QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 11 April 2017

Solution: d.

• US SC: “For almost 150 years, there was little presidential involvement with the oath ceremonies of Supreme Court Justices and no President has ever administered an oath to a Justice. On January 18, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to participate in an oath ceremony.”
• The US President nominates, and his nomination must be vetted by the Senate before the individual can be sworn in as a Justice of the SC.
• In India, a person appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court, before entering upon his Office, has to make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the President, or some person appointed by him for this purpose.

Improvisation: Th: Gorsuch sworn in as US SC Justice;

Solution: b.

• Yellowcake: The solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the uranium recovery (milling) process. The material is a mixture of uranium oxides, which can vary in proportion and color from yellow to orange to dark green (blackish) depending on the temperature at which the material is dried (which affects the level of hydration and impurities).
• Yellowcake was commonly referred to as U3O8, because that chemical compound historically comprised the majority of the yellowcake produced by uranium recovery facilities utilizing conventional milling methods.

Th: Australia Uranium to arrive soon;

Solution: d.

“The Election Commission said on Monday that it was not bound to consult the Union Home Ministry before holding any election, following reports that it had ignored the Ministry’s advice against holding by-elections in the Kashmir Valley considering the prevailing security situation.”

TH: EC ignored advice on Kashmir: Centre;

Solution: a.

• Huge explosions in space are mostly associated with supernovas, which can take place in the dying moments of giant, ancient stars. This new image though shows an explosion taking place at the other end of the stellar lifecycle. “People most often associate stellar explosions with ancient stars, like a nova eruption on the surface of a decaying star or the even more spectacular supernova death of an extremely massive star. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimetre Array (Alma) telescope in the Chilean Andes has given us new insights into explosions on the other end of the stellar life-cycle, star birth,” Prof. Bally said.
• Space: Facts about the ALMA telescope : It is an international partnership among Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Chile. It’s designed to spot some of the most distant, ancient galaxies ever seen, and to probe the areas around young stars for planets in the process of forming.

Space: Supernova;

Improvisation: Violent end as young stars dramatically collide;

Solution: a.

• The Survey of India, the country’s oldest scientific organisation and official maker of maps, has set up a web portal called Nakshe that allows 3,000 of its 7,000 maps to be downloaded for free. The only caveat is that one would require an Aadhaar number for such access. The SoI maps —prepared for defence and civilian purposes — are considered a standard reference for the shape, extent and geographic features of the country.
• DST: SoI: The National Survey and Mapping Organization of the country under the Department of Science & Technology, it is the oldest scientific department of the GOVT. of INDIA. It was set up in 1767 and has evolved rich traditions over the years.

PIB;

TH: Aadhaar must for web-access to Survey of India maps;