Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (06 July 2022)

Current Affairs MCQs Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams

Date: 06 July 2022

Q1. Hermit recently seen in news is related to

a) Torpedo
b) Spyware
c) Robot
d) Spacecraft

Answer: (B)

Explanation: Hermit is new spyware that is more invasive and malicious than Pegasus. Government agencies are believed to have used it to target iPhone and Android devices in Italy and Kazakhstan.

Q2. Which of the following agencies has conducted National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Project?

A) Geological Survey of India (GSI)
B) National Disaster Management Authority
C) Survey of India
D) Ministry of Earth Science

Answer: (A)

Explanation: GSI has conducted NLSMP.

Q3. Consider the following statements:

1. Access to social media is a fundamental right.
2. There is no specific legislation in India which deals with social media.
3. The Information Technology Act, 2000 is the primary law in India dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce.

Which of the above statements are correct?

a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) All of the above

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • The Information Technology Act, 2000 is the primary law in India dealing with cybercrime and electronic commerce.
  • In the light of the growing use of internet and social media as a medium of exercising this right, access to this medium has also been recognized as a fundamental human right.
  • There is no specific legislation in India which deals with social media, although there are several provisions in the existing cyber laws which can be used to seek redress in case of violation of any rights in the cyberspace, internet and social media.

Q4. India is the largest producer of which of the following agricultural commodities?

a) Tea
b) Paddy
c) Wheat
d) Pulses

Answer: (D)

Explanation: India is the world's largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second-largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and tea.

Q5. Which of the following options correctly represents the order of BRICS Nations from north to south

A) Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa
B) Russia-China-India-South Africa-Brazil
C) Russia-China-India-Brazil-South Africa
D) South Africa-Brazil-India-China-Russia

Answer: (C)

Explanation: Russia-China-India-Brazil-South Africa