Current Affairs Question - January 2022

Consider the following statements in context to the Yogyakarta Principles and Nelson Mandela Rules:

1. The Yogyakarta Principles contain a set of precepts intended to apply the standards of international human rights law to address the abuse of human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people.
2. Nelson Mandela Rules give guidance on all aspects of prison management, from admission and classification to the prohibition of torture and limits on solitary confinement.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the following Articles of the Constitution of India:

1. Article 48 A of the Constitution states that it shall be the fundamental duty of every citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests and Wildlife.
2. Article 51 A (g) in the Directive Principles of State Policy, mandates that the State shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements in contest to the healthcare system in India:

1. Primary healthcare does not require a specialist and can be addressed comprehensively by a general physician.
2. Secondary healthcare includes specialists such as cardiologists, dermatologists, urologists and other specialists.
3. In tertiary healthcare, the individuals may require advanced medical procedures such as major surgeries, transplants, replacements and long-term medical care management for diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders.

Choose the correct statement(s) from the options given below:

Consider the following statements with respect to the Rivers of Central India:

1. The Ken River passes through Satupra Tiger Reserve.
2. The Ken valley separates the Rewa Plateau from the Satna Plateau.
3. The confluence of the Betwa and the Yamuna rivers is Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Governments of India and Poland.
2. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) in criminal matters are the bilateral treaties entered between countries for forging international cooperation and assistance.
3. Section 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) provides for reciprocal arrangements to be made by the Central Government with the Foreign Governments with regard to the service of summons/warrants/judicial processes.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, India provided 10 lakh doses of 'Made in India' coronavirus vaccines and a grant of 10,000 tonnes of rice and wheat to Myanmar.
2. India had, earlier, voted in favour of the United Nations General Assembly‘s (UNGA) resolution for an arms embargo against Myanmar.
3. India has called for return of democracy at the earliest in the country and release of political prisoners.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Haiderpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh has recently been recognized as the 47^th Ramsar site in India.
2. It was formed in 1984 on a floodplain of the River Ganga on the Madhya Ganga Barrage.
3. India does not have a national plan for conservation of aquatic ecosystems.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. A recent study has found that reduction in economic activities during the pandemic-related lockdown had resulted in a decrease in air pollution in most parts of India but central-western and northern India recorded an increase in pollution.
2. Ozone formation and loss does not depend upon photochemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
3. The study was conducted by scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, the Log4j related vulnerability, also known as Log4 Shell was reported.
2. Log4j is a popular Java logging framework involving arbitrary code execution.
3. This software flaw could allow attackers to control and execute ‘arbitrary code’ and have uncontrolled access to computer systems.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. According to a recent study by the University of Leeds, UK, glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an "exceptional" rate.
2. The Himalayan mountain range is home to the world’s fourth-largest amount of glacier ice and is often referred to as the ‘Fourth Pole’.
3. According to the study, the Himalayan glaciers are generally losing mass faster in the eastern regions.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that Verkhoyansk, a Siberian town, experienced a temperature of 38⁰ C on 20^th June, 2020, the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic region.
2. On 6^th February, 2020, at the Esperanza station in Argentina - a part of the Antarctic region – the highest temperature of 18.3°C was recorded.
3. The Arctic region is warming at the same rate as the rest of the world, mainly because of human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, India voted against a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft resolution that linked climate change to security.
2. The resolution was co-sponsored by Ireland and Niger. It was first proposed by Germany in 2020.
3. India said that the resolution was an attempt to shift climate talks from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the Security Council and a step backward for collective action on the issue.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. 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.
2. Anticipatory Bail is issued to release a person on Bail even before the person is arrested.
3. 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:

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe officially “touched” the Sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.
2. Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2020.
3. 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?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, scientists found the first clues to understand violent short duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetar.
2. The magnetar is located in the direction of the NGC 253, a prominent galaxy in the Sculptor group of galaxies.
3. Magnetars are compact type of neutron stars with the most intense magnetic field and energy.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, NASA launched a new mission named Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
2. 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.
3. IXPE observatory is a joint effort of NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of ‘Pralay’ Missile.
2. Pralay is India’s first surface-to-surface conventional cruise missile.
3. The missile has a range of 150-500 kilometres.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?