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September 03, 2020 - Daily Quiz
1. Variations in the length of daytime and night time from season to season are due to
(a) the earth’s rotation on its axis
(b) the earth’s revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner
(c) latitudinal position of the place
(d) revolution of the earth on a tilted axis
2. With reference to a grouping of countries known as BRICS, consider the following statements:
- The First Summit of BRICS was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2009.
- South Africa was the last to join the BRICS grouping in 2010.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
3. What is Rio+20 Conference, often mentioned in the news?
(a) It is the United nations Conference on Sustainable Development
(b) It is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization
(c) It is a Conference of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
(d) It is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity
4. With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
- The Agreement aims to limit the greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2 °C or even 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial levels.
- Development countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
5.
With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events:
- Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
- Quit India Movement launched
- Second Round Table Conference
What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
(a) 1-2-3
(b) 2-1-3
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 3-1-2
ANSWERS
1. (d) - The three reasons that contributes in variations of day and night time Seasons are:
- Tilting of Axis
- Revolution of Earth around the Sun
- North Pole pointing in similar direction
2. (b) - BRICS relates to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, whose first summit was held in Yekaterinberg, in Russia in 2009. The Foreign Ministers of BRICS at 21st meeting in New York 2010 agreed for South Africa to become the member of BRICS
3. (a)
4. (b) - The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
- The agreement will enter into force when it is joined by at least 55 countries which together represent at least 55 percent of global greenhouse
- Development countries have committed to donate $ 100 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change
5. (c) - Second Round Conference was organized in the year 1931.
- Quit India Movement was started in 1942.
- Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy happened in the year 1946
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