Current Affairs MCQs for UPSC : 26th October 2022

1. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional organization which was established to promote political and social stability among the Asia-Pacific’s post-colonial states.
2. It was established with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration)
3. India is a founding member.
4. It helped negotiate the RCEP, the world’s largest free trade agreement.

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1. FATF is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
2. The FATF was established by a G-7 Summit in Paris, initially to examine and develop measures to combat money laundering.
3. Grey listing means FATF has placed a country under increased monitoring to check its progress on measures against money laundering and terrorism financing.
4. Pakistan is in the FATF grey list.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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1. Its main objective is to empower the state for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India.
2. Under the act, both Indian and foreign nationals can be charged.
3. Section 35 of UAPA seeks to empower the central government to designate an individual a “terrorist”.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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1. The first Harmandir Sahib was built in 1604 by Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru.
2. Amritsar was founded in 1577 by Ram Das, fourth Guru of the Sikhs, on a site granted by the Mughal emperor Akbar.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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1. They are high pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters.
2. Tropical cyclones rotate in a counter clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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