Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – December 08, 2022 [Mock Test]
December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022
1. Which of the following pairs of awards and respective recipients are matched correctly?
- Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year Award – Meena Kandasamy
- 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Asha Parekh
- 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics – Daniel A. Speilman
- German PEN Award – Suella Braverman
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 3
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:- Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary, Suella Braverman has been named winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award.
- Veteran actress Asha Parekh has been declared the recipient of the 2020 Dadasaheb Phalke award, making her the 52nd awardee of the honour.
- Daniel A. Spielman has been honoured with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for multiple discoveries in theoretical computer science and mathematics.
- Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt.
2. ‘Kurki’, was in news recently, with respect to it, consider the following statements:
- It means attachment of a farmer’s land, already pledged to the money lending institution or individual, in case of a loan default.
- It is executed under Section 60 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 & 2]
Notes:- Kurki means attachment of a farmer’s land, already pledged to the money lending institution or individual, in case of a loan default. Apart from banks, private moneylenders, commission agents also get these decrees against farmers from time to time.
- Kurki orders are executed under Section 60 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
3. Consider the following statements:
- Borra Caves and Erra Matti Dibbalu are located in Tamil Nadu.
- Both are among the notified National Geological Heritage Monument Sites of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]
Notes:- Erra Matti Dibbalu is coastal red sediment mounds located between Visakhapatnam and Bheemunipatnam. Such sand deposits have only been reported from two other low latitude tropical regions in South Asia — the Teri Sands of Tamil Nadu and Red Coastal Sands of Sri Lanka. It is among the 34 notified National Geological Heritage Monument Sites of India by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
- Borra Caves were discovered by William King George of the GSI. These caves are known for stalactite and stalagmite formations such as Shiva-Parvathi, Rishi’s Beard, Mother-Child, Crocodile, Human Brain, Tiger and Cows udder. They are located on the East Coast of India, in the Ananthagiri hills of Araku Valley of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
