Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – June 14, 2022 [Mock Test]
June 14, 2022 June 14, 2022
1. Who among the following can be defined as a ‘flight risk’?
[A] Someone who is planning hijacking a flight
[B] Someone who is sexually harassing or abusing anyone on board the flight
[C] Someone who is trying to escape out of the country before his trial begins
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Someone who is trying to escape out of the country before his trial begins]
Notes:- A flight risk is someone who has been accused of a crime and is considered likely to try to escape out of the country or area before their trial begins.
- Recently, a district court in Delhi stayed a magistrate’s order directing the CBI to withdraw its Look Out Circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel, and asked him not to leave the country without the permission of the court. A Look Out Circular (LOC) is issued to prevent a person from leaving India. CBI has argued that Aakar Patel is a flight risk.
- Lookout Notices are also known as Lookout Circulars (LOC), which are opened to trace absconding criminals. Also, to effectively prevent and monitor the entry and exit of individuals who may be required by law enforcement authorities.
2. Identify the spiritual leader from the statements given below:
- Punjab government has announced gazette holiday on his birth anniversary.
- He wrote Bhagatmal.
- He belonged to the tradition of Ramananda.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Guru Ravidasa
[B] Guru Nabha Dass
[C] Devasahayam Pillai
[D] Sree Narayana Guru
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Correct Answer: B [Guru Nabha Dass]
Notes:- Punjab government has announced gazetted holiday on the birth anniversary of Guru Nabha Dass, a 16th century saint. Guru Nabha Dass wrote ‘Bhagatmal’ in 1585. It has the life history of around 200 saints. He belonged to the tradition of Ramananda.
- Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced Christianity in the 18th century, became the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by Pope Francis during an impressive canonisation ceremony at the Vatican.
- Guru Ravidas was a poet of the bhakti movement. He is believed to be a disciple of the bhakti saint-poet Ramananda and a contemporary of the bhakti saint-poet Kabir. One of his famous disciples was the saint, Mirabai. He conceptualized “Begampura”, a city that knows no sorrow; and a society where caste and class have ceased to matter.
- Sree Narayana Guru was one of the greatest proponents and re-evaluators of Advaita Vedanta, the principle of non-duality put forward by Adi Shankara. He gave the famous slogan “One Caste, One Religion, One God for All”. In 1888, he built a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Aruvippuram which was against the caste-based restrictions of the time.
3. Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved a scheme to distribute fortified rice under government programmes. The fortified rice will contain which of the following nutrients?
- Iron
- Vitamin B-12
- Folic Acid
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines fortification as “deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health”.
- 1 kg of fortified rice will contain the following: iron (28 mg-42.5 mg), folic acid (75-125 microgram), and vitamin B-12 (0.75-1.25 microgram). Rice may also be fortified with zinc (10 mg-15 mg), vitamin A (500-750 microgram RE), vitamin B-1 (1 mg-1.5 mg), vitamin B-2 (1.25 mg-1.75 mg), vitamin B-3 (12.5 mg-20 mg) and vitamin B-6 (1.5 mg-2.5 mg) per kg.
