Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – June 02, 2022 [Mock Test]
June 2, 2022 June 2, 2022
1. Which of the following disputed places are located in South China Sea and is claimed by China?
- Scarborough Shoal
- Paracel Islands
- Spratly Islands
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:- Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Bajo de Masinloc is claimed by Philippines, China and Taiwan.
- The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoang Sa Archipelago are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.
- The Spratly Islands are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam. A territorial dispute involves China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei, concerning “ownership” of the Spratly Islands, a group of islands and associated “maritime features” (reefs, banks, and cays etc.)
2. Which of the following elephant reserves are also MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants) sites?
- Dehing Patkai ER
- Kameng ER
- Mysore ER
- Ripu-Chirang ER
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 1, 3 & 4
[C] Only 1 & 2
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 1, 3 & 4]
Notes:- Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is located within the larger Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve. It is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary on 13 June 2004. On 13 December 2020 Government of Assam upgraded it into a national park. The Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is also known as the Jeypore Rainforest.
- The Kameng Elephant Reserve is an Elephant Reserve located in the Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh, India, in the districts of West Kameng and East Kameng.
- Mysore Elephant reserve was the first elephant reserve of Karnataka.
- Ripu and Chirang are two reserve forests with contiguous habitat, in extreme western Assam bordering West Bengal and Bhutan. They are also part of the buffer zone of Manas Tiger Reserve. The forests of Ripu and Chirang are contiguous with those of Buxa Tiger Reserve of West Bengal and Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan.
3. Which of the following organizations has released the framework for geo-tagging of payment system touch points to ensure proper monitoring of the availability of payment acceptance infrastructure?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Reserve Bank of India
[C] National Payments Corporation of India
[D] India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd
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Correct Answer: B [Reserve Bank of India ]
Notes:- Geo-tagging refers to capturing the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of payment touch points deployed by merchants to receive payments from their customers. Geo-tagging has various benefits, such as, provide insights on regional penetration of digital payments; monitor infrastructure density across different locations; identify scope for deploying additional payment touch points; facilitate focused digital literacy programmes.
- The payment acceptance infrastructure includes Point of Sale (PoS) terminals, and Quick Response (QR) codes.
