Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – February 3, 2023 [Mock Test]

1. With respect to the Foreigners Act, 1946, consider the following statements:

1. The concept of ‘burden of proof’ lies with the person, and not with the authorities is not applicable in Northeast India.
2. This Act empowers a district magistrate to set up tribunals to decide whether a person staying illegally in India is a foreigner or not.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements:

1. iNCOVACC is the first inhalable vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech.
2. It uses a chimpanzee adenovirus as the viral vector.
3. It is the first vaccine to be built on a DNA platform.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Recently, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) recommended the “environmental release” of the transgenic hybrid mustard DMH-11 for seed production and conduct of field demonstration studies, with respect to it, consider the following statements:

1. Hybridisation involves crossing two genetically similar plant varieties.
2. DMH-11 contains alien genes isolated from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
3. The barnase-barstar system was used to develop DMH-11.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?