Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 28th June 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) is an overarching body that identifies challenges in certain areas of science and technology.
2. It then creates a road map to deal with these challenges and presents the recommendations to the Prime Minister.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The PM-STIAC is an overarching body that identifies challenges in certain areas of science and technology. It then creates a road map to deal with these challenges and presents the recommendations to the Prime Minister.
- Besides natural language translation, other missions identified by the body includes Quantum Frontier, Artificial Intelligence, National Bio-diversity mission, electric vehicles, BioScience for Human Health and deep ocean exploration.
2. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Myanmar
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Srilanka
Ans: b
Justification:
List of SAARC member countries (8)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) BepiColombo is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
(b) The BepiColombo mission comprises two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO).
(c) ESA’s Mariner 10 and ISRO’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which performed three flybys (two in 2008 and one in 2009) are only two spacecraft that have visited the Mercury.
(d) All of the above
Ans: b
Justification:
- BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.
- The mission comprises two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). The MPO will study the surface and internal composition of the planet, and the MMO will study Mercury’s magnetosphere, that is, the region of space around the planet that is influenced by its magnetic field.
- Mercury is a poorly explored planet. So far, only two spacecraft have visited the planet: NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times in 1974–5 and returned the first close-up images of the planet, and NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which performed three flybys (two in 2008 and one in 2009) before entering orbit around the planet in March 2011.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is a measurement of a bank’s available capital expressed as a percentage of a bank’s risk-weighted credit exposures.
2. It is used to protect depositors and promote the stability and efficiency of financial systems around the world.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is a measurement of a bank’s available capital expressed as a percentage of a bank’s risk-weighted credit exposures.
- The capital adequacy ratio, also known as capital-to-risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR), is used to protect depositors and promote the stability and efficiency of financial systems around the world.
5. Which of the following is a Indo-French Joint Naval Exercise?
(a) Varuna
(b) Indra
(c) Nomadic elephant
(d) Yudh Abyas
Ans: a
Justification:
- Varuna is a Indo-French Joint Naval Exercise.
- It is held either in the Indian Ocean or Mediterranean sea with the aim of improving Indo-French coordination.
