Ques:1
Consider the following statements regarding the provisions of Criminal Procedure (Identification) or CrPI Act, 2022:
- It replaced the colonial-era Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
- It authorises police officers to take measurements of people convicted, or even accused, in criminal cases.
- Under the Act, police can collect data including finger print, iris and retina scans, handwritings etc.
- Under the Act, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) can store such data up to a period of 75 years.
How many of the above statements is/are correct?
Ques:2
Consider the following statements regarding QR codes:
- QR or quick-response code is a type of two-dimensional (2D) matrix barcode, invented in 2002 by American company IBM.
- Universal Product Code or UPC barcodes have greater storage capacity compared to QR codes.
- To efficiently store data, QR codes use four standardized modes of encoding, including ‘kanji’, Chinese-derived characters used in Japanese writing.
How many of the above statements is/are correct?
Ques:3
Consider the following statements regarding the phenomenon of the middle-income trap:
- It impedes the transition of a middle-income economy to a high-income economy.
- It is marked by slow growth, stagnant or falling wages, and a growing informal economy.
- India has fallen into the middle-income trap since 2008-09 following the global financial crisis.
How many of the above statements is/are correct?
Ques:4
Operating ratio (OR) of Indian Railways (IR) is calculated as—
Ques:5
The 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2023 is scheduled to be held in which country?
Ques:6
Consider the following statements regarding ‘River Dolphins’
- All existing river dolphins are declared as ‘endangered’ by IUCN.
- Since 1980s, dolphin population has declined by more than 70%.
- Recently, 11 Countries Signed first-of-its-kind Global Declaration of River Dolphins by 2030 including India.
How many of the statements given above correct?
Ques:7
‘SWIM’ project is associated with which of the following fields?
Ques:8
Consider the following statements
- It is located in Panamalai village of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.
- The temple is constructed on an insignificant, small hill overlooking the Panamalai Lake.
- The temple was constructed by Pallava king Narasimhavarman II, popularly known as Rajasimha.
- The paintings in this temple bear a close resemblance to the paintings in Ajantha and Chithannavasal.
The above-mentioned statements describe which one of the following temples?
Ques:9
With reference to the International Migration Outlook Report 2023, consider the following statements:
- As per this report, India was the main source of migrants to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2020 and 2021.
- It is published by the International Organization for Migration.
- It states that, most international students in OECD countries come from Africa.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Ques:10
Recently, ‘Nanophotonic Electron Accelerator (NEA)’ was in news. It is