QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,12 February 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.
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2019
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about H5N1 Virus.
- H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds.
- In human cases, the infection is easily transmitted from person to person.
- The virus is not sensitive to heat.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Solution: b)
H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza (or “bird flu”). Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza occur occasionally, but it is difficult to transmit the infection from person to person. When people do become infected, the mortality rate is about 60%.
Almost all cases of H5N1 infection in people have been associated with close contact with infected live or dead birds, or H5N1-contaminated environments. The virus does not infect humans easily, and spread from person to person appears to be unusual. There is no evidence that the disease can be spread to people through properly prepared and thoroughly cooked food.
It is safe to eat properly prepared and cooked poultry and game birds. The virus is sensitive to heat.
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Solution: b)
H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza (or “bird flu”). Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza occur occasionally, but it is difficult to transmit the infection from person to person. When people do become infected, the mortality rate is about 60%.
Almost all cases of H5N1 infection in people have been associated with close contact with infected live or dead birds, or H5N1-contaminated environments. The virus does not infect humans easily, and spread from person to person appears to be unusual. There is no evidence that the disease can be spread to people through properly prepared and thoroughly cooked food.
It is safe to eat properly prepared and cooked poultry and game birds. The virus is sensitive to heat.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsIn India the strategic crude oil storages are currently located in
- Mangalore
- Chennai
- Padur
- Chandikhole
Select the correct code:
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Solution: c)
India’s strategic crude oil storages are currently located at Visakhapatnam (1.33mt), Mangaluru (1.5 mt) and Padur (2.5mt).
In the 2017-18 budget, it was announced that two more such caverns will be set up Chandikhole in Jajpur district of Odisha and Bikaner in Rajasthan.
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Solution: c)
India’s strategic crude oil storages are currently located at Visakhapatnam (1.33mt), Mangaluru (1.5 mt) and Padur (2.5mt).
In the 2017-18 budget, it was announced that two more such caverns will be set up Chandikhole in Jajpur district of Odisha and Bikaner in Rajasthan.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Scheme of Mega Food Park.
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country.
- More than half of the states have got Mega Food Parks.
- India’s first mega food park ‘Srini Mega Food Park’, was opened in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh in 2012.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country. So far there are Twelve Mega Food Parks.
India’s first mega food park ‘Srini Mega Food Park’, sprawling 147-acre space, was opened in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh in 2012.
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Solution: b)
To give a major boost to the food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage at each stage of the supply chain with particular focus on perishables, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country. So far there are Twelve Mega Food Parks.
India’s first mega food park ‘Srini Mega Food Park’, sprawling 147-acre space, was opened in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh in 2012.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) sometimes seen in news is associated with.
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Solution: b)
Scientists have found that spraying sun-dimming chemicals high above the earth to slow global warming could be remarkably inexpensive costing about $2.25 billion a year over a 15-year period.
This geo-engineering technique known as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) could limit rising temperatures that are causing climate change.
Under SAI delivery of precursor sulfide gases such as sulfuric acid, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) or sulfur dioxide (SO2) are sprayed by artillery, aircraft and balloons.
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Solution: b)
Scientists have found that spraying sun-dimming chemicals high above the earth to slow global warming could be remarkably inexpensive costing about $2.25 billion a year over a 15-year period.
This geo-engineering technique known as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) could limit rising temperatures that are causing climate change.
Under SAI delivery of precursor sulfide gases such as sulfuric acid, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) or sulfur dioxide (SO2) are sprayed by artillery, aircraft and balloons.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme.
- A ‘Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme’ was organized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Cochlear Implant is a modern technology to help young children who have severe to profound deafness in both ears.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
A ‘Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme’ was organized by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Cochlear Implant is a modern technology to help young children who have severe to profound deafness in both ears. Because of hearing impairment they are not able to speak. Cochlear Implant provides such children to hear normally in one ear and with post-surgical rehabilitation they are able to speak also. Cochlear Implants are costly and were not affordable by all. The DEPwD, Ministry of SJ&E is providing benefit of modern technology to poor persons also. It is in this direction, the Ministry has introduced Cochlear Implant programme under revised Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) for the poor and needy young children.
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Solution: b)
A ‘Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme’ was organized by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Cochlear Implant is a modern technology to help young children who have severe to profound deafness in both ears. Because of hearing impairment they are not able to speak. Cochlear Implant provides such children to hear normally in one ear and with post-surgical rehabilitation they are able to speak also. Cochlear Implants are costly and were not affordable by all. The DEPwD, Ministry of SJ&E is providing benefit of modern technology to poor persons also. It is in this direction, the Ministry has introduced Cochlear Implant programme under revised Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) for the poor and needy young children.