In which district of Assam was the tipper truck carrying the drugs intercepted?
- A.Karimganj
- B.Cachar
- C.Dibrugarh
- D.Kamrup
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Explanation
The correct answer is Cachar. The truck was intercepted near Borkhola in Cachar district of Assam, in the Barak valley, and the drugs were recovered from a fabricated cavity inside the vehicle's side panel. Options A, C and D are other districts of Assam, and they are the natural distractors here, since the state has many districts and a candidate who remembers only that the seizure happened in Assam cannot separate them. Pair the district with the locality named, Borkhola, and with the two agencies involved, the DRI and the 38 Battalion of the Assam Rifles. The seizure itself was made under the NDPS Act, 1985, and the occupant of the truck was arrested under the same law. The quantity recovered was 20 kg of tablets, held in 32 packets inside the panel cavity.
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Practice Questions
How much methamphetamine did the DRI seize from the tipper truck in Assam?
- A.10 kg
- B.20 kg
- C.32 kg
- D.50 kg
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The cavity built into the right-side panel of the tipper truck held 32 packets of pinkish-orange tablets, and the arithmetic settles the total: 17 brick-shaped packets weighed one kilogram each and 15 rectangular packets weighed 200 grams each, which adds up to twenty kilograms in all.
Read the full explanation →The DRI carried out the Assam seizure jointly with personnel of which force?
- A.Border Security Force
- B.Assam Rifles
- C.Central Reserve Police Force
- D.Indo-Tibetan Border Police
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The correct answer is the Assam Rifles, and more precisely the 38 Battalion of that force, whose personnel joined the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the intelligence-led operation.
Read the full explanation →Under which law were the seized tablets and the truck taken into custody?
- A.The Customs Act, 1962
- B.The NDPS Act, 1985
- C.The Arms Act, 1959
- D.The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
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The same statute gives its name to the field detection kit used on the spot: preliminary tests on representative samples with the NDPS Field Detection Kit indicated the presence of amphetamine.
Read the full explanation →Which award did ‘Fatherland’ win for its director at the Cannes film festival?
- A.Palme d'Or
- B.Grand Prix
- C.Best Director Award
- D.Jury Prize
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The film had a full festival season before reaching India: it travelled to Cannes, San Sebastián and Telluride, and its screening at the 57th IFFI in Goa is its India premiere.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the 57th International Film Festival of India?
- A.‘Cinema for All’
- B.‘Stories Without Borders’
- C.‘Many Voices, One Screen’
- D.‘Frames of the Future’
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The organisers presented the choice of opening film as a fitting beginning to that theme, because the story of ‘Fatherland’ travels across geographical and cultural boundaries and the film itself is a collaboration between four countries.
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