Daily Current Affair Quiz: 3rd June 2020

1. Which of the following statements are true?

1. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation & Research Portal.

2. It has provision for uploading Ideas, Innovations & Researches in the sector by users.

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: c

Justification:

• Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation & Research Portal on MSMEs.

• Portal gives access to all Schemes of Union, State/ union territories for MSMEs.

• It has provision for uploading Ideas, Innovations & Researches in the sector by users.

2. Nanda Devi National Park is located at?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) West Begal

Ans: a

Justification:

• It is situated around the peak of Nanda Devi, (7,816 m) in Uttarakhand.

• Along with the adjoining Valley of Flowers National Park to the northwest, it was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.

• Nanda Devi National Park together with Valley of Flowers National Park is encompassed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. This Reserve is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves since 2004

• Park is drained by river Rishi Ganga.

3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced SunRISE Mission.

2. The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) will explore how Sun generates and releases the giant weather storms, known as the solar particle storms, into space.

(a) 1 only

(b)  2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: c

Justification:

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced SunRISE Mission. The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) will explore how Sun generates and releases the giant weather storms, known as the solar particle storms, into space.

• Solar storms are a variety of eruptions of mass and energy from the solar surface such as flares, coronal mass ejections etc.

• They all involve sudden releases of stored magnetic energy, which accelerates the hot gases near the surface or in the corona of the Sun.

4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?

1. The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit.

2. The ISS programme is a multi-national collaborative project between five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).

 (a) 1 only

 (b) 2 only

 (c) Both 1 and 2

 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: c

Justification:

• Centre renamed Chenani Nashri Tunnel on NH 44 in J&K as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel, Named after Syama Prasad Mukherjee who in 1951 founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, predecessor to BJP. It is the longest tunnel in India, connecting Udhampur to Ramban in Jammu.

5. Which of the following is/are matched correctly?

1. Maand – Rajasthan

2. Sohar – Bihar

3. Wanawan – Jammu and Kashmir

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c)  2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: d

Justification:

• Folk Musics

• Wanawan: Jammu and Kashmir : It is specially sung during wedding ceremonies and is considered very auspicious.

• Panihari : Rajasthan: Developed by woman of Rajasthan. Most songs often had water and rains as their theme

• Maand: Rajasthan : It is the Rajasthan’s most sophisticated style of folk music and is most exclusive contribution to the classical music of India. Maand is neither accepted as a full-fledged Raga nor is it reckoned among the freely rendered folk songs. It is quiet similar to the Thumri or the Ghazal.

• Sohar:  Bihar: Sung during childbirth