QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 14 May 2019
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs. The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsUNNATI programme recently seen in news is related to
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Solution: c)
UNNATI (Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) capacity-building programme on nanosatellite development.
Launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space (UNISPACE 50), the programme aims to provide opportunities to the participating developing countries to become stronger in assembling, integrating and testing nanosatellites
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Solution: c)
UNNATI (Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) capacity-building programme on nanosatellite development.
Launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space (UNISPACE 50), the programme aims to provide opportunities to the participating developing countries to become stronger in assembling, integrating and testing nanosatellites
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding doubling of Tiger population.
- China is set to become the first country to double their wild tiger population.
- The tiger range governments committed to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.
- India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Russia are some of the Tiger Range countries.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
Correct
Solution: c)
There are currently 13 tiger range countries; Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Tiger range governments came together for the first time and decided that business-as-usual approaches were not working. All 13 tiger range governments committed to the most ambitious conservation goal set for a single species – to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.
Nepal is set to become the first country to double their wild tiger population.
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Solution: c)
There are currently 13 tiger range countries; Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Tiger range governments came together for the first time and decided that business-as-usual approaches were not working. All 13 tiger range governments committed to the most ambitious conservation goal set for a single species – to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.
Nepal is set to become the first country to double their wild tiger population.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is the
Correct
Solution: d)
Considered to be one of the premier space science programs of NASA, SOFIA is a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Centre, DLR. It features a 100-inch diameter telescope weighing up to 20 tons and is mounted on a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft. SOFIA’s first-generation cameras and spectrographs enable NASA to use it for a wide variety of missions. It will observe celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets, nebulae, and the galactic centre.
Sofia’s 2.5-meter diameter telescope allows astronomers to access the visible, infrared and sub-millimeter spectrum. Being the world’s largest airborne astronomical observatory, the telescope has the ability to produce a higher resolution image, three times higher in quality than those captured by other observatories.
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Solution: d)
Considered to be one of the premier space science programs of NASA, SOFIA is a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Centre, DLR. It features a 100-inch diameter telescope weighing up to 20 tons and is mounted on a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft. SOFIA’s first-generation cameras and spectrographs enable NASA to use it for a wide variety of missions. It will observe celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets, nebulae, and the galactic centre.
Sofia’s 2.5-meter diameter telescope allows astronomers to access the visible, infrared and sub-millimeter spectrum. Being the world’s largest airborne astronomical observatory, the telescope has the ability to produce a higher resolution image, three times higher in quality than those captured by other observatories.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding BepiColombo mission.
- It is a joint mission between ESA and NASA.
- The mission is for the scientific investigations at planet Mercury.
- Earlier NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft orbited the planet Mercury.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its near-Earth commissioning phase and is now ready for the operations that will take place during the cruise and, eventually, for its scientific investigations at Mercury.
BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.
The mission comprises two spacecraft: The Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO).
The MPO will study the surface and internal composition of the planet, and the MMO will study Mercury’s magnetosphere, that is, the region of space around the planet that is influenced by its magnetic field.
Mercury is a poorly explored planet. So far, only two spacecraft have visited the planet: NASA’s Mariner 10, and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft.
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Solution: b)
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its near-Earth commissioning phase and is now ready for the operations that will take place during the cruise and, eventually, for its scientific investigations at Mercury.
BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.
The mission comprises two spacecraft: The Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO).
The MPO will study the surface and internal composition of the planet, and the MMO will study Mercury’s magnetosphere, that is, the region of space around the planet that is influenced by its magnetic field.
Mercury is a poorly explored planet. So far, only two spacecraft have visited the planet: NASA’s Mariner 10, and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Green – Ag project.
- It is for transforming Indian Agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.
- Food and Agriculture Organization is the implementing agency.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c)
The Government has launched the “Green – Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes” in association with Global Environment Facility (GEF).
About the Project:
The project would be implemented in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in high-conservation-value landscapes of five States namely, (i) Madhya Pradesh: Chambal Landscape, (ii) Mizoram: Dampa Landscape, (iii) Odisha: Similipal Landscape, (iv) Rajasthan: Desert National Park Landscape and v) Uttarakhand: Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.
The Green-Ag project seeks to integrate biodiversity, climate change and sustainable land management objectives and practices into Indian agriculture.
The project aims to catalyze a transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support the achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.
- The project supports harmonization between India’s agricultural and environmental sector priorities and investments to realise the national and global environmental benefits without compromising on India’s ability to strengthen rural livelihoods and meet its food and nutrition security.
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Solution: c)
The Government has launched the “Green – Ag: Transforming Indian Agriculture for global environmental benefits and the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes” in association with Global Environment Facility (GEF).
About the Project:
The project would be implemented in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in high-conservation-value landscapes of five States namely, (i) Madhya Pradesh: Chambal Landscape, (ii) Mizoram: Dampa Landscape, (iii) Odisha: Similipal Landscape, (iv) Rajasthan: Desert National Park Landscape and v) Uttarakhand: Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.
The Green-Ag project seeks to integrate biodiversity, climate change and sustainable land management objectives and practices into Indian agriculture.
The project aims to catalyze a transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support the achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.
- The project supports harmonization between India’s agricultural and environmental sector priorities and investments to realise the national and global environmental benefits without compromising on India’s ability to strengthen rural livelihoods and meet its food and nutrition security.
