Daily Current Affair Quiz: 16th October 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. STARS project would be implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
2. It is a project to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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STARS stands for Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS).
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STARS project would be implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
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It is a project to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
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Six states are- Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
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Some 250 million students (between the age of 6 and 17) in 1.5 million schools, and over 10 million teachers will benefit from the program.
2. Thalassemia disease Affects
(a) Platelets
(b) White blood cells
(c) Hemoglobin
(d) Plasma
Ans: c
Justification:
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Thalassemia is a chronic blood disorder. It is a genetic disorder due to which a patient cannot make enough hemoglobin found in Red Blood Cells (RBC’s). This leads to anemia and patients also require blood transfusions every two to three weeks to survive.
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India is the thalassaemia capital of the world with 40 million carriers and over 1,00,000 thalassaemia majors under blood transfusion every month.
3. Which of the following is/are true?
1. Holography is a process that creates three-dimensional images called holograms.
2. This is done using laser beams, the properties of interference and diffraction, light intensity recording, and illumination of the recording.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) None of the above
Ans: a
Justification:
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This is done using laser beams, the properties of interference and diffraction, light intensity recording, and illumination of the recording.
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The Hungarian-British physicist Dennis Gabor was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 “for his invention and development of the holographic method”.
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Uniqueness of holographic images:
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The images created so change according to the relative position of the individual viewer as if the objects displayed are actually present.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Biofortification is the process of increasing nutritional value of food crops by increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through either conventional plant breeding; agronomic practices or biotechnology.
2. Food fortification increases the nutritional value of foods by adding trace amounts of micronutrients to foods during processing.
(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 process of increasing nutritional value of food crops by increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through either conventional plant breeding; agronomic practices or biotechnology.
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Examples of these vitamins and minerals that can be increased through biofortification include provitamin A Carotenoids, zinc and iron.
5. New Shephard rocket system s developed by
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c) ESA
(d) None of the above
Ans: d
Justification:
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It is a rocket system meant to take tourists to space successfully.
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It has completed its seventh test launch recently.
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The system is built by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company called Blue Origin.
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New Shephard has been named after astronaut Alan Shephard, the first American to go to space.
