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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2019
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- India became the member of the United Nations after getting Independence from the British Raj.
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.
- United Nations Security Council is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
India was a founding member of the United Nations, joining in October 1945, two years before acquiring independence from the British Raj.
UNSC is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states.
In 1953, the chief delegate of India at the time, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.
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Solution: c)
India was a founding member of the United Nations, joining in October 1945, two years before acquiring independence from the British Raj.
UNSC is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states.
In 1953, the chief delegate of India at the time, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding National Supercomputing Mission.
- National Super Computing Mission is steered jointly by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST).
- The mission was set up to provide the country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups.
- Param Shivay, Param Shakti and Param Brahma are various super computers installed in different higher educational institute..
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: d)
The 2020-21 is an important year for India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The mission was set up to provide the country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups by creating the capability design, manufacturing, of supercomputers indigenously in India.
A first of its kind attempt to boost the country’s computing power, the National Super Computing Mission is steered jointly by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) and implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
The target of the mission was set to establish a network of supercomputers ranging from a few Tera Flops (TF) to Hundreds of Tera Flops (TF) and three systems with greater than or equal to 3 Peta Flops (PF) in academic and research institutions of National importance across the country by 2022.
With the revised plan in place, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, called Param Shivay, was installed in IIT (BHU) and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Similar systems Param Shakti and Param Brahma were installed at IIT-Kharagpur and IISER, Pune. They are equipped with applications from domains like Weather and Climate, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bioinformatics, and Material science.
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Solution: d)
The 2020-21 is an important year for India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The mission was set up to provide the country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups by creating the capability design, manufacturing, of supercomputers indigenously in India.
A first of its kind attempt to boost the country’s computing power, the National Super Computing Mission is steered jointly by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) and implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
The target of the mission was set to establish a network of supercomputers ranging from a few Tera Flops (TF) to Hundreds of Tera Flops (TF) and three systems with greater than or equal to 3 Peta Flops (PF) in academic and research institutions of National importance across the country by 2022.
With the revised plan in place, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, called Param Shivay, was installed in IIT (BHU) and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Similar systems Param Shakti and Param Brahma were installed at IIT-Kharagpur and IISER, Pune. They are equipped with applications from domains like Weather and Climate, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bioinformatics, and Material science.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsLithium Triangle is a region rich in lithium reserves around the borders of
- Peru
- Argentina
- Paraguay
- Bolivia
- Chile
Select the correct answer code:
Correct
Solution: c)
The Lithium Triangle is a region of the Andes rich in lithium reserves around the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas.
The area is thought to hold around 54% of the world’s lithium reserves.
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Solution: c)
The Lithium Triangle is a region of the Andes rich in lithium reserves around the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas.
The area is thought to hold around 54% of the world’s lithium reserves.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsLebanon is bordered by
- Syria
- Israel
- Turkey
Select the correct answer code:
Correct
Solution: a)
Lebanon is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Solution: a)
Lebanon is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Project Navlekha.
- The project is to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages.
- The project aims to bring 135,000 local language publishers onlineby making web hosting smooth and simple.
- It is the initiative of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages.
The project aims to bring 135,000 local language publishers online by making web hosting smooth and simple.
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Solution: a)
Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages.
The project aims to bring 135,000 local language publishers online by making web hosting smooth and simple.
