Daily Quiz – 29th March 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
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The Earth’s magnetic field serves to deflect most of the solar wind.
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Solar wind can strip away the ozone layer.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Which of the following ministry has launched National Mission on Manuscripts?
(a) Ministry of labour and employment
(b) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d) Ministry of Culture
3. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(a) Chaitya – Prayer hall
(b) Stupa – Funerary mound
(c) Vihara – Monastery
(d) All of the above
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The Outer Space Treaty bars states party to the treaty from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit of Earth, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise stationing them in outer space.
2. Treaty does not prohibit the placement of conventional weapons in orbit.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. In which of the following rivers, one can spot hump-backed mahseer?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Son
(c) Sutlej
(d) Yamuna
ANSWERS
1. Ans:c
Justification:
- The Earth’s magnetic field serves to deflect most of the solar wind, whose charged particles would otherwise strip away the ozone layer that protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. The field also magnetizes the crust, and magnetic anomalies can be used to search for deposits of metal ores.
2. Ans:d
Justification:
- It was established in 2003 as a unique project for identifying documenting, conserving and making accessible the manuscript heritage of India.
- It aims to establish a digital National Manuscripts Library at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)
- It promotes ready access to these manuscripts through publication, both in book form as well as electronic form.
3. Ans:d
Justification:
- Magnificent prayer halls of Budhist times are known as Chaitya
- The Buddhist Stupa is another form of architecture, comprising a hemispherical dome, a solid structure into which one cannot enter. The stupa is a glorified, beautified, enlarged funerary mound: what was once the resting place of the bones and ashes of a holy man.
- Vihara generally refers to a monastery for Buddhist renunciates. The concept is ancient and in early Sanskrit and Pali texts, it meant any arrangement of space or facilities for pleasure and entertainment
4. Ans:c
Justification:
- Outer Space Treaty is a legal entity and came in 1966 as a legal document towards the General Assembly.
- The Outer Space Treaty bars states party to the treaty from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit of Earth, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise stationing them in outer space.
- However, the Treaty does not prohibit the placement of conventional weapons in orbit.
- India is party to Outer Space Treaty.
5. Ans: a
Justification:
- The hump-backed mahseer—a large freshwater fish also called the tiger of the water and found only in the Cauvery river basin (including Kerala’s Pambar, Kabini and Bhavani rivers)—is now “Critically Endangered”.
