QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,02 July 2018

Solution: c.

Prosopis Juliflora is a thorny, invasive tree known as Seemai Karuvelam in Tamil. Both statements are correct.

Improvisation: TH; Q56, Set D, CS(P) 2018;

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Solution: d.

Having become a global trading hub in the late 19th century, Mumbai embarked on an ambitious urban planning project, constructing beautiful buildings for residential and commercial use.

The Victorian buildings are more classical constructions with balconies and verandas, while the Art Deco buildings are cinemas, flats and hospitals in an array of colours.

“These two ensembles bear testimony to the phases of modernization that Mumbai has undergone in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries,” Unesco says.

BBC;

UNESCO;

Solution: a.

A science fiction-inspired robot hardwired to assist astronauts, launched from Florida early on Friday to become the first personal, artificial intelligence-powered companion in space.

The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, or CIMON, is an English-speaking droid, roughly the size of a basketball, that will help German astronaut Alexander Gerst conduct experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). “What were trying to do with CIMON is to increase the efficiency of the astronaut,” said Matthias Biniok, an engineer for chip maker IBM and one of the lead architects behind CIMON’s artificial intelligence.

CIMON will verbally communicate step-by-step instructions to Mr. Gerst during three planned science experiments on the space station’s European module. Currently, astronauts read these instructions from a laptop, which Mr. Biniok says is an arduous process that a responsive, hands-free companion like CIMON can replace.

TH;

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Solution: a.

The monsoon has covered the entire country, reaching Sriganganagar in western Rajasthan on 29^th July — its last outpost — a fortnight ahead of schedule, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The normal date for monsoon onset in Sriganganagar is July 15.

However, the IMD said the monsoon’s journey across the country before time was not unusual. In 2015, the full coverage was reported by June 26 and in 2013, it was even earlier by June 16.

There’s no linkage relationship between the speed with which the monsoon spreads out across the country and the overall quantum of rainfall.

TH;

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Solution: c.

Thoothukudi – Tamil Nadu;

Cox’s Bazaar – Bangladesh;

Sri Ganganagar – Rajasthan;

TH1; TH2; TH3;

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