Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC & State PSC Exams (27 February 2023)

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

Date: 27 February 2023

Q1. Consider the following statements about Right to be Forgotten.

1. The “Right to be Forgotten” empowers an individual to have information in the form of news, video, or photographs deleted from internet records.
2. Right to be Forgotten. Is not recognized by a law or a statute in India expressly.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

What is the Right to be Forgotten?

  • The “Right to be Forgotten” is the right to remove or erase content so that it’s not accessible to the public at large. It empowers an individual to have information in the form of news, video, or photographs deleted from internet records so it doesn’t show up through search engines, like Google in the present case. (Hence option 1 is correct).
  • While the right is not recognized by a law or a statute in India expressly, the courts have repeatedly held it to be endemic to an individual’s Right to Privacy under Article 21 since the Apex Court’s 2017 ruling in “K.S.Puttaswamy vs Union of India”. (Hence option 2 is correct).

Solution: As both statements are correct, So the correct option is (c).

Q2. With reference to tiger conservation in India, consider the following statements:

1. Project Tiger was launched in India in 1973 to protect tigers and their habitats.
2. India has the largest population of tigers in the world.
3. All tiger reserves in India are located in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2, and 3

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • Project Tiger was launched in India in 1973 to protect tigers and their habitats. It is one of the most successful conservation programs in the world. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
  • India has the largest population of tigers in the world. According to the latest census in 2018, there were an estimated 2,967 tigers in India, which is more than 70% of the world's tiger population. Thus, Statement 2 is also correct.
  • While some tiger reserves in India are located in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, not all of them are. Some tiger reserves, such as Simlipal in Odisha and Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu, are located in forests outside of protected areas. Thus, statement 3 is incorrect.

Q3. Russia shares borders with which of the countries given below?

1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Latvia
4. Kazakhstan
5. North Korea
6. Sweden

Choose the given option:

(a) 1, 3 and 4 only
(b) 2, 3 and 5 only
(c) 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 only
(d) All of the above

Answer: (D)

Explanation:

  • Russia is bordered in the west by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Russia borders Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea in the south.
  • Additionally, the country shares maritime borders with Sweden, Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk), and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. Thus, d is the correct answer.

Q4. Arrange the following cities of Ukraine recently in news from North to South:

1. Chernobyl
2. Kherson
3. Kharkiv

Choose the correct option:

A. 1- 2-3
B. 1-3-2
C. 3-2-1
D. 3-1-2

Answer: (B)

Explanation:

Q5. What is the Cas9 protein that is often mentioned in the news? [UPSC CSE PRELIMS 2019]

a) A molecular scissors used in targeted gene editing.
b) A biosensor used in the accurate detection of pathogens in patients.
c) A gene that makes plants pest-resistant.
d) A herbicidal substance synthesized in genetically modified crops

Answer: (A)

Explanation:

  • CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology is a gene-editing technology that can be used for the purpose of altering genetic expression.
  • The Cas9 protein is an enzyme that cuts the two strands of Double helix DNA at a specific location in the genome.