Prelims Power Play 14 June 2023

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1. Choose the correct definition of shrinkflation.

It is the practice of reducing the size of a product while maintaining its sticker price.

It is when price inflation slows down for a temporary period.

It is a term to describe rapid, excessive, and out-of-control general price increases in an economy.

It is a general decline in prices for goods and services, typically associated with a contraction in the supply of money and credit in the economy.

2. Consider the following statements with respect to GM Crops in India

GM Rice is commercially grown in India, next to Bt Cotton.
State governments have the powers to issue directions to district administration to curb the cultivation of illegal GM Crops.
Bt Cotton is the only GM Crop approved in 2002 by GEAC for commercial cultivation in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

1 only

2 only

3 only

All of the above

3. Consider the following statement with respect to laws related to blocking of Internet

Content:

Statement 1: The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 does not covers all intermediaries who play a role in the use of computers.

Statement 2: Any request for blocking access under Section 69A must be based on reasons given in writing which must be communicated to the users.

Statement 3: The role of the intermediaries has been spelt out in the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011.

How many of the above statements is /are correct? Select the correct answers from below code:

Only one

Only two

Only three

All of the above

4. Which of the following is not correct regarding terms associated with lightening?

Direct flash refers to being struck directly by lightning.

Touch potential refers to when one part of a tall living being body is in contact with the ground while another part, at a higher elevation, comes in contact with a lightning-struck object, a partial current may pass through its body.

Lightening striking a person or living being in open field is side flash.

Passing of a partial current through the body of animals when an animal’s front and high feet are far enough apart is called step potential.

5. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is under?

PMO

Ministry of Home Affairs

Cabinet Secretariat

Ministry of Defence.