Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 15 April 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding DarkNet, consider the following statements: 

1. It is that part of Internet which cannot be accessed through traditional search engines like Google.
2. It generally uses non-standard communication protocols which make it inaccessible to internet service providers or government authorities.
3. Content on DarkNet is encrypted and requires specific browser such as The Onion router browser to access those pages.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Counter Cyclical Capital buffer introduced by RBI in the year 

(a) 2016
(b) 2019
(c) 2017
(d) 2015

Q.3) With reference to regarding National Green Tribunal, consider the following statements: 

1. It is a statutory and quasi-judicial body.
2. At present the National Green Tribunal has a presence in five zones. 
3. It is bound by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 as well as Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Recently in news, an initiative called Prakriti mascot. It has been launched by 

(a) Ministry of Finance 
(b) Ministry of Agriculture 
(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti 
(d) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding coronavirus‘XE’ variant: 

1. It is a sub-variant of Omicron.
2.The XE variant is also called as recombinant.
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

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