[Mission 2023] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 29 July 2022

Solution: b)

Types of Cyber Attacks
Malware:

It is short for malicious software and refers to any kind of software that is designed to cause damage to a single computer, server, or computer network. Ransomware, Spy ware, Worms, viruses, and Trojans are all varieties of malware.

Phishing:

It is the method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive e-mails and websites.

Denial of Service attacks:

• A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an attack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users.
• DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash.

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks:

• Also known as eavesdropping attacks, occur when attackers insert themselves into a two-party transaction.
• Once the attackers interrupt the traffic, they can filter and steal data.

Social Engineering:

It is an attack that relies on human interaction to trick users into breaking security procedures in order to gain sensitive information that is typically protected.

Solution: c)

How does a relaxation of the FRBM work?

The law does contain what is commonly referred to as an ‘escape clause’. Under Section 4(2) of the Act, the Centre can exceed the annual fiscal deficit target citing grounds that include national security, war, national calamity, collapse of agriculture, structural reforms and decline in real output growth of a quarter by at least three percentage points below the average of the previous four quarters.

Solution: b)

Western disturbances cause rain in northern India.

Western disturbances are periodic influxes of moisture-laden clouds from the Mediterranean that are common during winter.

Overall elevated temperatures are also contributing to warmer waters in the Arctic Ocean and drawing colder air from the poles with greater intensity.

This has added to the increased moisture, thereby seeding more intense western disturbance activity over north India.

Solution: b)

Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the chairman of the Business Advisory Committee, the Rules Committee and the General-Purpose Committee.

Solution: c)

Exit policy means the policy regarding the retrenchment of the surplus labour force resulting from restructuring of industrial units and workers displaced by the closure of sick units. Exit may become necessary due to strategic reasons, financial constraints and environmental changes.