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Daily Current Affairs MCQ Quiz for UPSC, IAS, UPPSC/UPPCS, MPPSC. BPSC, RPSC & All State PSC Exams

Date: 06 October 2020

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Q1. Consider the following statement related to Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

1. It is Geneva based inter-governmental body
2. Established in 1989
3. FATF’s member includes two regional organisations - the European Commission and Gulf Cooperation Council.

Select the correct option-

a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3

Q2. Consider the following statement and choose the correct one-

A. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine.
B. The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Gerty Cori, received it in 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of glucose.

Option-

1.A only
2.B only
3.A and B
4.None of the above

Q3. Consider the following statement and choose the correct one-

A. India currently has laws or government-issued guidelines regulating AI. The government developed a number of national strategies or road maps related to AI in 2018.
B. In 2018, the NITI Aayog released an AI strategy for India (here) (‘AI Strategy Document’), in which it proposed a two-tiered structure to further India’s AI research aspirations comprising (a) Centres of Research Excellence or COREs and (b) International Centers of Transformational AI or ICTAIs and a dedicated cloud infrastructure for AI called AIRAWAT.

Option-

1.A only
2.B only
3.A and B
4.None of the above

Q4. Recently DRDO tested SMART to enhance India’s Defence Capabilities. What is SMART ?

a. Anti-Tank Surface Missile
b. Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare
c. AI Drone Network for Border inspection and to command cross border warfare
d. Supersonic Anti-Satellite Missile

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