May 14, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. What is Project Manav?
(a) An online portal with the list of organ donors
(b) Vaccination drive for immunization against COVID-19
(c) A network to reach out to international organ donors
(d) A human atlas initiative to create a unified database of molecular network
2. Who conducted raid under the banner of Indian Republican Army and established provisional revolutionary government?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) Surya Sen
(d) Bhagat Singh
3. The average age of 40 boys is 16.95 years. By the addition of a new boy, the average of the class is raised to 17 years. What is the age of the new boy?
(a) 18 years
(b) 19 years
(c) 20 years
(d) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is not correct about Asteroid 16 Psyche?
(a) Asteroid 16 Psyche is located 370 million kilometers away from earth
(b) It orbits between Mars and Jupiter
(c) It was discovered by ISRO
(d) It was discovered in the year 1853
5. VAJRA program is dedicated to
(a) Data safety and privacy
(b) Exclusively for overseas scientists and academicians
(c) New technological needs for PSLVs
(d) software to protect national defence security systems
Answers
1 – (d) A human atlas initiative named Manav has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Persistent Systems, a biotechnology company. The aim is to create a unified database of molecular network of all the tissues in the human body and to derive a holistic picture of working of the human body.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/manav-human-atlas-initiative-depart-of-biotechnology-5723857/
2 – (c) Surya Sen decided to organize an armed rebellion to occupy two main armories in Chittagong to seize and supply arms to the revolutionaries to destroy telephone and telegraph lines and to dislocate the railway link of Chittagong with the rest of Bengal. The raid was conducted under the banner of Indian Republican Army Chittagong Branch. The raid was quite successful and Sen hoisted the national flag, took salute and proclaimed a provisional revolutionary government.
3 – (b)
Average age of 40 students = 16.95 years
Total age of 40 students = 40x16.95 = 678 years
Average age of 41 students = 17
Total age of 41 students = 41x17 = 697 years.
Age of new student = 697 - 678 = 19 years.
4 – (c) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found out that asteroid 16 Psyche, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated 10,000 quadrillion US dollars.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-16-psyche-the-asteroid-believed-to-be-worth-10000-quadrillion-6911646/
5 – (b) VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty Scheme is a dedicated program exclusively for overseas scientists and academicians with emphasis on Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to work as adjunct/visiting faculty for a specific period of time in Indian Public funded academic and research institutions.
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1657418
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