Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 21/03/2022 to 26/03/2022

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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 21/03/2022 to 26/03/2022

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Q1. "It is a subset of the Mewar school of painting and is seen as an important school in the 17th and 18th century miniature paintings. They are mainly made to hang in Hindu temples of the Pushti-marg devotional tradition, especially the Shrinathji Temple in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, built around 1672. These paintings are cloth paintings hung behind the image of the Hindu god Shrinathji." This is most likely the description of_

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Q2. Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy’:
1.The policy will be applicable to all data and information created, generated, collected and/or archived by the Central government.
2. The policy permits private players to access the public data collected, without any prior permission.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q3. Consider the following statements Solar Proton Events (SPEs):
1. The SPEs are solar flares with high energetic particles erupted by the sun when it is dormant.
2. The SPEs are accompanied by Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), a powerful stream of ionized material and magnetic fields.
3. The CMEs are responsible for geomagnetic storms and the formation of auroras in the polar sky.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q4. Consider the following statements regarding the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology:
1. The QKD technology is a way of sharing encrypted data within a very short-range bandwidth.
2. The QKD encryption keys are sent as qubits through an optical fiber.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

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Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the Fire Ready Formula:
1. The Fire Ready Formula is proposed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
2. The fire ready formula is proposed to fight forest fires only in India.
3. According to the formula, 95% of the spending goes to planning, prevention, preparedness and recovery.
Which of the above statement(s) are incorrect?

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Q6. Consider the following statements regarding the distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack:
1. It disrupts the normal traffic of a targeted server or a network by overwhelming the target with a flood of internet traffic.
2. DDoS attacks are achieved using only computer systems as a source of attack traffic.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q7. Consider the following statements regarding Plastic Summit:
1. The international plastic summit takes place in Tokyo Japan and will frame an exclusive framework, Tokyo protocol.
2. The Tokyo protocol will work to eradicate marine plastic pollution and draws funding from the UN environment assembly.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q8. Consider the following statements regarding Digital Lending:
1. Digital lending is the process of verifying documents online and lending loans through web platforms or mobile apps.
2. In India, digital lending is done only by the authorized banking institutions under the Reserve Bank of India.
3. The interest rate for such loans is equal to the repo rate of the RBI.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q9. Consider the following statements regarding the Vacuum Bomb:
1. It sucks the oxygen from the surrounding, producing a blast wave for a longer duration than conventional explosives.
2. It works on the principle of nuclear fusion, where the Trinitrotoluene (TNT) in the bomb reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q10. Consider the following statements regarding the Stree Manor Raksha Project:
1. The project aims to provide mental health related treatment and counseling for school students aged between 10 and 18.
2. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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Q11. Consider the following statement regarding FDI (Foreign Direct Investment):
1. In India, 100% FDI has been allowed for roads and highways sector allowed under the automatic route.
2. In India, 74 % FDI has been allowed for Banking in the Private sector.
3. In India, 95 % FDI has been allowed for Banking in the Public sector.
4. In India, 74 % FDI has been allowed for Credit Information Companies (CIC).
Which of the above statements are correct?

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Q12. Consider the following statement regarding Goods and services tax (GST) council:
1. Initially, the Finance Minister proposed 1st April, 2010 as the date for the introduction of GST in the country.
2. There has been the introduction of the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill Regarding GST in December, 2014.
3. The Finance Minister chairs the Goods and services tax (GST) council meeting.
4. Prime minister chairs the Goods and services tax (GST) council meeting.
Which of the above statements are correct?