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Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – December 08, 2022 [Mock Test]
Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – December 08, 2022 [Mock Test]
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1. Which of the following pairs of awards and respective recipients are matched correctly?
- Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year Award – Meena Kandasamy
- 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Asha Parekh
- 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics – Daniel A. Speilman
- German PEN Award – Suella Braverman
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 3
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:
- Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary, Suella Braverman has been named winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award.
- Veteran actress Asha Parekh has been declared the recipient of the 2020 Dadasaheb Phalke award, making her the 52nd awardee of the honour.
- Daniel A. Spielman has been honoured with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for multiple discoveries in theoretical computer science and mathematics.
- Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt.
2. ‘Kurki’, was in news recently, with respect to it, consider the following statements:
- It means attachment of a farmer’s land, already pledged to the money lending institution or individual, in case of a loan default.
- It is executed under Section 60 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 & 2]
Notes:
- Kurki means attachment of a farmer’s land, already pledged to the money lending institution or individual, in case of a loan default. Apart from banks, private moneylenders, commission agents also get these decrees against farmers from time to time.
- Kurki orders are executed under Section 60 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
3. Consider the following statements:
- Borra Caves and Erra Matti Dibbalu are located in Tamil Nadu.
- Both are among the notified National Geological Heritage Monument Sites of India.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
[A] Neither 1 nor 2
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 and 2
[D] Only 1
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Correct Answer: A [Neither 1 nor 2]
Notes:
Borra Caves and Erra Matti Dibbalu are located in the Visakhapatnam region of Andhra Pradesh, not Tamil Nadu. While Erra Matti Dibbalu is among the notified National Geological Heritage Monument Sites of India, Borra Caves is not included in this list. Thus, neither statement 1 nor 2 is correct.
Originally written on
December 13, 2022
and last modified on
December 13, 2022.
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