ENGLISH QUIZ 05.11.2020

1.Consider the following statements related to Mission Sagar – II:

1.Indian Naval Ship (INS) Airavat entered Port Sudan with 100 tonnes of food aid as a part of                        Mission Sagar-II.

2.It is a term coined by Prime Minister Modi in 2014 during his Mauritius visit with a focus on the               blue economy.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

2.Consider the following statements:

1.Madhya Pradesh, the Panna Tiger Reserve has been included in the ‘World Network of Biosphere              Reserves’ list of the UNESCO .

2.The Ken-Betwa river linking project will inundate around 200 hectares of the Panna National Park.

3.It is also a Tiger Reserve.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 are correct

B. 1 and 3 are correct

C. 2 and 3 are correct

D. All of the above

3.Consider the following statements:

1.IISc and Indian Oil R&D sign MoU for hydrogen-generation technology.

2.Hydrogen generated from this demonstration plant will be used to power fuel cell buses.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

4.Portugal Parliamentarian, Duarte Pacheco has been elected as the 30th President of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) for a three-year term of 2020-2023, the headquarter of IPU is located in _____.

A. Geneva, Switzerland

B. Berlin, Germany

C. Paris, France

D. Rome, Italy

5.Who virtually inaugurated the three-day Ganga Utsav 2020?

A. MMCG

B. NMCG

C. CMCG

D. VMCG

6.Renowned personality Tripunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (T N Krishnan) passed away, he was a veteran ______.

A. Guitarist

B. Piano Maestro

C. Violinist

D. Harmonium player

7.Who has been selected for ‘Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020’, the highest literary prize of Kerala?

A. M Mukundan

B. Sachchidanandan

C. C Radhakrishnan

D. Susanta Kar

8.Renowned cricket allrounder Shane Robert Watson announced retirement from all forms of Cricket, for which country did he played?

A. Australia

B. South africa

C. New zealand

D. England

9.Which government launched a new scheme for fortified rice distribution?

A. Government of Bihar

B. Government of Chhattisgarh

C. Government of Rajasthan

D. Government of Goa

10.In which state registration of properties resumed in with the launch of the Dharani portal?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Telengana

C. Odisha

D. Maharashtra

ANSWERS:-

Answer: 1)A      

Explanation

Recently Indian Naval Ship (INS) Airavat entered Port Sudan with 100 tonnes of food aid as a part of Mission Sagar-II.

About Mission Sagar-II

  • It follows the first ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros, and provided food aid and medicines.
  • Under Mission Sagar-II, Indian Naval Ship Airavat will deliver food aid to Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
  • Mission Sagar-II is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ and highlights the importance accorded by India to relations with her maritime neighbours and further strengthens the existing bond.

Mission SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region)

  • It is a term coined by Prime Minister Modi in 2015 during his Mauritius visit with a focus on the blue economy.
  • It is a maritime initiative which gives priority to the Indian Ocean region for ensuring peace, stability, and prosperity of India in the Indian Ocean region.
  • The goal is to seek a climate of trust and transparency; respect for international maritime rules and norms by all countries; sensitivity to each other’s interests; peaceful resolution of maritime issues; and increase in maritime cooperation.
  • It is in line with the principles of the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

Answer: 2)B

Explanation

In Madhya Pradesh, the Panna Tiger Reserve has been included in the ‘World Network of Biosphere Reserves’ list of the UNESCO. This is the 12th biosphere reserve from India to be included in the ‘World Network of Biosphere Reserves’, and third from Madhya Pradesh, after Pachmarhi and Amarkantak. Currently, Panna Tiger Reserve is home to 54 tigers. The UNESCO, under its Man and Biosphere programme has included Panna Biosphere region as one of its Biosphere Reserve. Panna National park was included as biosphere reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. The UNESCO has described the National Park as a critical tiger habitat and has also pointed out that it is home to World Heritage site of Khajuraho temples.

The Controversial Ken-Betwa River Linking Project

  • The Ken-Betwa river linking project will inundate around 400 hectares of the Panna National Park. It is also a Tiger Reserve. It is spread over 4,300 hectares. The river linking project involves the construction of Daudhan Dam across river Ken as well.
  • On the other hand, the project will benefit 14 lakh people providing them with drinking water and generating 78 MW of hydropower.

Biosphere Reserve

  • When a region is declared as Biosphere reserve then the following three things are focused.
  • Conservation of cultural diversity and biodiversity
  • Economic development that is environmentally and socio-culturally sustainable.
  • Development through research, education, monitoring and training.
  • There are core areas, buffer zones and transition areas in a biosphere reserve. A core area is the strictly protected zone.
  • Buffer zone is used for activities that support the ecology such as scientific research, training and education.
  • Transition area is the zone where the ethnic communities of the region are allowed to foster sustainable economic activities.

Answer: 3)C      

Explanation

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Research and Development Centre of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have signed an MoU to develop and demonstrate biomass gasification-based hydrogen generation technology. This technology will be used for producing fuel cell-grade hydrogen at an affordable price. The technology that is being developed under the MoU will provide clean energy option, The clean energy in turn will address the challenge of biomass waste. The technology will be demonstrated at the Indian Oil Research and Development Centre at Faridabad. The hydrogen generated from this demonstration plant will be used to power fuel cell buses.

Under the MOU:

  • The IISc and IndianOil will work jointly on the optimisation of both biomass gasification and hydrogen purification processes, The developed technology will be scaled up and demonstrated at IndianOils R&D Centre at Faridabad, Haryana.
  • Hydrogen generated from this demonstration plant will be used to power fuel cell buses.
  • This initiative to produce fuel cell grade hydrogen from biomass is another step by IndianOil jointly with IISc to bring hydrogen fuel to the major energy matrix of India while using the agricultural forces of India.

What is Biomass Gasification?

  • It is a process converting the biomass to hydrogen and other products. The process does not involves combustion rather it is done with the help of steam, heat and oxygen.
  • The technology was first developed by IISc to produce hydrogen rich synthetic gas from biomass. Later, hydrogen was separated from the synthetic gas.

Hydrogen

  • Hydrogen is most abundantly found in universe. 90% of the atoms in the universe are made of hydrogen.
  • The most abundant compound of hydrogen is Water.
  • Hydrogen is mostly bonded to oxygen in water and carbon in live or dead fossilised biomass on the Earth.
  • Hydrogen is a zero-emission fuel which is used as fuel for space craft propulsion.
  • Water is the only by-product if hydrogen fuel.
  • Thus, hydrogen fuel is 100% clean.
  • Hydrogen can be stored in gaseous or liquid form.
  • In gaseous form, it is stored in high pressure tank while in liquid form, it is stored at cryogenic temperatures.

Benefits of Hydrogen

  • Hydrogen in renewable, non-toxic and environment friendly.
  • It produces more energy per unit of fuel than diesel and gas.
  • It is used as fuel in rockets.
  • It does not occur in deposits like fossil fuels.
  • However, the fuel is expensive to produce and is highly flammable.

Answer: 4)A

Explanation

Duarte Pacheco of Portugal has been elected as the new President of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) after the IPU election process concluded through remote electronic secret ballot. The secret electronic ballot was held with 24-hour window for casting votes. His term will be from 2020 to 2023. He succeeded Mexican MP Gabriela Cuevas Barron and became 30th President of the IPU

IPU’s HQs: Geneva.

Total Members in IPU: 179 nations including India.

Answer: 5)B

Explanation

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) along with Ministry of Jal Shakti has organised Ganga Utsav 2020 virtually amidst COVID-19. It is a three-day long event which is being held from 2nd to 4th November 2020. Ganga Utsav is organised to spread awareness about river Ganga and the need to keep the river clean and rejuvenated. 2020 edition of Ganga Utsav marks 12th anniversary of holy river Ganga, which is being accorded National River status on 4th November 2008.

National River

  • The Ganges is the longest river of India. It flows over 2,510 km of valleys, mountains and plains. The Ganges originates in Gangotri Glacier as River Bhagirathi. Later it joins the Alaknanda at Devprayag and becomes the Ganges.
  • The major tributaries of Ganga river are Yamuna, Gandak, Ghagra, Kali, Son and RamGanga.
  • The river drains in 11 states namely Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, West Bengal.
  • The Ganges joins River Brahmaputra and flows into the Bay of Bengal as River Padma in Bangladesh.

Kumbh Mela

  • The festival is celebrated once in 12 years and is associated with river Ganges. The festival is celebrated at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mystical Sarasvati.
  • The Kumbh Mela was included in the list of “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO in 2017.
  • In India, Kumbh Mela is celebrated in four sites. They are Haridwar, Ujjain, Prayagraj and Nashik.
  • In Haridwar, it is celebrated on the banks of river Ganges, in Ujjain, it is celebrated on Shipra.
  • In Nashik, the festival is celebrated in Godavari and at Prayagraj, the festival is celebrated at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Sarasvati.

What are National Identities?

  • The National River, National Flag, National Flower (lotus), National bird (peacock), National Tree (Banyan), National Animal (Tiger), National Anthem, National Song (Vande Mataram), National Calendar (Gregorian Calendar) are the National Identities of India.

Answer: 6)C

Explanation

Legendary violinist Tiruppunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (92 years) passed away in Chennai. He was a Carnatic music violinist and was considered a part of violin-trinity along with Lalgudi Jayaraman and M. S. Gopalakrishnan. Honours: Madras Music Academy’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi (1980), Padma Bhushan (1992), and Padma Shri (1973). He served as the Dean of the School of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi and vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Answer: 7)D

Explanation

Senior Scientist of CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, Susanta Kar has been conferred with Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award 2020. He has been recognized for his contributions towards defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani, which is a protozoan parasite that effects immune cells like macrophages, dendritic cells and T cells causing Kala Azar. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award: It is being conferred by Society of Biological Chemists (India) and is given biennially.

Answer: 8)A

Explanation

Australian all-rounder, Shane Watson has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 39-year-old will hang up his boots after an illustrious career during which he won two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups and two ICC Champions Trophy titles. He played 59 Tests, 190 ODIs and 58 T20Is.

Watson, a right-hand bat and right-arm fast-medium bowler, continued to play in T20 leagues around the world since retiring from international cricket in 2016. Watson, who began his first-class cricket career in Tasmania, made his ODI debut for Australia in 2002 against South Africa and was part of a golden era for the Baggy Greens. Despite retiring from international cricket in 2016, Watson was named Australia’s T20I Player of the Year in January 2017.

Answer: 9)B

Explanation

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched a scheme for distribution of fortified rice through Public distribution System (PDS) and other welfare initiatives for the people of Kondagaon district of the State .

Fortified Rice Distribution Scheme

  • The scheme was launched in order to reduce malnutrition and anaemia in the state. The fortified rice will be distributed through fair price shops, under the scheme.

Fortified rice

  • The rice comprises Vitamin-B12, iron and folic acid in it which helps to control malnutrition and anaemia.

Mukhyamantri Sahari Slum Swathya Yojana

  • It is an urban slum health Yojana. The scheme will provide free health checks, counselling, medicines and treatment to the people in slums.
  • They will also be provided with family planning counselling, resources and family planning measures.

Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana

  • This scheme was launched in order to ensure minimum income availability to the farmers of the state.
  • It brings more land areas under cultivation. Financial aid is also transferred to the farmers’ accounts directly under this scheme.

Answer: 10)C

Explanation

Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched e-Dharti Geo portal. The Minister launched the service to provide Property Certificate by Land & Development Office (L&DO) through e-Dharti Geo Portal.

The certificate includes property details; viz. land type, property type, date of allotment, property status, sub-type, plot area, date of execution of lease deed, property address, details about present lessee, litigation status, as well as cadastral map. The Property Certificate will be available on nominal fee of ₹1,000/- and can be accessed by public by visiting the L&DO website: www.ldo.gov.in. ​ Through the Certificate, the lessee of the property will be able to get the basic details of his/her property along with map showing its location. This measure will also help a prospective purchaser to ascertain the details of the property as well as any suit or proceeding is pending in respect of the property.

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