Daily Current Affair Quiz: 25th September 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a regulatory tool that is aimed at reducing the pollution load in an area and at the same time minimising the cost of compliance for the industry.
2. ETS is a market in which the traded commodity is particulate matter emissions.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Launched in Surat by Gujarat Government, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a regulatory tool that is aimed at reducing the pollution load in an area and at the same time minimising the cost of compliance for the industry.
- ETS is a market in which the traded commodity is particulate matter emissions.
- It is also being described as the world’s first market for trading in particulate matter emissions.
2. It is a small arboreal mammal found in the forests of India, Nepal, Bhutan and the northern mountains of Myanmar and southern China. In India, it is found in Sikkim, western Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and parts of Meghalaya. It is also the state animal of Sikkim. Identify the animal?
(a) Flying Squirrel
(b) Red Panda
(c) Panda
(d) Orangutan
Ans: b
Justification:
- The red panda is a small arboreal mammal found in the forests of India, Nepal, Bhutan and the northern mountains of Myanmar and southern China. In India, it is found in Sikkim, western Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and parts of Meghalaya. It is also the state animal of Sikkim.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Black carbon is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass.
2. It has the potential for quickening the melting of glaciers.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Black carbon consists of pure carbon in several linked forms. It is formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass, and is emitted in both anthropogenic and naturally occurring soot.
- Black carbon (BC) is a pollutant known to aggravate breathing disorders. Because BC particles strongly absorb solar and terrestrial radiation and heats up the atmosphere it can upset the monsoon system. If deposited on snow, it could accelerate the heating of snow and quicken the melting of glaciers.
4. Namdapha Tiger Reserve is located at?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Mizoram
Ans: a
Justification:
- Microhyla eos is a newly discovered species of frog from Arunachal Pradesh.
- It was discovered from riparian habitats in a primary evergreen forest in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve of the state, which is also the eastern-most protected area in the country.
5. This philosophy is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hinduism. This school’s most significant contributions to Indian philosophy was systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology. It states Moksha is gained through right knowledge. Identify the philosophy?
(a) Yoga
(b) Sankhya
(c) Nyaya
(d) Mimamsa
Ans: c
Justification:
- Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta are also called the Astika (orthodox) philosophical traditions and are those that accept the Vedas as an authoritative, important source of knowledge.
- Nyāya , literally means “rules”, “method” or “judgment”. It is also the name of one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hinduism. This school’s most significant contributions to Indian philosophy was systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.
- Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyaya to concern itself with epistemology, that is the reliable means to gain correct knowledge and to remove wrong notions. False knowledge is not merely ignorance to Naiyyayikas, it includes delusion. Correct knowledge is discovering and overcoming one’s delusions, and understanding true nature of soul, self and reality.
