Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – February 18, 2023 [Mock Test]
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1. ‘Ghaem 100’, was in news recently, it is a:
[A] China’s anti-submarine aircraft
[B] Iran’ three-state launch vehicle
[C] WHO’s approved vaccine
[D] Distributed Denial of Service
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Correct Answer: B [Iran’ three-state launch vehicle]
Notes:- Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, the Ghaem 100. It is Iran’s first three-stage launch vehicle which will be able to place satellites weighing 80 kg (180 pounds) in an orbit 500 km (300 miles) from the earth’s surface.
2. National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) comprises who among the following?
- Chief Justice of India
- Union Minister of Law and Justice
- An eminent person nominated by a committee consisting of CJI, Union Miniter of Law and Justice, Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
- One of the two nominated eminent persons should be a woman.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 1, 2 & 3
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 2]
Notes:- Article 124A created the National Judicial Appointments Commission(NJAC), a constitutional body to replace the collegium system
- The Constitution (99th Amendment) Act, which established the NJAC and the NJAC Act, was passed by Parliament in 2014 to set up a commission for appointing judges, replacing the Collegium system.
- The NJAC was to comprise the Chief Justice of India as the ex officio Chairperson, two senior-most Supreme Court Judges as ex officio members, the Union Minister of Law and Justice as ex officio member, and two eminent persons from civil society — one of whom would be nominated by a committee consisting of the CJI, Prime Minster and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the other would be nominated from the SC/ST/OBC/minority communities or women.
- The laws were repealed in October 2015 after the Supreme Court struck them down.
3. Which of the following species is endemic to India and is also listed as endangered on IUCN Red list?
- Asiatic lion
- Niligiri tahr
- Lion tailed macaque
- Purple frog
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 1 & 2
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:- The kind of species that are unique animal and plant species that can only be found in specific geographical areas on Earth.This is because these species require specific climatic conditions to survive.
- Asiatic lions are listed as endangered and only found in and around Gir Forest National Park of Gujarat. Gujarat Lion is one of five big cats that inhabit India others being the Bengal Tiger and Indian Leopards
- Lion Tailed Macaque is India’s endangered primate species and also ranks among the rarest and most threatened monkey, endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.
- Nilgiri Tahr endangered and endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats. The Nilgiri ibex closely related to the sheep, inhabits the open montane grassland habitat in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
- Purple frog found only in the rainforest of Western Ghats in India and spends most of its life underground. It is listed as endangered on IUCN Red list.
