September 02, 2020 - Daily Quiz
1. Consider the following statements:The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO
- Is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission
- Made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA
- Made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Recently govt withheld its an earlier proposal to translocate some of the lions from their natural habitat in Gujarat to which one of the following sites?
(a) Corbett National Park
(b) KunoPalpur Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Sariska National Park
3. Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India?
- Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did.
- Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.
- Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our school, public places and major tourist
Select the correct answer using the code given below
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4. Microbial fuel cells are considered a source of sustainable energy. Why?
- They use living organisms as catalysts to generate electricity from certain substrates.
- They use a variety of inorganic materials as substrates.
- They can be installed in waste water treatment plants to cleanse water and produce electricity.
Which of the Statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
5. A person stood alone in a desert on a dark night and wanted to reach his village which was situated 5 km east of the point where he was standing. He had no instruments to find the direction but he located the polestar. The most convenient way now to reach his village is to walk in the
(a) direction facing the polestar
(b) direction opposite to the polestar
(c) direction keeping the polestar to his left
(d) direction keeping the polestar to his right
ANSWERS
1. (c) - The
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called
Mangalyaan was launched in
2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
ISRO is fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. India is the
first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the
first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt
2. (b) - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/no-genetic-basis-to-shift-gujarats-pride-to-madhya-pradesh/articleshow/78397104.cms
3. (b) - The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas:
- Digital Infrastructure as a Core Utility to Every Citizen
- Governance and Services on Demand
- Digital Empowerment of Citizens
4. (c) - Microbial fuel cell is bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by using bacteria and taking away bacterial interactions from the nature. These devices consist of anode and cathode compartments separated by cation specific membrane which converts chemical energy into electrical energy through catalytic reaction of microorganisms, The substrates used in such cells are organic in natures such as glucose, acetate, arabitol, carboxymethyl cellulose, corn stover biomass etc, Such cells are used in treatment of wastewater.
5. (c) - The star in night sky which does not move is called as Polaris, Pole star or North Star, which tells you of north direction. Since the direction of the village is on left from where he happen to see pole star, so in such case the person will have to walkdown by keeping polestar on left.
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