DAY – 39 ( INSTA REVISION TEST – 39)INSTA REVISION PLAN 2.0, 2021

Solution: D

NH carries 40% of traffic and NHDP is implemented by National Highway Authority of India.

Solution: A

The harnessing of solar energy has made Diu the country’s first energy surplus Union territory and a model for an effective way for people to harness this renewable energy source.

Solution: B

1 GB of storage space is offered to users to store identification card issued by government agencies, education certificates, PAN cards, driving license, vehicle ownership documents and some other documents.

Solution: C

The eight nuclear weapon states i.e US, Russia, Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan and North Korea along with Israel had not participated in the negotiations.

Solution: B

RPO is Renewable Purchase Obligation. This is a mechanism by which the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions are obliged to purchase a certain percentage of power from renewable energy sources.

Solution: B

Asian Elephant and Indian Bustard are included in Schedule 1 of WPA, 1972. Thus cannot be declared as Vermin.

Solution: A

Solution: C

Panama canal connects the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It has been constructed across the Panama Isthmus between Panama City and Colon.

Suez canal had been constructed in 1869 in Egypt between Port Said in the north and Port Suez in the south linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

Solution: C

Progeria, or Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), is a rare, fatal, genetic condition of childhood with striking features resembling premature aging. Children with progeria usually have a normal appearance in early infancy. At approximately nine to 24 months of age, affected children begin to experience profound growth delays, resulting in short stature and low weight..

Progeria is caused by a mutation of the gene LMNA, or lamin A. The lamin A protein, is the scaffolding that holds the nucleus of a cell together. Researchers now believe that the defective lamin A protein, makes the nucleus unstable. That cellular instability appears to lead to the process of premature aging in progeria. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/hutchinson-gilford-progeria/

Solution: B

A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or other marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture activity, industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than securities) or providing any services and sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.

NBFCs lend and make investments and hence their activities are akin to that of banks; however there are a few differences as given below:

• NBFC cannot accept demand deposits;
• NBFCs do not form part of the payment and settlement system and cannot issue cheques drawn on itself;
• deposit insurance facility of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation is not available to depositors of NBFCs, unlike in case of banks

Solution: A

The Global EV Outlook is an annual publication that identifies and discusses recent developments in electric mobility across the globe. It is developed with the support of the members of the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI).

The Global EV Outlook 2021 – the flagship annual publication of the Electric Vehicles Initiative – analyses the worldwide status of electric mobility. It considers the factors that have influenced recent developments, technological prospects and the outlook for EV deployment in the period to 2030.

The Electric Vehicles Initiative is a programme under International Energy Agency.

https://www.iea.org/programmes/electric-vehicles-initiative

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2021

Solution: D

World Economic Forum (WEF) is a not-for-profit foundation established in 1971 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

It publishes Global Gender Gap Report and Global Competitiveness Report.

Other major Reports and Indices by WEF are

• Global Human Capital Report
• Inclusive Development Index
• Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
• Global Energy architecture performance index report.

Solution: D

My Son Sanctuary Complex:

Between the 4th and 13th centuries a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence.

The ancient temples are being restored with support from the Archaeological Survey of India, and the President was briefed on the restoration project.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/949

Solution: D

West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause neurological disease and death in people. WNV is commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia. WNV is maintained in nature in a cycle involving transmission between birds and mosquitoes. Humans, horses and other mammals can be infected.

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae.

Birds are the natural hosts of West Nile virus.

Culex mosquitos, which spread the infection. This viral infection is most often the result of mosquito bites. Mosquitoes are infected when they feed on birds, which circulate the virus.

It may also be transmitted through contact with other infected animals, their blood, or other tissues. Symptoms of the virus infection include cold, fever, fatigue and nausea.

West Nile virus is a disease which spreads from birds to humans through the bite of an infected culex mosquito. It was first documented WNV case in Kerala.

This microbe is serologically similar to the Japanese Encephalitis virus, which means a goto test, ELISA, often fails to differentiate JE antibodies from WNV antibodies.

Facts about West Nile Virus:

• West Nile virus can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.
• However, approximately 80% of people who are infected will not show any symptoms.
• West Nile virus is mainly transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
• The virus can cause severe disease and death in horses.
• Vaccines are available for use in horses but not yet available for people.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/west-nile-virus

Solution: D

The Narmada and the Tapi are the only long rivers, which flow west and make estuaries. They do not form deltas.

Most of the major rivers of the Peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards and drain into the Bay of Bengal. These rivers make deltas at their mouths.