Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – May 15-16, 2022 [Mock Test]
May 17, 2022 May 17, 2022
1. Which of the following ethnic tribes inhabit North-east Indian state Nagaland?
- Reang
- Angami
- Khasi
- Sumi
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 4
[C] Only 1 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 2 & 4]
Notes:- Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.In 1997, 37,000 people of the Bru (or Reang) tribe fled to Tripura from Mizoram, on account of ethnic clashes there. The Centre, the governments of Mizoram and Tripura and leaders of Bru organisations signed a quadripartite agreement in January (2020). Under the pact, the Home Ministry has committed to incur the whole expenditure of settlement in Tripura.
- The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the state of Nagaland in North-East India. The Angami tribe are one of the last Naga tribes having an animist population. The Angami animists follow a religion known as Pfutsana.
- The Khasi people are an ethnic group of Meghalaya in north-eastern India with a significant population in the bordering state of Assam, and in certain parts of Bangladesh.
- The ‘SümiNaga’ are a major ethnic group in the Indian state of Nagaland. A festival of feast and merry-making to mark the end of dry season and the beginning of new fruits, known as the Tuluni festival in Nagaland, is celebrated by different clans of Sumi tribe
2. Which of the following treaties was signed between Moscow and Finland, that was the basis for Finno-Soviet relations from 1948 to 1992?
[A] YYA Treaty
[B] Marshall Plan
[C] Warshaw Pact
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [YYA Treaty]
Notes:- ‘Finlandization’ refers to the policy of strict neutrality between Moscow and the West that Finland followed during the decades of the Cold War. The principle of neutrality was rooted in the Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (or YYA Treaty, from the Finnish “Ystävyys-, yhteistyö- ja avunantosopimus”) that Finland signed with the USSR in April 1948.
- The Marshall Plan was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $13 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.
- The Warsaw Treaty Organization, officially the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, commonly known as the Warsaw Pact, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the cold war.
3. Which of the following military weapons are produced by Russia or erstwhile Soviet Union?
- Iskander
- Tochka
- Kinzhal
- Kalibr
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 2, 3 & 4
[C] Only 1, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:- The 9K720 Iskander is a mobile short range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military.
- The OTR-21 Tochka is a mobile missile launch system, designed to be deployed along with other land combat units on the battlefield. It is a Soviet-era launcher first developed in the 60s.
- The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is a Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic aero-ballistic air-to-surface missile. It has a claimed range of more than 2,000 km, Mach 12 speed.
- Russia’s Kalibr is a land-attack cruise missile with an estimated range of 1,500 to 2,500 km.
