Quiz 2020: Prelims Power Play 17 September 2020

1. The utilization of Thorium, as a practically inexhaustible energy source, has been contemplated during which stage of the Indian Nuclear Programme?

2. Consider the following assertion and reason

Assertion:

The Thorium based nuclear reactors have an edge over the Uranium based nuclear reactors.

Reason:

Thorium reactors generate significantly less radioactive waste, and can re-use separated uranium, making the reactor self-sufficient once started.

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3. Arrange the following sea routes from east to west

1. Bab el Mandeb
2. Stait of Hormuz
3. Suez canal
4. Strait of Malacca

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4. A facial recognition system uses biometrics to map facial features from a photograph or video. It compares the information with a database of known faces to find a match. This is a technology based on pattern recognition to carry out identification in many countries. which of the following statements are true for the system?

1. Facial recognition provisions are there in Information Technology Act, 2000.
2. Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018:Clause 3 (7) defines ‘facial images’ as part of biometric data.
3. Facial recognition software works on matching of important characteristics of real face with one stored in database.
4. Facial recognition system is no threat to privacy, since the stored images are unique for everyone.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Five Fingers strategy of China includes

1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Ladakh
3. Nagaland
4. Arunachal Pradesh
5. Bhutan
6. Tibet
7. Nepal