18-Feb-23: UPSC Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Consider the following statements regarding Mental Healthcare Act (MHA), 2017:

1. The Act regulates the research on Person with Mental Illness (PMI) and the use of neurosurgical treatments.
2. It mandates thorough investigation and prosecution of PMIs who commit suicide.
3. It envisages the establishment of Central Mental Health Authority and State Mental Health Authority.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

 Physicists recently reported measuring the electron’s magnetic moment with a precision of 0.13 parts per trillion (ppt). It’s the most precise test so far of the—

 Standard model of particle physics can NOT explain which of the following ‘fundamental forces’?

Consider the following statements regarding Standard model (SM) of particle physics:

1. SM model failed to predict the ‘God Particle’, also known as Higgs Boson, which led to the development of Quantum Model of Particle Physics.
2. SM model has failed to explain Dark matter or Anti-matter.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Marburg virus disease, or MVD

1. It  is a severe illness that causes viral haemorrhagic fever in humans.
2. Marburg virus is a zoonotic disease that is transmitted to primates from bats which are considered natural hosts of the virus.
3. Both the Marburg and Ebola viruses belong to the Filoviridae family.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following criteria are mentioned by Election Commission to recognise a political party as National Party

1. It its candidates polled at least 6% of total valid votes in any four or more states in the last Lok Sabha or Assembly elections and has at least four MPs in the last Lok Sabha polls
2. It is ‘recognised’ as state party in four or more state
3. It has won at least 2% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from three states or more states

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
 

Consider the following geological phenomena:

1.  Development of a fault
2. Movement along a fault
3. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption
4. Folding of rocks

Which of the above cause earthquakes?

Which of the following are the powers and functions of Election Commission of India

1. Recognition of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols
2. It acts as a court for settling disputes related to granting of recognition to political parties and allotment of election symbols to them.
3. It defines a model code of conduct for political parties and candidates

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 Consider the following statements regarding the earthquakes:

1.  The intensity of earthquake is measured on Mercalli Scale
2. The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of energy release
3. Earthquake magnitudes are based on direct measurements of the amplitude of seismic waves
4.  In the Richter Scale, each whole number demonstrates a hundred-fold increase in the amount of energy released

Which of these statements are correct?

Recently, first Business 20 (B20) Conference of North East India was held in which state of India