Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 24th July 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Sovereign bond is a specific debt instrument issued by the government.
2. It is issued to finance the fiscal deficit and manage the temporary cash mismatches of the government.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Sovereign bond is a specific debt instrument issued by the government.
- It is issued to finance the fiscal deficit and manage the temporary cash mismatches of the government.
- When it is denominated in a foreign currency, it is called as Foreign sovereign bond.
- The yield of the bonds are dependent on primarily 3 factors,
- Creditworthiness – The issuing countries’ perceived ability to repay their debts.
- Country Risk – External/Internal factors like unrest and wars in the country.
- Exchange Rates
- These bonds offers fixed return, maximum safety and are also actively traded in the secondary market.
2. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Kala-azar is endemic to the Indian subcontinent
2. This disease is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality.Caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus,
- Kala-azar is endemic to the Indian subcontinent in 119 districts in four countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal).
- This disease is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world.
3. Parker Solar Probe is launched by
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c) JAXA
(d) ESA
Ans: a
Justification:
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the mankind’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun.
- Parker Solar probe will perform the closest-ever observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona.
- Corona is a region of the Sun only seen from Earth when the Moon blocks out the Sun’s bright face during total solar eclipses.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
2. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- The PSLV has four stages using solid and liquid propulsion systems alternately. The first stage is one of the largest solid rocket boosters in the world.
5. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by?
(a) Plasmodium
(b) Fluke
(c) Amoeba
(d) Sarcodina
Answer: a
Justification:
- Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites.
- It is transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
