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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 28 October 2022
- October 28, 2022
- Posted by: Admin
- Category: Current Affairs Quiz GK Today Quiz
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2022
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to Civil Service Exams 2022 such as UPSC, MPPSC, BPSC, UPPCS, etc. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind.
The following quiz will have 5 MCQs. The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles, etc.
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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 28 October 2022
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsHAWK air defence equipment, recently seen in news was developed by
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b) United States
The United States is considering retrieving older HAWK air defence equipment from storage to send to Ukraine which is facing a heavy barrage of Russian drone-fired and cruise missiles.
HAWK, short for ‘Homing All the Way Killer’, entered service with the US Army in 1959, during the Vietnam war. It underwent upgrades over the decades that followed, including a major one in 1971 that produced the so-called I-HAWK (or improved HAWK), with a kill probability of 85%.
The HAWK system was the predecessor to the PATRIOT missile defence system that Raytheon built in the 1990s. US forces largely stopped using HAWK from the early years of the new century.
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b) United States
The United States is considering retrieving older HAWK air defence equipment from storage to send to Ukraine which is facing a heavy barrage of Russian drone-fired and cruise missiles.
HAWK, short for ‘Homing All the Way Killer’, entered service with the US Army in 1959, during the Vietnam war. It underwent upgrades over the decades that followed, including a major one in 1971 that produced the so-called I-HAWK (or improved HAWK), with a kill probability of 85%.
The HAWK system was the predecessor to the PATRIOT missile defence system that Raytheon built in the 1990s. US forces largely stopped using HAWK from the early years of the new century.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 points‘Tigray’ a region which is conflict-ridden seen in news is in
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c) Ethiopia
The Tigray Region is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray War is an ongoing civil war that began on 3 November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The war is primarily being fought by the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other.
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c) Ethiopia
The Tigray Region is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray War is an ongoing civil war that began on 3 November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The war is primarily being fought by the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsFungal Priority Pathogens List has been released by which institution?
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d) WHO
World Health Organisation has published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal priority pathogens. It is a catalog of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health. The WHO fungal priority pathogens list is the first global effort to systematically prioritize fungal pathogens.
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d) WHO
World Health Organisation has published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal priority pathogens. It is a catalog of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public health. The WHO fungal priority pathogens list is the first global effort to systematically prioritize fungal pathogens.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWith reference to ‘The Roadmap 2030’, consider the following statements
1. It provides a framework for India to scale up renewable energy usage to meet climate goals
2. It is formulated by NITI Aayog in association with Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change
Select the correct statement(s)Correct
c) Neither 1 nor 2
It was launched in 2021, during the India-U.K. virtual summit. The roadmap heralds the commencement of an ‘Enhanced Trade Partnership’ between India and the United Kingdom, with goals of doubling the value of UK-India trade by 2030 and expediting the first phase of pre-negotiations for a future free trade deal. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
It is not related to environment. It was jointly formulated by Indian and U.K. governments. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated British Prime Minister-elect Rishi Sunak and said he looked forward to working closely together on global issues and implementing the Roadmap 2030 for bilateral relations
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c) Neither 1 nor 2
It was launched in 2021, during the India-U.K. virtual summit. The roadmap heralds the commencement of an ‘Enhanced Trade Partnership’ between India and the United Kingdom, with goals of doubling the value of UK-India trade by 2030 and expediting the first phase of pre-negotiations for a future free trade deal. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
It is not related to environment. It was jointly formulated by Indian and U.K. governments. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated British Prime Minister-elect Rishi Sunak and said he looked forward to working closely together on global issues and implementing the Roadmap 2030 for bilateral relations
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsGenetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approved genetically modified (GM) version of which product for commercial cultivation?
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b) Mustard
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation,
Technically called Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), it was developed by the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants of Delhi University and the National Dairy Development Board and partly funded by the department of biotechnology.Incorrect
b) Mustard
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has approved genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation,
Technically called Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), it was developed by the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants of Delhi University and the National Dairy Development Board and partly funded by the department of biotechnology.
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