Daily Quiz: 19th June 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Inventory model of e-commerce means providing of an information technology platform by an e-commerce entity on a digital and electronic network to act as a facilitator between buyer and seller.
2. Market Place model of ecommerce means an ecommerce activity where inventory of goods and services is owned by e-commerce entity and is sold to the consumers directly.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:d
Justification:
- According to the FDI policy guideline, “Marketplace model of e-commerce means providing of an information technology platform by an e-commerce entity on a digital and electronic network to act as a facilitator between buyer and seller.”
- According to the FDI policy, “Inventory model of ecommerce means an ecommerce activity where inventory of goods and services is owned by e-commerce entity and is sold to the consumers directly.
2. World Population Prospects 2019 report is released by?
(a) UN
(b) IMF
(c) World Bank
(d) MIT
Ans:a
Justification:
- India is set to overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050, says a United Nations World Population Prospects 2019 report, adding that South Asia’s opportunity to reap the “demographic dividend” will peak by 2047.
3. Operation Sunrise is associated with?
(a) Kaladan Multi Model Project
(b) Chabahar project
(c) Triconmali port development prject
(d) Hambantota harbor project
Ans:a
Justification:
- The first phase of “Operation Sunrise” was conducted three months ago along the Indo-Myanmar border, during which, the Indian Army targeted members of the Arakan Army, an insurgent group in Myanmar, who were opposed to the Kaladan multi-modal transit transport project. The project is viewed as India’s gateway to Southeast Asia.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Eutrophication occurs when a body of water becomes nutrition deficient.
2. It is induced by deficient growth of algae which in turn affects nutrition for other species.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:d
Justification:
- Eutrophication hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients which induce excessive growth of algae.
- This process may result in oxygen depletion of the water body.
- One example is an “algal bloom” or great increase of phytoplankton in a water body as a response to increased levels of nutrients.
- Those mats of algae also block sunlight from reaching into the sea. But the big problem comes when all that algae dies.
- The process of decomposition sucks almost all of the dissolved oxygen out of the water near the bottom, leading to large-scale hypoxic zones(oxygen defieciency) where fish, shrimp, and other creatures cannot live. Those that can swim or skitter away do, and those that can’t suffocate.
5. Delhi declaration is associated with?
(a) Rhinos
(b) Gangetic dolphins
(c) Gangetic sharks
(d) Dugongs
Ans: a
Justification:
- India and four rhino range nations have signed a declaration ‘The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ for the conservation and protection of the species at the recently held Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting.
