years that the party will have a non-Gandhi leader occupying the top post?
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Mr. Kharge, 80, the first non-Gandhi leader in 24 years to occupy the party’s top post, will take charge on October 26.
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Mr. Kharge, 80, the first non-Gandhi leader in 24 years to occupy the party’s top post, will take charge on October 26.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
How many of the warmest years on record on the planet were in the last decade?
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Nine of the warmest years on record have come in the past decade alone.
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Nine of the warmest years on record have come in the past decade alone.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
Who was the longest-serving Chief Justice of India? This CJI served for a term of seven years, four months and 19 days.
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Explanation:
Interestingly, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, holds the record for serving the longest term as the CJI.
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Interestingly, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, holds the record for serving the longest term as the CJI.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
China has blocked the India-U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to list Talha Saeed and Shahid Mehmood on the list of terror entities. Shahid Mehmood is accused by India in a terror funding case of building “sleeper cells” in which two places under the cover of religious and charity work and education projects?
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Explanation:
In particular, Mehmood is accused in a terror funding case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of “hatching a conspiracy” to build “sleeper cells” in Delhi and Haryana.
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In particular, Mehmood is accused in a terror funding case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of “hatching a conspiracy” to build “sleeper cells” in Delhi and Haryana.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
In recent months, which High Court gave bail to five individuals accused of rape on the condition that they would marry their victims?
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Explanation:
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has given bail to three rape accused in the past month on the condition that they marry the victims. In two other cases, bail was granted when the counsel of the accused told the court that the accused would marry the victims as soon as they secured bail.
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Explanation:
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has given bail to three rape accused in the past month on the condition that they marry the victims. In two other cases, bail was granted when the counsel of the accused told the court that the accused would marry the victims as soon as they secured bail.
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
Aramane Giridhar has been appointed the next Defence Secretary and will assume the post later this month. In which Ministry is he currently serving in the post of Secretary?
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Explanation:
Aramane Giridhar, Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has been appointed the next Defence Secretary.
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Aramane Giridhar, Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has been appointed the next Defence Secretary.
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
A decline of what percentage in India’s vulture population between 1993 and 2003 had triggered the Central government to put in place two national action plans to protect the species- the first in 2006 and the second, ongoing plan for 2020-2025?
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Explanation:
Alarmed at the 96% decline in India’s vulture population between 1993 and 2003, the Central government put into place two action plans to protect the species.
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Alarmed at the 96% decline in India’s vulture population between 1993 and 2003, the Central government put into place two action plans to protect the species.
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
Which religious group in Japan has come under scrutiny after the assassination of the country’s former Premier Shinzo Abe. Mr. Abe’s suspected assassin Tetsuya Yamagami confessed to the police that he targeted Mr. Abe because of his ties with this religious group.
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Explanation:
On October 17, the Japanese government ordered an immediate investigation into the Unification Church, a religious group that has come under scrutiny after the assassination of the country’s former Premier Shinzo Abe.
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On October 17, the Japanese government ordered an immediate investigation into the Unification Church, a religious group that has come under scrutiny after the assassination of the country’s former Premier Shinzo Abe.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
According to the Sachar Committee Report of 2006, just what percentage of Muslim children of school-going age go to madrasas at the national level?
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Explanation:
The Sachar Committee Report (2006) demolished both these arguments with robust empirical evidence. It found that only 3% of Muslim children of school-going age go to madrasas at the national level.
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The Sachar Committee Report (2006) demolished both these arguments with robust empirical evidence. It found that only 3% of Muslim children of school-going age go to madrasas at the national level.
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
What does BPRD stand for in the Indian context?
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Explanation:
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has suggested a separate uniform, development of a special training programme and fixing the gender ratio at 50:50 for a tourist police.
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Explanation:
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has suggested a separate uniform, development of a special training programme and fixing the gender ratio at 50:50 for a tourist police.
