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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 18 December 2021

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding granting default bail:

1. It is a right to bail that accrues when police fail to complete investigation within a specified period.
2. It is enshrined in Code of Criminal Procedure.
3. For most offences, police have 60 days to complete the investigation and file a final report before the court.
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 only

Q.2) Minsk agreements signed between

(a) Russia-Ukraine
(b) India-Myanmar
(c) USA-Mexico
(d) Israel-Jordan

Q.3) With reference to regarding, Plant-based chewing gum consider the following statements:

1. It can potentially reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
2. The chewing gum is laced with a plant-grown protein, which serves as a “trap” for the virus.
3. The chewing gum targets the virus in the saliva, and does so by trapping it with the ACE2 protein.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 2 only

Q.4) Exercise EKUVERIN is joint military exercise held between

(a) India-Maldives
(b) India-Sri Lanka
(c) India-Mauritius
(d) India-Israel

Q.5) With reference to the Commissionerate System, consider the following statements:

1. Under this system the Commissioner of Police is the head of a unified police command structure, is responsible for the force in the city and is accountable to the state government.
2. The office also has magisterial powers, including those related to regulation, control, and licensing.
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 - 18 December 2021