Daily Current Affair Quiz: 18th March 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language of the ancient Indian subcontinent with a 3,500-year history.
2. Sanskrit traces its linguistic ancestry to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, Proto-Indo-Iranian and the Proto-Indo-European languages.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language of the ancient Indian subcontinent with a 3,500-year history.
- It is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and the predominant language of most works of Hindu philosophy as well as some of the principal texts of Buddhism and Jainism.
- Sanskrit, in its variants and numerous dialects, was the lingua franca of ancient and medieval India.
- In the early 1st millennium CE, along with Buddhism and Hinduism, Sanskrit migrated to Southeast Asia, parts of East Asia and Central Asia, emerging as a language of high culture and of local ruling elites in these regions.
- Sanskrit traces its linguistic ancestry to the Proto-Indo-Aryan language, Proto-Indo-Iranian and the Proto-Indo-European languages.
2. The Gender Parity Index (GPI) is released by
(a) UNDP
(b) UNESCO
(c) UNICIB
(d) UNIDO
Ans: b
Justification:
- The Gender Parity Index (GPI) is a socioeconomic index usually designed to measure the relative access to education of males and females, released by UNESCO.
- It is calculated as the quotient of the number of females by the number of males enrolled in a given stage of education (primary, secondary, etc.).
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Ministry New and Renewable Energy has launched the Mission Solar Charkha
2. The scheme envisages to generate direct employment to nearly one lakh persons.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: b
Justification:
- The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched the Mission Solar Charkha in 2018-19 for implementation of 50 Solar Charkha Clusters across the country.
- As of now 10 projects have been approved under Mission Solar Charkha.
- One Solar Charkha cluster has been identified in Andhra Pradesh.
- The scheme envisages to generate direct employment to nearly one lakh persons.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true.
1. The SI unit for measuring the amount of radioactivity is the Becquerel.
2. One becquerel (1Bq) is equal to 1 disintegration per second.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The SI unit for measuring the amount of radioactivity is the becquerel (symbol Bq).
- One becquerel (1Bq) is equal to 1 disintegration per second.
- An older unit of radioactivity is the curie. The curie was originally defined as equivalent to the number of disintegrations that one gram of radium-226 will undergo in one second.
- Currently, a curie is defined using becquerels as 1Ci = 3.7 x 1010 disintegrations per second.
5. Which of the following is not a UN Specialized agency
(a) IMF
(b) UNAIDS
(c) UNESCO
(d) IBRD
Ans: b
Justification:
- UN specialized agencies are international organizations that coordinate their work with the United Nations through negotiated agreements.
- There are currently 17 specialized agencies:
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Bank Group:
- IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- IDA: International Development Association
- IFC: International Finance Corporation
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
