Answers.

Passage 1.

1. (b) When an anonymous Reddit user went by the name "Deepfakes" in 2017, that is when the
phrase "deepfake" first appeared. This person created and posted pornographic videos using
Google's open-source, deep-learning technology
2. (b) When an anonymous Reddit user went by the name "Deepfakes" in 2017, that is when the
phrase "deepfake" first appeared. This person created and posted pornographic videos using
Google's open-source, deep-learning technology

3. (d) The Code of Practice on Disinformation was introduced in 2018 and brought together global
industry leaders for the first time to commit to battling disinformation

4. (c) According to the revised Code, these businesses risk fines as high as 6% of their annual global
revenue if found in violation.

5. (a) In order to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) combat deepfake technology,
the United States introduced the bipartisan Deepfake Task Force Act

6.(C)

7.(A)

PASSAGE2.

1. (b) After mobility agreements with the UK, France, Germany and Finland, India on Monday
signed a 'Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement' (MMPA) with Austria
for migration and mobility of Indian students and professionals.
2. (b) They started off in 1949. Relations between India and Austria have historically been cordial
and friendly.
3. (a) Since joining the European Union in 1995, Austria has served as an essential link between
India and Europe, particularly with the nations of Central and Eastern Europe
4. (d) This is the first visit of an Indian foreign minister to Austria in 27 years.
5. (a) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of
External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya
Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing
Gujara
6. (A) MMPA stands for comprehensive migration and mobility partnership agreement.
7. (B)
PASSAGE3.

1. (c) The plan was launched on 13 October 2021 to provide multimodal connectivity infrastructure
to all economic zones of India and approved on 21 October 2021 by Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affair
2. c) PM Gati Shakti is based on six pillars Comprehensiveness Prioritization Optimization
Synchronization Analytical Dynamic
3. (c) Gati Shakti — a digital platform — will bring 16 Ministries including Railways and Roadways
together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity
projects.
4. (b) The Gati Shakti scheme will subsume the Rs 110 lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline
that was launched in 2019.
5. (c) Logistics costs have to be cut by half to be near global benchmarks by 2030 by reducing the
cost of logistics from 14-18% of GDP to global best practices of 8%. Countries like the US, South
Korea, Singapore, and certain European nations have such a low logistics cost-to-GDP ratio. The
current cost is 16% of GDP
6. (C) launched in 2019 from 2019-2025 fullterm project by government of India
7. (A)

Passage4.

1. (b) The importance of protecting groundwater and methods for its sustainable use will be the
highlights of the United Nations-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 that begins December 7,
2022 in Paris, France
2. (c) A groundwater management programme called Atal Bhujal Yojana was introduced in 2019.
Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA): It was started in 2019 in 256 water-stressed districts around the nation
to enhance groundwater conditions and water availability
3. (c) Groundwater management is imperative to meet the UN-mandated Sustainable
Development Goal 6 of providing clean water and sanitation for all.
4. (c) The Ministry of Jal Shakti was established in May 2019 under the Government of India. Two
ministries namely the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation,
as well as the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, were merged together to form the
Ministry of Jal Shakti
5. (b) The Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 gives the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA)
the authority to create groundwater policies and initiatives
6. (C) launched in 2016 at the conference of united nations on sustainable developments.
7. (B)

PASSAGE 5.
1. (d) The Lok Sabha referred the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill-2022 to
a joint committee of Parliament comprising 21 members from the Lower House and 10 from
the Upper House
2. (a) The Centre has proposed this amendment through Section 6 of the Bill, introduced in Lok
Sabha by Minister of State for Cooperation B L Verma.
3. (b) As per the present law, enacted 20 years ago, only multi-state cooperative societies can
amalgamate themselves and form a new multistate cooperative society
4. (a) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will appoint one of the members of the committee as its
chairperson. Of the 21 Lok Sabha members on the committee, a maximum of 12 are from
BJP
5. (c) Article 43B of the Constitution inserted by the 97th Amendment says that “states shall
endeavour to promote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning, democratic control
and professional management of cooperative societies
6. (B) formed in 2021 by the narendra modi government under the leadership of home
minister Amit shah
7. (A) having the highest cooperative society because of large number of industrial estates and
various other developments.

PASSAGE 6

1. (c) It has 42 member states comprising mostly NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization) and EU states.
2. (b) This is a grouping of 42 countries that seeks to advance security and stability in the
sale and transfer of materials and technologies that can be used to make nuclear and
conventional weapons. India became a member of the Arrangement in 2017.
3. (a) India formally took over as chairman of the Wassenaar Arrangement on January 1,
2023, after Ireland relinquished the position at the 26th annual plenary in Vienna
4. (b) Participating States are required to report their arms transfers and transfers/denials
of certain dual-use goods and technologies to destinations outside the Arrangement on
a six-monthly basis.
5. (b) India formally took over as chairman of the Wassenaar Arrangement on January 1,
2023, after Ireland relinquished the position at the 26th annual plenary in Vienna.
6. (A)
7. (C)

PASSAGE 7
1. (c) The National Food Security Act 2013 (also 'Right to Food Act') is an Indian Act of
Parliament which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two
thirds of the country's 1.2 billion people. It was signed into law on 12 September
2013, retroactive to 5 July 2013
2. (d) NFSA caters to 67% of the total population. Households covered under existing
Antyodaya Anna Yojana are eligible under the NFSA. 75% of the rural population and
 upto 50% of the urban population receivies subsidized foodgrains under Targeted
Public Distribution System (TPDS)
3. (b) The National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013 legally entitled up to 75% of the
rural population and 50% of the urban population to receive subsidized food grains
under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The Chhattisgarh government has
taken the initiative to pass the first Food Security Act in the country
4. (c) The Ministry of Finance is its nodal Ministry.
5. (d) In total, the NFSA protects 81.35 crore citizens.
6. (A)
7. (A) the scheme is a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat launched by pm Narendra Modi for
the rapid development and self relient India.