15 May, 2024

1. Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’:

  1. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre is a government initiative to deal with cybercrime in India, in a coordinated and effective manner.
  2. It has been established under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
  3. One of its primary functions includes preventing the misuse of cyberspace by extremist and terrorist groups.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

2. Which one of the following Indian Manuscripts has NOT been added by UNESCO to the Memory of the World Regional Register recently?

3. Consider the following statements regarding the ‘NISAR Satellite’ recently seen in the news:

  1. NISAR is a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
  2. It is a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite with two bands, where the S-band payload was developed by NASA and the L-band payload by ISRO.
  3. Although it is an Earth-observing satellite, it can not measure tectonic plate movements accurately.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements with reference to 'Humboldt Glacier' the last glacier of Venezuela which recently shrunk to an ice field:

  1. Humboldt Glacier is located in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida mountain range in the Rockies.
  2. Downgraded from a glacier to an ice field, this marks Venezuela as the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements regarding 'Solar storms,' which pertain to Earth's most powerful solar storm in nearly two decades:

  1. Solar storms occur when the Sun emits huge bursts of energy in the form of solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
  2. When coronal mass ejections (CMEs) hit the Earth, they can cause geomagnetic storms that disrupt satellites and electrical power grids.
  3. The frequency of solar flares appears to follow an 11-year solar cycle.
  4. During times of peak activity, there could be several solar storms each day, whereas, at other times, there might be fewer than one solar storm per week.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?