Daily Quiz: 25th June 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega-regional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between 16 Asia-Pacific countries.
2. The RCEP will include all the nations with which the ASEAN has trade deals New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega-regional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between 16 Asia-Pacific countries.
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was established in order to broaden and deepen the engagement among parties and to enhance parties’ participation in economic development of the region.
- It was established by the leaders of 16 participating countries on November 12, 2012 at Phnom Penh summit.
- The RCEP will include all the nations with which the ASEAN has trade deals — New Zealand, Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.
2. Flood Hazard Atlas was released by?
(a) Kerala
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamilnadu
Ans:c
Justification:
- Odisha has come out with a unique flood hazard atlas on the basis of historic flood inundation captured through satellite imagery over the period from 2001 to 2018, which is expected to help the State manage floods more efficiently.
3. Bioremediation can be associated with?
(a) The increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
(b) The use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean a polluted site.
(c) The process of using microorganisms (microbes) to extract metals of economic interest from rock ores or mine waste.
(d) None of the above
Ans: b
Justification:
- Bioremediation is a process used to treat contaminated media, including water, soil and subsurface material, by altering environmental conditions to stimulate growth of microorganisms and degrade the target pollutants.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The Cenozoic Era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras.
2. The Cenozoic is also known as the Age of Mammals.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The Cenozoic Era is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and extending from 66 million years ago to the present day.
- The Cenozoic is also known as the Age of Mammals, because the extinction of many groups allowed mammals to greatly diversify so that large mammals dominated it. The continents also moved into their current positions during this era.
5. The press freedom index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by?
(a) Amnesty International
(b) Reporters without Boarders
(c) United Nations Human Rights Council
(d) Global Human Rights Watch
Ans: b
Justification:
- The press freedom index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organisation’s own assessment of the countries’ press freedom records in the previous year.
