09th September 2022 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
2 points
The Department of Science & Technology (DST) has announced the setting up of India’s first dark sky reserve at which location?
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Explanation:
Hanle, which is about 4,500 metres above sea level, hosts telescopes and is regarded as one of the world’s most optimal sites for astronomical observations.
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Hanle, which is about 4,500 metres above sea level, hosts telescopes and is regarded as one of the world’s most optimal sites for astronomical observations.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
2 points
Which two countries in 2015 signed the Land Swap Agreement?
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Explanation:
In 2015, India and Bangladesh resolved the decades-long border dispute through the Land Swap Agreement.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
2 points
What was the value of the staff-level agreement between the IMF and Sri Lanka to support the country’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility?
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Explanation:
It is a formal arrangement by which IMF staff and Sri Lankan authorities agree on a $2.9-billion package that will support Sri Lanka’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility.
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It is a formal arrangement by which IMF staff and Sri Lankan authorities agree on a $2.9-billion package that will support Sri Lanka’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
2 points
General Augusto Pinochet was the military dictator of which country?
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The following year, just under 80% of Chileans voted in favour of changing the Constitution that dates from the country’s 1973-1990 military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet.
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The following year, just under 80% of Chileans voted in favour of changing the Constitution that dates from the country’s 1973-1990 military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
2 points
In December 2021, which festival made it to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
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Explanation:
‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ got an important international recognition in December 2021 by making it to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ got an important international recognition in December 2021 by making it to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
2 points
Which economist popularised the concept of the “Tragedy of the commons”- that communities cannot manage shared resources; therefore, common property must be privatised for its protection?
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Explanation:
Another core idea of capitalism is Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons”. It says that communities cannot manage shared resources; therefore, common property must be privatised for its protection
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Another core idea of capitalism is Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons”. It says that communities cannot manage shared resources; therefore, common property must be privatised for its protection
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
2 points
In which edition of the Summer Olympics were 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants?
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Germany’s president apologised on Monday for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 attack during the Munich Olympics as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the Games 50 years ago.
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Germany’s president apologised on Monday for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 attack during the Munich Olympics as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the Games 50 years ago.
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
2 points
Hyderabad was the second Indian city to have city-specific heritage and zoning laws. Which was the first?
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Explanation:
Hyderabad was the second city in the country after Bombay to have a city-specific heritage and zoning laws.
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Hyderabad was the second city in the country after Bombay to have a city-specific heritage and zoning laws.
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
2 points
According to the National Education Policy, public expenditure on education should equal what percentage of India’s GDP?
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Explanation:
The NEP noted that public expenditure on education in India was nowhere close to the 6% of GDP envisaged by the 1968 policy, reiterated in the 1986 policy, and reaffirmed in the 1992 review of the policy. Against this backdrop, it was gratifying that the 2020 policy endorsed a substantial increase in public investment by the Central and State governments to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest.
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The NEP noted that public expenditure on education in India was nowhere close to the 6% of GDP envisaged by the 1968 policy, reiterated in the 1986 policy, and reaffirmed in the 1992 review of the policy. Against this backdrop, it was gratifying that the 2020 policy endorsed a substantial increase in public investment by the Central and State governments to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest.
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
2 points
Which company first incorporated seat belts into cars, in 1959?
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Explanation:
The three-point seat belt engineered by Nils Evar Bohlin, a passive safety device first incorporated into a car by Volvo in 1959, and now standard in cars sold in India, is a low cost restraint system that prevents occupants of a vehicle from being thrown forward in a crash.
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Explanation:
The three-point seat belt engineered by Nils Evar Bohlin, a passive safety device first incorporated into a car by Volvo in 1959, and now standard in cars sold in India, is a low cost restraint system that prevents occupants of a vehicle from being thrown forward in a crash.
