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Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams - 14 February 2022

Q.1) With reference to Machine-to-Machine communication (M2M) sector, consider the following statements:

1. M2M refers to automated applications which involve machines or devicescommunicating through a network without human intervention.
2. It uses a deviceto capture an event, which is relayedthrough a network to an application, that translatesthe captured event into meaningful information.
3. 13-digit numbering plan exclusively for M2M/IoT devices connected through Mobile networks.
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 companies has recently has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the stock market regulator for selling of its shares?

(a) NTPC Ltd.
(b) Life insurance corporation of India Ltd.
(c) ONGC Ltd.
(d) GAIL Ltd.

Q.3) With reference to the Ocean plastic pollution report by released WWF, consider the following statements:

1. Report calls upon countries to adopt a global treaty on plastics that is binding, ambitious and holds states to a common standard of action.
2. Plastic production will double by 2040 which will cause a fourfold increase in plastic waste in the ocean.
3. The report also indicated that, plastic pollution entered the marine food web, and affects marine ecosystems likecoral reefs and mangroves.
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 headquarter of World Food Program is located in

(a) Rome
(b) New York
(c) Geneva
(d) Sao Paulo

Q.5) With reference to regarding parker solar probe, consider the following statements:

1.It was first launched by NASA in 2018.
2.Parker Solar Probe uses Venus gravity during seven flybys to gradually bring its orbit closer to the Sun.
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 - 14 February 2022