Daily Quiz 25 March 2025

Answer: B
Explanation:
● Option B is correct: The ‘Pratibimb’ module, launched by the Union Home Ministry’s Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which tracks the locations of criminals, has led to the arrest of 6,046 accused, 17,185 linkages, and 36,296 cyber investigation assistance requests.
● “The module ‘Pratibimb’ maps the locations of criminals and crime infrastructure on a map to give visibility to jurisdictional officers. The module also facilitates the seeking and receiving of techno-legal assistance by Law Enforcement Agencies from I4C and other SMEs.

Answer: D

Explanation:

• Statements 1 and 2 are not correct: Heritage List, including 35 in the ‘Cultural’ category, seven in ‘Natural’ and one in ‘Mixed’ category. India hosted a World Heritage Committee meeting for the first time in 2024, during which the Moidams — the mound-burial system of the Ahom Dynasty in Assam — was accorded the coveted UNESCO tag.

Statement 3 is not correct: Six sites, including Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs in Telangana and palace-fortresses of the Bundelas in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, have been added to India’s tentative list by the UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. Other sites included in the list are Kanger Valley National Park in Chhattisgarh, Ashokan Edict Sites along the Mauryan Routes (multiple States), Chausath Yogini temples (multiple States) and Gupta temples in north India (multiple States). With these additions, India now has 62 sites on the tentative list, an inventory of properties each country intends to consider for UNESCO nomination. According to the UNESCO website, the Chausath Yogini temples, considered serially, include sites at multiple locations in the country.

Answer: B

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is not correct: India is the fifth-largest solar power producer worldwide. In 2023, India added 9.7 GW of solar PV capacity, ranking fifth globally for new installations and cumulative capacity, which reached 72.7 GW by the end of the year.
• Statement 2 is correct: As part of the updated NDC submitted to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in August 2022, India has committed to reducing its emissions intensity by 45% by 2030 (compared to 2005 levels), achieving 50% of cumulative electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

Answer: B

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is not correct: Some materials have more than one refractive index, meaning they allow the passage of light to a different degree in two different directions. Such materials are said to be birefringent. They occur naturally and can also be engineered in the lab. Examples of naturally birefringent materials include mica and quartz. Synthetic ones include barium borate and lithium niobate. Certain birefringent materials can also be induced or modified by physically stressing them or exposing them to an electric or magnetic field.

Statement 3 is correct: Birefringence arises because the directions are anisotropic. Which ray of light is bent in which direction depends on the direction in which it is moving and how it is polarized. Light consists of an electric field oscillating perpendicular to a magnetic field, and both of them are perpendicular to light’s direction of motion. Polarization refers to the direction of the electric field. Birefringent materials are used in LCD screens, medical microscopes, optical switches, waveplates, frequency converters, and high-power lasers.

Answer: B

Explanation:

Option B is correct:  The ‘Five Eyes’ is a multilateral intelligence-sharing network shared by over 20 different agencies of five English-speaking countries — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.  It is both surveillance-based and signals intelligence (SIGINT). Intelligence documents shared between the member countries are classified ‘Secret—AUS/CAN/NZ/UK/US Eyes Only,’ which gave the group its title ‘Five Eyes.’