Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – June 11, 2022 [Mock Test]
June 11, 2022 June 11, 2022
1. Terms, ‘Hydra’, ‘AlphaBay’, ‘RAMP’, pertain to which of the following?
[A] Defence equipments
[B] Asteroid
[C] Dark web
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Dark web ]
Notes:- Hydra was a Russian language dark web marketplace that facilitated trafficking of illegal drugs as well as financial services including cryptocurrency tumbling for money laundering and exchange services between cryptocurrency and Russian rubles, also sale of documents.
- AlphaBay is a darknet market operating both as an onion service on the Tor network and as an I2P node on I2P.
- Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. As part of the dark web, it was operated as a Tor hidden service, such that online users were able to browse it anonymously and securely without potential traffic monitoring.
- The Russian Anonymous Marketplace or RAMP was a Russian language forum with users selling a variety of drugs on the Dark Web. With over 14,000 members, the site uses Tor and uses some escrow features like Silk Road-like darknet markets, but otherwise many deals take place off-site using off-the-record messaging.
2. Consider the following pairs:
- Nakagin Capsule Tower – Japan
- St Tropez – France
- Nongkhnum – Arunachal Pradesh
- Langpih – Mizoram
Which of the pairs given above are matched correctly?
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 1, 3 & 4
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 2]
Notes:- Nakagin Capsule Tower was built in 1972 by Kisho Kurokawa, it is located in the Ginza district. Docomomo International shortlisted the tower to be a world heritage of Modern Buildings and Sites in 1997.
- Recently Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur visited Allard Square in St Tropez. Here the busts of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Bannu Pan Dei were unveiled in 2016 as a mark of growing India-France relationship.
- Nongkhnum in West Khasi Hills district is the second largest river island in Asia after Majuli in Assam.
- Langpih is one of the most underdeveloped villages bordering Kamrup district in Assam and West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.
3. Consider the following statements on denotified tribes:
- DNTs are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminals’ during the British regime.
- Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) was established under the chairmanship of Bhiku Ramji Idate.
- National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (NCDNT) was constituted under the chairmanship of Balkrishna Sidram Renke.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:- DNTs are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminals’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting with the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. These Acts were repealed by the Independent Indian Government in l952, and these communities were “De-Notified”.
- Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) was established under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for the purpose of implementing welfare programmes. It was constituted on 21stFebruary 2019, under the chairmanship of Bhiku Ramji Idate.
- A National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (NCDNT) was constituted in 2006. It was headed by Balkrishna Sidram Renke.
