Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 01 September 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding Marburg virus disease, consider the following statements:

1. It’s a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever with a fatality ratio of up to 88 percent.
2. It belongs to same family as Ebola.
3. It was first identified in Germany’s Marburg and Frankfurt.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Which among the following countries has not become part of I2U2 Summit?

(a) Iran
(b) Israel
(c) USA
(d) India

Q.3) Consider the following statements:

1. Azores High is a subtropical high pressure system that extends over the eastern subtropical North Atlantic and western Europe during winter.
2. It is formed by dry air aloft descending the subtropics and coincides with the downward branch of the Hadley Circulation.
3. It is associated with anticyclonic winds in the subtropical North Atlantic.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 only

Q.4) The first fast radio burst was discovered in

(a) 2006
(b) 2012
(c) 2004
(d) 2007

Q.5) With reference to regarding phone tapping, consider the following statements:

1.It is regulated under the Indian Telegraphic Act, 1885.
2. Both Central and State Governments have a right to tap phones under Section 5(2) of the IndianTelegraphic Act, 1885.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only