Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – July 21, 2022 [Mock Test]
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1. Which of the following class of submarines is/are built indigenously by India?
- Arihant
- Kalvari
- Sindhughosh
- Shishumar
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 2
[B] Only 1
[C] Only 1 & 2
[D] Only 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 1]
Notes:- The Arihant is a class of Indian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the Indian Navy. They were developed under the Rs 900 billion Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to design and build nuclear-powered submarines.
- Kalvari Class Scorpene submarines are built at India’s Mazagon Dock in partnership with France’s Naval Group under Project 75.
- Sindhughosh class submarines are Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines and are designated 877EKM. The ships are the products of a contract between Rosvooruzhenie and the Union Ministry of Defence.
- The Shishumar class vessels (Type 1500) are diesel-electric submarines which have been developed by the German yard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW). The first two of these vessels were built by HDW at Kiel, while the remainder has been built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The ships were commissioned between 1986 and 1994.
2. Terms, H100GPU, Gaudi2, Greco which are in news lately, pertain to which of the following?
[A] Asteroids
[B] AI chips
[C] Marsquakes
[D] Vaccines
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Correct Answer: B [AI chips]
Notes:- H100GPU (graphics processing unit) is one of the world’s largest and most powerful AI accelerators, packed with 80 billion transistors. It is recently launched by Nvidia.
- Intel’s Habana Labs launched its second-generation deep learning processors — Gaudi2 and Greco.
- IBM’s new AI chip can support financial services workloads like fraud detection, loan processing, clearing and settlement of trades, anti-money laundering and risk analysis.
- AI chips are built with specific architecture and have integrated AI acceleration to support deep learning-based applications. AI chips help turn data into information and then into knowledge.
3. Which of the following committees have been constituted to recommend reforms in criminal laws?
- Ranbir Singh Committee
- Madhav Menon Committee
- Rajinder Sachar Committee
- Malimath Committee
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 1, 2 & 4
[C] Only 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 1, 2 & 4]
Notes:- A five-member Committee for Reforms in Criminal Law has been set up by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs at the National Law University (Delhi). It will be chaired by Ranbir Singh. The mandate of the committee is to recommend reforms in the criminal laws of the country in a principled, effective and efficient manner, which ensures the safety and security of the individual, the community and the nation and which prioritises the constitutional values of justice, dignity and inherent worth of the individual.
- Madhav Menon Committee was entrusted to draft the “Draft National Policy on Criminal Justice”. The committee submitted its report in the year of 2007, advocating a complete overhaul of the whole criminal justice system of India.
- UPA government in March 2005 constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Rajinder Sachar to study the condition of the Muslim community in India and to prepare a comprehensive report on their social, economic and educational status.
- Malimath committee was constituted in 2000 to propose reform in the criminal Justice System and constitutional provisions related to it.
