Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – November 29-30, 2022 [Mock Test]
December 4, 2022 December 4, 2022
1. Which of the following statements about Subhash Chandra Bose is not correct?
[A] He wrote The Indian Struggle.
[B] Swami Vivekananda was his political guru.
[C] He formed the All-India Forward Bloc.
[D] He was elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1938.
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Correct Answer: B [Swami Vivekananda was his political guru.]
Notes:- In 1919, Bose was selected to be in Indian Civil Services (ICS) however, resigned.
- He was highly influenced by Vivekananda’s teachings and considered him his spiritual Guru. His political guru was C.R. Das.
- He wrote The Indian Struggle.
- Bose took over as the elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1938 (Haripur) and stood for unqualified Swaraj (self-governance).
- He was re-elected in 1939 (Tripuri) but soon resigned from the presidency and formed the All-India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Congress that aimed at consolidating the political left.
2. ‘Operation London Bridge’, which was in news recently is a operation for which of the following?
[A] Planning of events in the UK following the death of the head of state
[B] Offensive operation launched by British Navy in Madagascar
[C] UK’s military operation in Afghanistan
[D] To flush out remaining pro-Khalistan Sikh militants from UK
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Correct Answer: A [Planning of events in the UK following the death of the head of state]
Notes:- Operation London Bridge is the planning of events in the UK following the death of the head of state.
- Operation Trident was an offensive operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan’s port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- Operation Anaconda was a military operation that took place in early March 2002 as part of the War in Afghanistan. CIA paramilitary officers, working with their allies, attempted to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.
- Operation Black Thunder is the name given to two operations that took place in India in the late 1980s to flush out remaining pro-Khalistan Sikh militants from the Golden Temple.
3. A ‘cyborg’ pertains to which of the following?
[A] A cyber organization involved in mining cryptocurrencies illegally.
[B] A newly found species that belongs to Cryogenian period.
[C] A cyborg is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [A cyborg is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.]
Notes:- An international team of researchers led by Japan’s scientific institution, RIKEN’s Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR), has devised a system that can create cyborg cockroaches, that is part insect and part machine.
- They claim that these insects, whose movements are controlled by tiny integrated circuits, will be able to conduct surveillance in procedures like urban search and rescue, environmental monitoring and inspection of areas dangerous to humans.
- A cyborgis a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. A person could be considered a cyborg when they are outfitted with implants such as artificial heart valves, cochlear implants or insulin pumps.
