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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 30 January 2022

Q.1) With reference to regarding The America COMPETES Act, consider the following statements:

1. It proposes to open up new vistas for talented individuals from across the world with a new start-up visa.
2. It provides an exemption for STEM PhDs from the green card cap.
3. It also provides for a limited number of W-2 visas for personnel who are essential to the growth and success of the start-up.
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) On which of the following year India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement talks had begun?

(a) 2002
(b) 2012
(c) 2005
(d) 2007

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding Avascular Necrosis:

1. It is also referred as bone death.
2. It occurs due to the restricted blood supply to the bone, resulting in loss of its density and weight-bearing capacity.
3. All patients with Avascular Necrosisneed to undergo hip replacement surgeries.
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) Programmes that allow people to interact with one another without the need for third parties is called

(a) dApps
(b) cApps
(c) bApps
(d) eApps

Q.5) With reference to Moderna’s experimental HIV vaccine, consider the following statements:

1.The vaccine uses the same technology as Moderna’s Covid 19 vaccine.
2.It uses mRNA, or messenger RNA, which teaches the body’s cells how to make proteins that trigger immune response.
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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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 30 January 2022