Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – June 16, 2022 [Mock Test]
June 16, 2022 June 16, 2022
1. Archaeological sites ‘Dima Hasao’, ‘Kobak’, ‘Bolasan’ are located in which of the following states?
[A] Tamilnadu
[B] Haryana
[C] Assam
[D] Gujarat
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Correct Answer: C [Assam]
Notes:- A number of megalithic stone jars has been discovered in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. This discovery has brought to focus possible links between India’s Northeast and Southeast Asia, dating back to the second millennium BC. Laos and Indonesia, the only two other sites where similar jars have been found.
- The jars of Assam were first sighted in 1929 by British civil servants James Philip Mills and John Henry Hutton, who recorded their presence in six sites in Dima Hasao: Derebore (now Hojai Dobongling), Kobak, Kartong, Molongpa (now Melangpeuram), Ndunglo and Bolasan (now Nuchubunglo).
2. Which of the following pairs of defence equipment and respective countries are matched correctly?
- Helina – India
- Spike – Russia
- Javelin – USA
- Kornet – Israel
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 1 & 3
[C] Only 2 & 4
[D] Only 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: B [Only 1 & 3]
Notes:- THE ANTI-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Helina is the helicopter-launched version of the Nag missile.
- Spike is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge HEAT warhead, currently in its fourth generation.
- The Javelin missile (FGM-148) is an American-made, portable anti-tank missile system in service since 1996. Javelin anti-tank missile system is a shoulder-mounted weapon that is guided by a computer for deadly accuracy.
- The 9M133 Kornet is a second-generation Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile intended for use against main battle tanks. It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998.
3. Which of the following viruses was/were first detected in China?
- MERS
- SARS
- COVID-19
- Ebola
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 3
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: C [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS‐CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003during an outbreak that emerged in China.
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
- Ebola virus was first described in 1976near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
