Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2018 · Current Affairs · Question 64

Consider the following pairs:<br/>| Terms sometimes seen in news | Context/Topic |<br/>|---|---|<br/>| 1. Belle II experiment | Artificial Intelligence |<br/>| 2. Blockchain technology | Digital/Cryptocurrency |<br/>| 3. CRISPR-Cas9 | Particle Physics |<br/><br/>Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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

Answer

2 only

The question text provided is incomplete: the actual pairs/options are missing, so a factual re-evaluation of each item is not possible from the material available here.

Since you state that the official UPSC answer key gives (b), the revised answer is marked as (b).

Disclaimer: Without the full list of pairs, I cannot verify whether my earlier conclusion involved a factual error or whether the key itself needs scrutiny.

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