Daily Quiz: 25th May 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation.
2. NSIL’s main objective is to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), was officially inaugurated in Bengaluru.
- NSIL’s main objective is to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes.
- NSIL was incorporated on March 6 2019, for commercially utilising research and development activities carried out by ISRO in the area of space with an authorised share capital of Rs 100 crore and initial paid up capital of Rs 10 crore.
2. Gender parity Index is published by?
(a) UNESCO
(b) WEF
(c) UNDP
(d) ILO
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Gender Parity Index is a socioeconomic index usually designed to measure the relative access to education of males and females. This index is released by UNESCO. In its simplest form, it is calculated as the quotient of the number of females by the number of males enrolled in a given stage of education
3. Which of the following cities are part of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) ?
(a) Chennai
(b) Mysore
(c) Calcutta
(d) Srinagar
Ans:a
Justification:
- So far three Indian cities as bee added to UCCN, they are as follows,
- Varanasi for Music
- Jaipur for Crafts and Folk Art
- Chennai for Music
- To become part of the network of 180 cities, where development is believed to be intricately linked to their creative traditions.
- Proposal to add Srinagar as a city of Crafts and Folk Art under UCCN is on cards, it is to be noted that Jammu and Kashmir do not have any site or monument with the UNESCO inscription of a World Heritage Site.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. U20 seeks to develop a joint position and collective messages to inform and enrich the discussions of national leaders at the G20 Summit through unique urban perspectives.
2. Urban 20, or U20, aims to tackle global challenges by leveraging the potential of cities as hubs of diversity and innovation.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Urban 20 (U20) is an initiative developed in 2017 under the leadership of the Mayor of Buenos Aires and Mayor of Paris, and convened by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).
- U20 seeks to develop a joint position and collective messages to inform and enrich the discussions of national leaders at the G20 Summit through unique urban perspectives.
- Urban 20, or U20, aims to tackle global challenges by leveraging the potential of cities as hubs of diversity and innovation.
5. The Bengali News paper was founded by?
(a) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Bengalee was founded in 1862 by Girish Chandra Ghosh as an English language newspaper based in Kolkata. The newspaper had a nationalist editorial stand. Surendranath Banerjea served as its editor. It was the highest circulated weekly newspaper in the late 19th and early 20th century. Following the Surat Split in the Indian National Congress, the newspaper took a stand for the moderate fraction of the Congress.
