Current Affairs Question - 20 January 2022
India Watch
Regular Bail
Consider the following statements:
- Regular Bail is a direction given by the Court (any Court within the country) to release a person who is already under arrest and kept in police custody.
- Anticipatory Bail is issued to release a person on Bail even before the person is arrested.
- Interim Bail is the bail granted for a temporary and short period by the Court till the application seeking Anticipatory Bail or Regular Bail is pending before a Court.
Choose the correct statement(s) from the options given below:
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1 and 2
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2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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1, 2 and 3
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Science & Technology
Solar
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe officially “touched” the Sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.
- Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2020.
- The mission’s central aim is to trace how energy and heat move through the Sun’s corona and to study the source of the solar wind’s acceleration.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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| D |
All of the above
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Science & Technology
Magnetars
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, scientists found the first clues to understand violent short duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetar.
- The magnetar is located in the direction of the NGC 253, a prominent galaxy in the Sculptor group of galaxies.
- Magnetars are compact type of neutron stars with the most intense magnetic field and energy.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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| D |
All of the above
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Science & Technology
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, NASA launched a new mission named Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
- The mission will study the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe – supernova remnants, supermassive black holes, and dozens of other high-energy objects.
- IXPE observatory is a joint effort of NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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| D |
All of the above
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Science & Technology
Defence Research And Development Organisation
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of ‘Pralay’ Missile.
- Pralay is India’s first surface-to-surface conventional cruise missile.
- The missile has a range of 150-500 kilometres.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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| D |
All of the above
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