Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 04.05.22

Q1. Recently in news Lapsus$ is a

1. Dark web search engine
2. Crypto based terror financing group active in USA
3. Cyber-crime group
4. Tax evasion consultancy service in cayman islands

Answer (c)

Explanation:

Lapsus$: how two teenagers hacked big tech firms

1. Recently, authentication platform Okta confirmed that hackers from the cyber-crime group Lapsus$ had tried intruding into its system three months earlier.
2. Lapsus$ is said to be based in South America and is led by two teenagers, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old. The group is relatively new but has successfully breached major firms like It has also publicly taunted its victims, leaking their source code and internal documents.
3. Their hacking tactics include phone-based social engineering, SIM-swapping to facilitate account takeover, accessing personal email accounts of employees at target organisations

 Q2. Consider the following statements

1. The Lokpal can inquire into allegations of corruption against anyone who is or has been Prime Minister, a Minister in the Union government, or a Member of Parliament
2. It can inquire into allegations of corruption against officials of the Union and the state government under Groups A, B, C and D
3. The body also covers complaints against chairpersons, members, officers and directors of any board or autonomous body established by an Act of Parliament and any society or trust or body that receives foreign contribution above ₹10 lakh

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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

Answer (b)

Explanation:

Lokpal to get a new office at World Trade Centre building

Four years after the country’s first anti-corruption ombudsman to investigate complaints against public functionaries, including the Prime Minister, was appointed and almost a decade after the Act was passed by Parliament, the Lokpal of India will finally move into a permanent office at the World Trade Centre in south Delhi.

Delays and neglect:

1. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh was appointed India’s first Lokpal along with eight other The appointment itself was made five years after the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act was passed in 2013 to investigate cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants.

2. The Lokpal can inquire into allegations of corruption against anyone who is or has been Prime Minister, a Minister in the Union government, or a Member of Parliament, as well as officials of the Union government under Groups A, B, C and D.
3. The body also covers complaints against chairpersons, members, officers and directors of any board or autonomous body either established by an Act of Parliament and any society or trust or body that receives foreign contribution above ₹10 lakh.

Q3. Which of the following countries are members of the arctic council?

1. USA
2. Denmark
3. The United Kingdom
4. Russia

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

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

Answer C

Explanation:

India, Denmark to strengthen green strategic partnership

1. India and Denmark agreed to further strengthen the Green Strategic Partnership with a focus on green hydrogen, renewable energy and wastewater
2. A number of agreements covering sectors such as green shipping, animal husbandry and dairying, water management, energy, and cultural exchange were inked after the bilateral

Denmark is an Arctic Council country too:

Q4. The World Press Freedom Index is compiled by

1. The United    Nations    Educational,    Scientific    and          Cultural Organization
2. The Reporters Sans Frontières
3. The World Economic Forum
4. The United Nations Economic and Social Council

Answer (b)

Explanation:

India slips to 150 in the press freedom index

1. The Press Club of India (PCI) and the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) said attacks on press freedoms had seen an exponential rise and that India did not fare too well in this regard, ranking 150 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index compiled by the Reporters Sans Frontières.
2. Journalists had been incarcerated under draconian laws for flimsy reasons, and on some occasions, faced threats to their lives as well from "self-styled" custodians of law In the social media
3. The freedom of the press is integral to the functioning of a vibrant The media has to come together to reclaim its role in the realisation of this objective.