02 September 2022: Daily Current Affairs & GK for HAS/HPAS & Allied Services

02 September 2022: Daily Current Affairs & GK for HAS/HPAS & Allied Services


02 September 2022: Daily Current Affairs & GK for HAS/HPAS & Allied Services
Ques:1 Which of the following statement(s) regarding Ease of Doing Business (EDB) is/are correct?
  1. It is published by World Bank.
  2. The parameters of EDB include protecting minority investors, trading across borders and getting credit.
  3. India was ranked 75 out of 190 countries in EDB 2022 report.

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Correct Answer

Solution : C

Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index is a tool designed by the World Bank to rank economies across the world. It is a measure of business regulations and their

enforcement across economies based on 10 parameters affecting a business in its life cycle

India’s Rank: 63/190 (2022)

The 10 parameters of EDB:

  1. Starting business
  2. dealing with construction permits
  3. getting electricity
  4. registering property
  5. getting credit
  6. protecting minority investors
  7. paying taxes
  8. trading across borders
  9. enforcing contracts
  10. Resolving insolvency

Ques:2 Which of the following statement(s) regarding ‘contempt of court’ is/are correct?
  1. The term ‘contempt of court’ is defined by the Constitution.
  2. Civil contempt means the publication of any matter that scandalizes the court to lower its authority, interferes with the due course of any judicial proceeding or obstructs the administration of justice.

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Correct Answer

Solution : D

According to the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, contempt means showing disrespect to the dignity or authority of a court.

The term ‘contempt of court’ was not defined by the Constitution.

Types of content:

  1. Civil contempt means wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court.
  2. Criminal contempt means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representations like caricatures) of any matter that scandalizes the court to lower its authority, Interferes with the due course of any judicial proceeding or Obstructs the administration of justice.

Ques:3 Which of the following statement(s) regarding anti-radiation tablets is/are correct?
  1. They are tablets based on API made primarily from stable compounds of uranium and thorium.
  2. These tablets use the ‘thyroid blocking’ mechanism to help block absorption, and subsequent concentration, of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.

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Correct Answer

Solution : B

With fears of a nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant growing, the European Union has decided to pre-emptively supply anti-radiation pills to be distributed among residents in the vicinity.

Anti-radiation pills [Potassium iodide (KI) tablets] are known to provide some protection in cases of radiation exposure. They contain non-radioactive iodine and can help block absorption, and subsequent concentration, of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland.

The thyroid gland, which uses iodine to produce hormones to regulate the body’s metabolism, has no way of telling radioactive from non-radioactive iodine. KI tablets rely on this to achieve ‘thyroid blocking’.


Ques:4 Solomon island, recently seen in news, is located in which ocean?
Correct Answer

Solution : C

Solomon Island is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu.

Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.

The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands (a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes outlying islands, such as the Santa Cruz Islands and Rennell and Bellona.


Ques:5 Which of the following statements about Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 is/are correct?
  1. NDPS Act,1985 is the main legislation that deals with drugs and their trafficking.
  2. Various provisions of the Act punish production, manufacture, sale, possession, consumption, purchase, transport, and use of banned drugs, except for medical and scientific purposes.
  3. Ganja and bhang are both listed as prohibited substances under the Act.

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Correct Answer

Solution : C

Recently, the Karnataka High Court observed that nowhere in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 is bhang referred to as a prohibited drink or prohibited drug.

NDPS Act,1985 is the main legislation that deals with drugs and their trafficking.

Various provisions of the Act punish production, manufacture, sale, possession, consumption, purchase, transport, and use of banned drugs, except for medical and scientific purposes.

The NDPS Act defines cannabis (hemp) as a narcotic drug based on the parts of the plant that come under its purview.

The Act lists these parts as: Charas and Ganja. But Bhang, which is made with the leaves of the plant, is not mentioned in the NDPS Act.


Ques:6 Which of the following step(s) can be taken by the government to reduce inflationary gap?
  1. Increasing the salaries of government employees.
  2. Enhancing the minimum support price (MSP) of the notified agricultural commodities.
  3. Issuing of fresh dated securities by State Government.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer

Solution :  (D)

The inflationary gap exists when the demand for goods and services exceeds production due to factors such as higher levels of overall employment, increased trade activities or increased government expenditure.

Statement 1 and statement 2 are not correct: Increasing the salaries of government employees and enhancing the minimum support price (MSP) of the notified agricultural commodities will lead to the increase in government expenditure. It will create more demand in the economy and further widen the inflationary gap.

Statement 3 is correct: Following policies or decisions can be taken by government to reduce inflationary gap such as reductions in government spending, increase in tax rate, increasing interest rate increases, transfer payment reductions and issuing bond and securities.


Ques:7 Consider the following, with respect to INS Vikrant

1. It is first completely indigenous Aircraft Carrier of India.

2. It is designed by warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer

Solution : (B)

Statement 1 is not correct: INS Vikrant is India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) how it accounts approx., 76% indigenous content (Not completely)

Statement 2 is correct: It is designed by warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways.


Ques:8 Which of the following methods are used to calculate Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  1. Expenditure Method
  2. Production (Value added method) method
  3. Income method

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Correct Answer

Solution : (D)

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period

Method for calculating GDP:

  1. Expenditure Method
  2. Production (Value added method) method
  3. Income method


Ques:9 Consider the following statements, with respect to Human papillomavirus (HPV)

1. HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection. 

2. Persistence of certain high-risk strains of the HPV virus may result into Cervical cancer

3. Recently developed by Serum Institute of India developed the vaccine for Cervical cancer with the support of the Department of Biotechnology.

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Correct Answer

Solution : (D)

Statement 1 and statement 2 are correct: HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection. Cervical cancer, caused by persistence of certain high-risk strains of the HPV virus, continues to be the only type of cancer preventable by vaccines. Two vaccine doses are supposed to be administered to teenage girls before they are sexually active.

Statement 3 is correct: Recently, the vaccine, Cervavac, was developed by Serum Institute of India with the support of the Department of Biotechnology.


Ques:10 The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with traditional human life is the establishment of :
Correct Answer

Solution : (A)

Biosphere Reserve is an area of active cooperation between the management and the local people, wherein activities like settlements, cropping, forestry , recreation and other economic that are in harmony with the conservation goals.

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