Daily Current Affair Quiz: 28th October 2020

1. Which of the following statements are true?

1. India Post is the trade name for the Department of Posts (DoP), a government-operated postal system in India under the Ministry of Communications.

2. It is the most widely distributed postal network in the world.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: c

Justification:

• India Post is the trade name for the Department of Posts (DoP), a government-operated postal system in India under the Ministry of Communications.

• With 1, 55,531 Post Offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.

• It also acts as an agent for the Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension payments.

2. Sangai is the state animal of?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Manipur

(d) Meghalaya

Ans: c

Justification:

• Sangai is the state animal of Manipur and has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN. The animal is a medium-sized deer, with uniquely distinctive antlers, measuring 100 -110 cm in length with extremely long brow tine, which form the main beam.

3. Which of the following is/are true?

1. A suture zone is a linear belt of intense deformation, where distinct terranes, or tectonic units with different plate tectonic, metamorphic, and paleogeographic histories join together.

2. In plate tectonics, sutures are seen as the remains of subduction zones together with the terranes possibly representing fragments of different tectonic plates.

(a) 1 only

(b)  2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) None of the above

Ans: c

Justification:

• These zones also provide the only record of deep oceanic crust and of ancient seafloor processes for roughly the first 90% of Earth’s history.

• Their study provides a means to understand the end-product of plate tectonic processes in time and space. In plate tectonics, sutures are seen as the remains of subduction zones together with the terranes possibly representing fragments of different tectonic plates.

• The suture zone is often represented on the surface by a mountain range comprising intensely deformed rocks.

4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?

1. A superconductor is a material that can conduct electricity or transport electrons from one atom to another with no resistance.

2. When a material makes the transition from the normal to the superconducting state, it actively excludes magnetic fields from its interior and this is called the Meissner effect.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: c

Justification:

• Meissner Effect

• When a material makes the transition from the normal to the superconducting state, it actively excludes magnetic fields from its interior and this is called the Meissner effect.

• This constraint to zero magnetic fields inside a superconductor is distinct from the perfect diamagnetism which would arise from its zero electrical resistance.

5. Which of the following Countries do not share land boundary with Chile?

(a) Brazil

(b) Argentina

(c) Bolivia

(d) Peru

Ans:  a

Justification:

• Land borders: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru