Insights Secure Prelims-2014: MCQs On Current Events

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to Electronic Voting Machine, consider the following statements

A new section 61A was inserted through an amendment in the Representation of the People Act, 1951 empowering the Commission to use voting machines.

Program which controls the functioning of the control unit is burnt into a micro chip on a “one time programmable basis”. Once burnt it cannot be read, copied out or altered

An EVM can be used only if there is electricity supply in the room/booth

An EVM can record more than ten thousand votes

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

a. 3 and 4 Only

b. 3 Only

c. 1 and 2 Only

d. 4 Only

2. Consider the following statements with reference to nuclear fusion

The fusion fuel capsule is held inside a cylindrical hohlraum in a nuclear fusion reactor

Controlled nuclear fusion has not been achieved even today

Isotopes of hydrogen make good fuel for fusion reactors

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

a. 1 and 2 Only

b. 2 and 3 Only

c. 1 Only

d. None

3. With reference to the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, consider the following statements

It allows allows swapping of organs

It provides for the establishment of a National Human Organs and Tissues Removal and Storage Network

Grandparents and grandchildren are kept out of the donor pool

It makes it mandatory for the ICU/Treating Medical Staff to request relatives of a brain-dead patient for organ donation

In addition to human organs, the Bill seeks to regulate transplantation of tissues of the human body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1,2 and 3 Only

b. 2 and 4 Only

c. 1, 2,4 and 5 Only

d. All

4. With reference to Non Communicable Disease (NCD), consider the following statements

Tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol increase the risk of or cause most NCDs.

In terms of attributable deaths, the leading NCD risk factor globally is elevated blood pressure

The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) is targeted at NCDs

Chronic Kidney Disease is targeted by WHO as one of the major NCDS

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 and 3 Only

b. 1, 2 and 3 Only

c. 1 and 2 Only

d. All

5. Consider the following statements

The Amiga was one of first personal computers and first multimedia computer launched in 1980s

Amiga Disk File (ADF) is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of disks

Recently lost paintings of Andy Warhol, a leading figure of ‘pop art’ were found in Amiga disks

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

a. 1 Only

b. 2 Only

c. 3 Only

d. None