[Mission 2024] Current Affairs Quiz , 27 November 2023

Solution: c)

The electron is a subatomic particle with a negative elementary electric charge. Electrons rapid movement made them challenging to study directly. Scientists had to rely on averaging their properties.

Electrons move so quickly that capturing them requires extremely short pulses of light such as attosecond.

Electron dynamics occur on the attosecond timescale, which is a billionth of a billionth of a second (1×10⁻¹⁸ of a second), much faster than femtoseconds (a millionth of a billionth of a second) associated with atomic movements.

Solution: c)

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted a successful operation called “Kachchhap,”.

This operation resulted in the recovery of the 955 live baby turtles, including species like the Indian Tent Turtle, Indian Flapshell Turtle, Crown River Turtle, Black Spotted/Pond Turtle, and Brown Roofed Turtle.

This operation is part of the DRI’s ongoing efforts to protect the environment and combat illegal wildlife trafficking.

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Solution: b)

Statement 2 is incorrect.

In a general sense, a bailout means extending support to an entity facing a threat of bankruptcy. Countries seek IMF bailouts when they are facing macroeconomic risks, currency crises and need assistance to meet external debt obligations, to buy essential imports and push the exchange value of their currencies.

How is an IMF bailout provided?

It can be executed in the form of loans, cash, bonds, or stock purchases.

The lending is done through programs designed according to purpose. According to the IMF, these include standby arrangement, standby credit facility, extended fund facility, extended credit facility, rapid financing instrument, rapid credit facility, flexible credit line, short term liquidity line, precaution and liquidity line, resilience and sustainability facility, staff monitored program, policy support instrument and policy coordination instrument.

What are the conditions applicable to an IMF bailout?

Among the conditions laid down for a country seeking financial assistance from the IMF could be certain structural reforms, such as fiscal transparency, tax reforms and reforms in state-owned enterprises. Critics say these reforms can be tough on the public and may be driven by a geopolitical influence, since they are often decided by officials of various countries.

Solution: c)

Statement 2 is incorrect.

About Maldives:

It is a South Asian archipelagic country situated in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Sri Lanka and India. It consists of 26 atolls that stretch across the equator. It is the smallest country in Asia, both in terms of land area and population, with around 521,021 people. It is also the world’s lowest-lying country. It gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 and established a presidential republic in 1968.

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Solution: c)

Quantum dots are tiny particles, just a few nanometers in size, with unique optical properties due to their small size. While their atomic structure is the same as bulk materials, quantum dots’ properties can be altered by adjusting their size.

At the nanoscale, these particles exhibit size-dependent characteristics influenced by quantum forces, which differ from macroscopic physics governed by gravity.