Daily Current Affair Quiz: 26th September 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR is conducted between the navies of India, Japan, and the USA.
2. Yudha Abhyas is a Joint Military Exercises conducted between India and USA.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime Exercise MALABAR is scheduled between the navies of India, Japan, and the USA.
- India and Japan defence forces organize a series of bilateral exercises namely, JIMEX, SHINYUU Maitri, and Dharma Guardian.
- Whereas India and USA conduct Joint Military Exercises namely, Yudha Abhyas.
2. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are associated with?
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) WTO
(d) UNCTAD
Ans: a
Justification:
- Special drawing rights are supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund. SDRs are units of account for the IMF, and not a currency per se. They instead represent a claim to currency held by IMF member countries for which they may be exchanged.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Quantum supremacy refers to a problem-solving process by the quantum computer that cannot be solved by a classical computer in its normal lifetime.
2. Quantum computation uses quantum bits (qubits).
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The phrase ‘quantum supremacy’ was coined in the year 2011 by John Preskill, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology.
- Quantum supremacy refers to a problem-solving process by the quantum computer that cannot be solved by a classical computer in its normal lifetime.
- The concept is related to the speed at which a quantum computer performs.
- Quantum computers are different from binary digital electronic computers that are based on transistors (a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power).
- The common digital computing requires the data to be encoded into binary digits (bits), each of which is always in one of two definite states (0 or 1).
- Quantum computation uses quantum bits (qubits).
4. Which one of the following processes is related to the formation or modification of the present atmosphere?
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Eruption of volcanoes
(c) Solar Winds
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
Justification:
- The present composition of earth’s atmosphere is chiefly contributed by nitrogen and oxygen. The first stage is marked by the loss of primordial atmosphere. In the second stage, the hot interior of the earth contributed to the evolution of the atmosphere. Finally, the composition of the atmosphere was modified by the living world through the process of photosynthesis.
- The early atmosphere, with hydrogen and helium, is supposed to have been stripped off as a result of the solar winds. During the cooling of the earth, gases and water vapour were released from the interior solid earth. The process through which the gases were outpoured from the interior is called degassing. Continuous volcanic eruptions contributed water vapour and gases to the atmosphere.
5. Which of the following rivers flows between the mountain ranges of Vindhyas and Satpura?
(a) Kosi
(b) Son
(c) Narmada
(d) Luni
Ans: c
Justification:
- Peninsular India can be studied under two distinct sections. The mountain ranges of the Vindhyas and Satpura run parallel to each other from east to west. In between these two, flows the river Narmada going towards the Arabian Sea.
