Daily Current Affair Quiz: 2nd July 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) is an Indian company responsible for maintaining the country’s strategic petroleum reserves.
2. ISPRL maintains an emergency fuel store of strategic crude oil enough to provide 10 days of consumption Strategic crude oil storages are at three underground locations in Mangalore, Visakhapatnam and Padur (Udupi, Karnataka).
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) is an Indian company responsible for maintaining the country’s strategic petroleum reserves.
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ISPRL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB), which functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
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ISPRL maintains an emergency fuel store of strategic crude oil enough to provide 10 days of consumption Strategic crude oil storages are at three underground locations in Mangalore, Visakhapatnam and Padur (Udupi, Karnataka).
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All these are located on the east and west coasts of India which are readily accessible to the refineries.
2. Globba andersonii is a
(a) Animal
(b) Plant
(c) Fungi
(d) Bacteria
Ans: b
Justification:
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A team of researchers from Pune and Kerala have “rediscovered” a rare and critically endangered plant species called Globba andersonii.
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It is rediscovered from the Sikkim Himalayas near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years.
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The plant, known commonly as ‘dancing ladies’ or ‘swan flowers’ was thought to have been extinct until its “re-collection”, for the first time since 1875.
3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Genome sequencing is ostensibly the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism’s genome at a single time.
2. This entails sequencing all of an organism’s chromosomal DNA as well as DNA contained in the mitochondria and, for plants, in the chloroplast.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Genome sequencing is ostensibly the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism’s genome at a single time.
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This entails sequencing all of an organism’s chromosomal DNA as well as DNA contained in the mitochondria and, for plants, in the chloroplast.
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Whole genome sequencing should not be confused with DNA profiling, which only determines the likelihood that genetic material came from a particular individual or group, and does not contain additional information on genetic relationships, origin or susceptibility to specific diseases.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Magnetosphere is the region around a planet dominated by the planet’s magnetic field.
2. Other planets in our solar system have magnetospheres, but Earth has the strongest one of all the rocky planets.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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It is the region around a planet dominated by the planet’s magnetic field.
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Other planets in our solar system have magnetospheres, but Earth has the strongest one of all the rocky planets.
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The magnetosphere shields earth from solar and cosmic particle radiation, as well as erosion of the atmosphere by the solar wind – the constant flow of charged particles streaming off the sun.
5. Konark sun temple is located at?
(a) Odisha
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: a
Justification:
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Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from Puri on the coastline of Odisha, India.
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The temple is attributed to king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty about 1250 CE.
