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December 02, 2020 - Daily Quiz
1. Consider the following statements regarding China’s Chang’e-5 Mission:
- It is an unmanned spacecraft sent to moon to bring back rocks and other debris to be brought back to Earth.
- Till now only United States was able to retrieve lunar samples.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. What factor responsible for directing the Indian peninsular river the Narmada and Tapti rivers to flow westwards?
(a) Old river courses
(b) Valleys carved by erosion
(c) Faults Boundness
(d) Rift Valley
3. A contractor undertook a project to complete it in 20 days which needed 5 workers to work continuously for all the days estimated. But before the start of the work the client wanted to complete it earlier than the scheduled time, so the contractor calculated that he needed to increase 5 additional men every 2 days to complete the work in the time the client wanted it:
If the work was further increased by 50% but the contractor continues to increase the 5 workers on every 2 days then how many more days are required over the initial time specified by the client.
(a) 2 days
(b) 1 day
(c) None of these
(d) 5 days
4. Consider the following statement(s) related to alluvial soils.
- The soil covers 40 percent part of total geographical area of India.
- They are formed due to depositional work done by rivers in plains .valleys, flood plain and deltas
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct Code:
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
5. Square Kilometre Array Observatory SKAO is:
(a) a newly inaugurated astronomy unit of ISRO
(b) NASA’s astronomical branch for the study of distance for stars
(c) a new intergovernmental organization dedicated to radio astronomy.
(d) ISRO & NASA’s joint operation on Moon scaling
ANSWERS
1. (a) If the mission is completed as planned, it would make China only the third country to have retrieved lunar samples, joining the United States and the Soviet Union.
2. (c)
3. (a)
4. (c)
5. (c) SKAO is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy and is headquartered in the UK. At the moment, organisations from ten countries are a part of the SKAO. These include Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK.
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