Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – January 17, 2023 [Mock Test]
January 28, 2023 January 28, 2023
1. Consider the following statements:
- Boryeong Mud festival – Germany
- La Tomatina festival – Spain
- Burning man festival – South Korea
- Ouidah festival – USA
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 2
[B] Only 3
[C] Only 1, 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 3]
Notes:- The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival which takes place during the summer in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, taken from the Boryeong mud flats is used to manufacture cosmetics.
- La Tomatina is a festival held in Spain where participants get involved in a tomato fight purely for fun. The festival was banned in the early 1950s and was revived later because of protests from various parts of the country.
- Burning man is an annual event in the U.S. The event and its affiliated communities are guided by 10 principles that are meant to evoke the cultural ethos that has emerged from the event. These principles were originally written by Larry Harvey in 2004.
- The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly hot air balloon festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the 50th birthday celebration for 770 KOB Radio the balloon festival first celebrated in 1972.
- The Ouidah Festival celebrated the transatlantic Vodun religion and was attended by priests and priestesses from Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and the United States. It was first held in Ouidah, Benin.
- Oktoberfest, the festival is locally called d’Wiesn. The Oktoberfest is the world’s largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
2. Vande Bharat Express train has been launched on which of the following routes?
- Gandhinagar – Mumbai
- New Delhi – Amb Andaura
- New Delhi – Chennai
- Nagpur – Bilaspur
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 3
[B] Only 2 & 4
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: C [Only 1, 2 & 4]
Notes:- The first Vande Bharat Express train, between New Delhi and Varanasi, was flagged off on February 15, 2019.
- The first all-vegetarian Vande Bharat train was launched by the Indian Railways on the Delhi-Vaishno Devi, Katra route.
- Gandhinagar- Mumbai Vande Bharat Express was flagged off in September, 2022.
- The Vande Bharat train between the national capital, New Delhi, and Himachal’s Amb Andaura was launched in November, 2022.
- South India’s first Vande Bharat train running between Chennai and Mysuru was flagged off in November.
- Vande Bharat Express train connecting Nagpur to Bilaspur is the latest edition.
3. Which of the following features has/have been included in Vande Bharat 2.0?
- Train Collision Avoidance System
- Less riding index than Vande Bharat 1.0
- Coaches are equipped with disaster lights with a battery backup of three hours
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 2
[B] Only 1 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 2
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: B [Only 1 & 3]
Notes:- The first edition of the new Vande Bharat train (Vande Bharat 2.0 started running on September 30, 2022 from Gandhinagar, Gujarat to Mumbai Central, Maharashtra.
- Vande Bharat 2.0 trains come fitted with the Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) called KAVACH.
- Riding index is a global benchmark for rolling stock. In layman’s terms, how comfortable and steady the passenger is while the train is in motion is roughly the idea behind a riding index. It also has a better riding index (lower the better) of 3.26 at 180 km per hour, from the earlier 3.87.
- The trains weigh around 392 tonnes, 38 tonnes lighter than the previous versions.
- Coaches are equipped with disaster lights with a battery backup of three hours.
- The train’s exterior has eight flatform-side cameras, up from four. There is also a passenger-guard communication facility in coaches, which comes with an automatic voice recording feature.
- The new train set is higher, making it safe from floods up to 650 mm, up from 400 mm.
