Daily Current Affair Quiz: 4th August 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Star Rating Program for Industries is a first-of-its-kind transparency initiative to categorise industries from one to five stars compliant to pollution standards.
2. A five-star rating will be given to companies that have 50% of maximum allowed particulate matter (PM) emissions.
(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 a first-of-its-kind transparency initiative to categorise industries from one to five stars compliant to pollution standards. • A five-star rating will be given to companies that have 50% of maximum allowed particulate matter (PM) emissions. A one-star rating will be for companies whose emissions are 25% more than prescribed limit. • Jharkhand will start “Star Rating Program” to reduce industrial pollution
2. Pin Valley National Park is located at
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Assam
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: a
Justification:
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A recent study by Zoological Survey of India has proved that Himalayan Ibex, distributed in the trans-Himalayan ranges of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, is distinct species from Siberian Ibex.
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Himalayan Ibex can be best seen in Pin Valley National Park (Himachal Pradesh) and Kanji Wild Life Sanctuary (Jammu and Kashmir).
3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Gray seals are mammals found in coastal waters throughout the North Atlantic Ocean.
2. IUCN status is Least Concern.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Hundreds of grey seal pups have died on the shores of the Baltic Sea in Estonia and Latvia as the Nordic coastline faced the first winter without ice in decades.
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Grey seals need ice – which helps them keep a distance from predators like wolves or foxes – in order to breed pups during the winter. Gray seals are mammals found in coastal waters throughout the North Atlantic Ocean.
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IUCN status: Least Concern
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. NIF India is autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology
2. NIF is national initiative to strengthen grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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National Innovation Foundation (NIF)- India : NIF India is autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, set up in 2000. NIF is national initiative to strengthen grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge
5. 75% of gharial Population is found at
(a) National Chambal Sanctuary
(b) Vikramshila Sanctuary
(c) DibruSaikhowa National Park & Biosphere Reserve
(d) Jim Corbett National Park
Ans: a
Justification:
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National Chambal Sanctuary, also known as National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary, was declared a national sanctuary in 1979 and sits across three states: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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It was formed to protect the Chambal river ecosystem. It is home to naturally living population of 75% of gharial. The sanctuary also harbours national aquatic animal -the freshwater Gangetic dolphins, 9 species of freshwater turtles and more the 290 species of migratory birds
