Q28 · UPSC Prelims 2018 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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With reference to digital payments, consider the following statements:1.BHIM app allows the user to transfer money to anyone with a UPI-enabled bank account.2.While a chip-pin debit card has four factors of authentication, BHIM app has only two factors of authentication.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A 1 only
B 2 only
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2

Correct answer: (a) 1 only

Explanation

  1. A

    1 only

    (a) 1 only. (a) Official key: BHIM uses UPI, so money can move to any UPI-enabled bank account. Statement 2 is false: a chip-and-PIN card is typically two-factor (card plus PIN), while BHIM/UPI uses device binding plus MPIN (and often mobile/SIM factors)—it is not the case that chip-PIN has four factors and BHIM only two. Only statement 1 is correct.

  2. B

    2 only

    (b) 2 only. The four-versus-two factor comparison is incorrect. This letter is not the key.

  3. C

    Both 1 and 2

    (c) Both 1 and 2. Statement 2 fails, so both-correct is not the key.

  4. D

    Neither 1 nor 2

    (d) Neither 1 nor 2. BHIM-to-UPI transfer is real, so ‘neither’ is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. BHIM is an NPCI UPI app and can pay any UPI ID or account. The stem’s authentication-count comparison is wrong. Honour the stored letter (a).

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