UPSC Editorials Quiz : 29 July 2024

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• Question 1 of 5 1. Question Consider the following statements. Article 352 of the Constitution does not provide for the proclamation of national emergency on the grounds of internal disturbances. In India, a state of emergency has been imposed four times since Independence. Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 Correct Solution: a) Article 352 of the Constitution provides for the proclamation of national emergency on the grounds of threat to national security due to war or external aggression. A state of emergency has been imposed thrice since Independence — during the wars with China in 1962 and Pakistan in 1971 and for the third time in 1975. Incorrect Solution: a) Article 352 of the Constitution provides for the proclamation of national emergency on the grounds of threat to national security due to war or external aggression. A state of emergency has been imposed thrice since Independence — during the wars with China in 1962 and Pakistan in 1971 and for the third time in 1975.

#### 1. Question

Consider the following statements.

• Article 352 of the Constitution does not provide for the proclamation of national emergency on the grounds of internal disturbances.

• In India, a state of emergency has been imposed four times since Independence.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

• c) Both 1 and 2

• d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution: a)

Article 352 of the Constitution provides for the proclamation of national emergency on the grounds of threat to national security due to war or external aggression. A state of emergency has been imposed thrice since Independence — during the wars with China in 1962 and Pakistan in 1971 and for the third time in 1975.

Solution: a)

• Question 2 of 5 2. Question Consider the following statements. India has not recognised the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. India does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile. India officially articulates ‘One China’ policy. How many of the above statements is/are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: a) Only Statement 2 is correct. India has “recognised” the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China since 1954. Since 2010, however, given China’s refusal to respect India’s territorial integrity, its renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh, and its issuance of stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir, India stopped articulating a ‘One China’ policy or making references to Tibet in official statements. It contends that the Dalai Lama is a revered spiritual leader, despite China’s protests that he is a “separatist” or “splittist”. India also does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile as more than organising mechanisms for the Tibetan people based here and abroad. Source Incorrect Solution: a) Only Statement 2 is correct. India has “recognised” the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China since 1954. Since 2010, however, given China’s refusal to respect India’s territorial integrity, its renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh, and its issuance of stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir, India stopped articulating a ‘One China’ policy or making references to Tibet in official statements. It contends that the Dalai Lama is a revered spiritual leader, despite China’s protests that he is a “separatist” or “splittist”. India also does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile as more than organising mechanisms for the Tibetan people based here and abroad. Source

#### 2. Question

Consider the following statements.

• India has not recognised the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.

• India does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile.

• India officially articulates ‘One China’ policy.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: a)

Only Statement 2 is correct.

India has “recognised” the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China since 1954. Since 2010, however, given China’s refusal to respect India’s territorial integrity, its renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh, and its issuance of stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir, India stopped articulating a ‘One China’ policy or making references to Tibet in official statements. It contends that the Dalai Lama is a revered spiritual leader, despite China’s protests that he is a “separatist” or “splittist”.

India also does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile as more than organising mechanisms for the Tibetan people based here and abroad.

Solution: a)

Only Statement 2 is correct.

India also does not officially recognise the Tibetan Government in Exile or Parliament in Exile as more than organising mechanisms for the Tibetan people based here and abroad.

• Question 3 of 5 3. Question Starting July 1, new criminal laws came into effect. These laws replaced which of the following earlier law(s)? Indian Penal Code (IPC) Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) Indian Evidence Act How many of the above options is/are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) All three (d) None Correct Solution: c) Starting July 1, three new criminal laws came into effect, reshaping the legal landscape in India by replacing the British-era criminal laws. On December 25, 2023, President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to “The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023”, “The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023”, and “The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023”. These new criminal laws replaced the earlier criminal laws — the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act. Source Incorrect Solution: c) Starting July 1, three new criminal laws came into effect, reshaping the legal landscape in India by replacing the British-era criminal laws. On December 25, 2023, President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to “The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023”, “The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023”, and “The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023”. These new criminal laws replaced the earlier criminal laws — the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act. Source

#### 3. Question

Starting July 1, new criminal laws came into effect. These laws replaced which of the following earlier law(s)?

• Indian Penal Code (IPC)

• Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

• Indian Evidence Act

How many of the above options is/are correct?

• (a) Only one

• (b) Only two

• (c) All three

Solution: c)

Starting July 1, three new criminal laws came into effect, reshaping the legal landscape in India by replacing the British-era criminal laws.

On December 25, 2023, President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to “The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023”, “The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023”, and “The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023”.

These new criminal laws replaced the earlier criminal laws — the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act.

Solution: c)

Starting July 1, three new criminal laws came into effect, reshaping the legal landscape in India by replacing the British-era criminal laws.

These new criminal laws replaced the earlier criminal laws — the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act.

• Question 4 of 5 4. Question Consider the following statements regarding Financial Action Task force (FATF). Headquartered in New York, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing. FATF’s mutual evaluation guidelines, checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check. At the FATF Mutual Evaluation, India was the only G20 country placed in the ‘regular follow-up’ category. How many of the above statements is/are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: a) Only Statement 2 is correct. The Financial Action Task force (FATF) adopted a mutual evaluation report that examines India’s effectiveness in anti-money laundering, and countering terrorist financing, on June 28. The session was held from June 26 to June 28, 2024 at Singapore placed India in the ‘regular follow-up’ category, a distinction shared by only four other G20 countries. Headquartered in Paris, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing. India’s mutual evaluation of FATF guidelines, which checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check, was last done in 2010. Source Incorrect Solution: a) Only Statement 2 is correct. The Financial Action Task force (FATF) adopted a mutual evaluation report that examines India’s effectiveness in anti-money laundering, and countering terrorist financing, on June 28. The session was held from June 26 to June 28, 2024 at Singapore placed India in the ‘regular follow-up’ category, a distinction shared by only four other G20 countries. Headquartered in Paris, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing. India’s mutual evaluation of FATF guidelines, which checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check, was last done in 2010. Source

#### 4. Question

Consider the following statements regarding Financial Action Task force (FATF).

• Headquartered in New York, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing.

• FATF’s mutual evaluation guidelines, checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check.

• At the FATF Mutual Evaluation, India was the only G20 country placed in the ‘regular follow-up’ category.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: a)

Only Statement 2 is correct.

The Financial Action Task force (FATF) adopted a mutual evaluation report that examines India’s effectiveness in anti-money laundering, and countering terrorist financing, on June 28.

The session was held from June 26 to June 28, 2024 at Singapore placed India in the ‘regular follow-up’ category, a distinction shared by only four other G20 countries.

Headquartered in Paris, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing.

India’s mutual evaluation of FATF guidelines, which checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check, was last done in 2010.

Solution: a)

Only Statement 2 is correct.

The Financial Action Task force (FATF) adopted a mutual evaluation report that examines India’s effectiveness in anti-money laundering, and countering terrorist financing, on June 28.

The session was held from June 26 to June 28, 2024 at Singapore placed India in the ‘regular follow-up’ category, a distinction shared by only four other G20 countries.

Headquartered in Paris, the FATF leads global actions for tackling with money laundering, and terrorist financing.

India’s mutual evaluation of FATF guidelines, which checks a country’s efficacy in framing laws and policy and its implementation to keep financial crimes in check, was last done in 2010.

• Question 5 of 5 5. Question Consider the following statements. The word prehistory typically denotes cultures that existed before farming and the use of metal tools. Early stone tools belonging to palaeolithic period were bulkier. Stone tools belonging to Mesolithic period were sharp stone flakes fixed to sticks. How many of the above statements is/are correct? a) Only one b) Only two c) All three d) None Correct Solution: c) The word prehistory is typically used for pre-writing cultures and more specifically for cultures that existed before farming and the use of metal tools. The prehistoric cultures are cultures that used stone tools to forage and hunt for food. Early stone tools belonging to the Old Stone Age or palaeolithic period were bulkier, while later stone tools belonging to the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period were sharp stone flakes fixed to sticks. During the Late Stone Age or Neolithic period, alongside the use of stone tools, the birth of agriculture was indicated. In fact, agriculture in this part of the world began about 10,000 years ago (8000 BC) in a few sites in Balochistan’s Mehrgarh. However, prehistoric cultures continued to thrive in much of India between 10,000 BC and 1000 BC – when the Iron Age began. Protohistory is the period between prehistory and history and refers to the people who didn’t develop writing but were mentioned in the written records of a contemporary group. Although the Harappans were literate people, their written materials could not be deciphered by historians. For the Vedic period, we don’t have written records but orally transmitted literature (the Vedas). Source Incorrect Solution: c) The word prehistory is typically used for pre-writing cultures and more specifically for cultures that existed before farming and the use of metal tools. The prehistoric cultures are cultures that used stone tools to forage and hunt for food. Early stone tools belonging to the Old Stone Age or palaeolithic period were bulkier, while later stone tools belonging to the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period were sharp stone flakes fixed to sticks. During the Late Stone Age or Neolithic period, alongside the use of stone tools, the birth of agriculture was indicated. In fact, agriculture in this part of the world began about 10,000 years ago (8000 BC) in a few sites in Balochistan’s Mehrgarh. However, prehistoric cultures continued to thrive in much of India between 10,000 BC and 1000 BC – when the Iron Age began. Protohistory is the period between prehistory and history and refers to the people who didn’t develop writing but were mentioned in the written records of a contemporary group. Although the Harappans were literate people, their written materials could not be deciphered by historians. For the Vedic period, we don’t have written records but orally transmitted literature (the Vedas). Source

#### 5. Question

• Consider the following statements.

• The word prehistory typically denotes cultures that existed before farming and the use of metal tools.

• Early stone tools belonging to palaeolithic period were bulkier.

• Stone tools belonging to Mesolithic period were sharp stone flakes fixed to sticks.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• a) Only one

• b) Only two

• c) All three

Solution: c)

The word prehistory is typically used for pre-writing cultures and more specifically for cultures that existed before farming and the use of metal tools. The prehistoric cultures are cultures that used stone tools to forage and hunt for food.

Early stone tools belonging to the Old Stone Age or palaeolithic period were bulkier, while later stone tools belonging to the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period were sharp stone flakes fixed to sticks. During the Late Stone Age or Neolithic period, alongside the use of stone tools, the birth of agriculture was indicated.

In fact, agriculture in this part of the world began about 10,000 years ago (8000 BC) in a few sites in Balochistan’s Mehrgarh. However, prehistoric cultures continued to thrive in much of India between 10,000 BC and 1000 BC – when the Iron Age began.

Protohistory is the period between prehistory and history and refers to the people who didn’t develop writing but were mentioned in the written records of a contemporary group.

Although the Harappans were literate people, their written materials could not be deciphered by historians. For the Vedic period, we don’t have written records but orally transmitted literature (the Vedas).

Solution: c)

Protohistory is the period between prehistory and history and refers to the people who didn’t develop writing but were mentioned in the written records of a contemporary group.

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