Prelims Daily Current Affairs MCQ

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Q1: consider the following statements and choose the correct options

 

1. Torture is clearly defined in the Indian Penal Code.
2. The Court’s decision in Nilabati Behera v. State of Orissa compels the state to pay compensation in case of custodial torture.
3. The 262nd Law Commission Report recommended that the death penalty be abolished except in cases of ‘terrorism-related offences’. As opposed to the intention of having a reformative law, the proposed Bill was not a reformative one. It was vague, harsh and retributive in nature.

 

1. 2 and 3 only
2. 2 only
3. 3 only
4. all of the above

 

 

 

Q2. India has not ratified which of the following conventions?

1. Convention against Torture
2. Convention on Cluster Munitions
3. Chemical Weapons Convention

 

Options:

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

 

Q3: consider the following statements regarding the Blackrock malware and choose the correct options

1. BlackRock is a banking Trojan
2. it is an extended version Xerxes malware which itself is a variant of the LokiBot Android trojan.
3. BlackRock is said to target financial apps only.

 

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 3 and 2 only
3. 1 and 2 only
4. all of the above

 

Q4: Consider the following statements regarding the mobile app KURMA and choose the correct options

1. it is launched for conservation of tortoise and freshwater turtles.
2. it is launched for conservation of fresh water dolphins
3. it is launched for the conservation of the nilgiri Thar
4. it is launched for the conservation of one horned rhino

 

1. 3 Only
2. 2 Only
3. 4 Only
4. 1 Only