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29th MAY 2020 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ BY INDIATHINKERS
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- Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 pointsRecently, ADB and India has signed a $177 billion loan agreement for the development of road and highways in the state of __________.
CorrectThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometers (km) of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra.
IncorrectThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometers (km) of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra.
- Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements is/are true about Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
- It is a regional development bank headquartered in Sumatra, Indonesia.
- Currently, the bank has more than 60 members.
- United States holds the largest proportion of shares at the ADB.
CorrectWhat you need to know about Asian Development Bank?
- ESTABLISHED: 19 December 1966
- TYPE: Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank.
- HEADQUARTERS: Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- MEMBERSHIP: The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries.
- From 31 members at its establishment, ADB now has 68 members.
- WORKING: It is modeled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with members’ capital subscriptions.
- STATUS WITH UN: ADB is an official United Nations Observer.
- SHARES AND HOLDINGS: As of 31 December 2016, Japan holds the largest proportion of shares at 15.677%, closely followed by United States with 15.567% capital share.
- China holds 6.473%.
- India holds 6.359%.
- Australia holds 5.812%.
- PRESIDENT: The current president is Masatsugu Asakawa.
- He succeeded Takehiko Nakao on 17 January 2020, who succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda in 2013.
- FINANCING: The Asian Development Bank loan are of two types:
- “Hard” loans on commercial terms primarily to middle income countries in Asia.
- “Soft” loans with lower interest rates to poorer countries in the region.
IncorrectWhat you need to know about Asian Development Bank?
- ESTABLISHED: 19 December 1966
- TYPE: Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank.
- HEADQUARTERS: Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- MEMBERSHIP: The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries.
- From 31 members at its establishment, ADB now has 68 members.
- WORKING: It is modeled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with members’ capital subscriptions.
- STATUS WITH UN: ADB is an official United Nations Observer.
- SHARES AND HOLDINGS: As of 31 December 2016, Japan holds the largest proportion of shares at 15.677%, closely followed by United States with 15.567% capital share.
- China holds 6.473%.
- India holds 6.359%.
- Australia holds 5.812%.
- PRESIDENT: The current president is Masatsugu Asakawa.
- He succeeded Takehiko Nakao on 17 January 2020, who succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda in 2013.
- FINANCING: The Asian Development Bank loan are of two types:
- “Hard” loans on commercial terms primarily to middle income countries in Asia.
- “Soft” loans with lower interest rates to poorer countries in the region.
- Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements is/are true?
- According to Article 82 of Indian Constitution, the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census.
- As per Article 170, States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census.
CorrectWhat provisions are there in Indian Constitution to carry out delimitation?
- As per the Indian Constitution, under Article 82, the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census.
- Further, as per Article 170, States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census.
- Once the Delimitation Act is in force, the Union government sets up a Delimitation Commission of India.
- The first delimitation exercise was carried out by the President (with the help of the Election Commission) in 1950-51. The Delimitation Commission Act was enacted in 1952.
- Delimitation Commissions have been set up four times — 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002 under the Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.
- There was no delimitation after the 1981 and 1991 Censuses.
IncorrectWhat provisions are there in Indian Constitution to carry out delimitation?
- As per the Indian Constitution, under Article 82, the Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act after every Census.
- Further, as per Article 170, States also get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census.
- Once the Delimitation Act is in force, the Union government sets up a Delimitation Commission of India.
- The first delimitation exercise was carried out by the President (with the help of the Election Commission) in 1950-51. The Delimitation Commission Act was enacted in 1952.
- Delimitation Commissions have been set up four times — 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002 under the Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.
- There was no delimitation after the 1981 and 1991 Censuses.
- Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is not a member of Delimitation Commission of India?
- Retired Supreme Court Judge
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Respective State HC Judge
CorrectThe Delimitation Commission of India consists of following:
- Retired Supreme Court judge
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Respective State Election Commissioners
IncorrectThe Delimitation Commission of India consists of following:
- Retired Supreme Court judge
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Respective State Election Commissioners
- Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsWho among the following is empowered to appoint the Delimitation Commission of India?
CorrectWhat you need to know about Delimitation Commission of India?
The responsibility of the appointment of Delimitation Commission lies with the President of India. The Commission works in close collaboration with the Election Commission of India. The Delimitation Commission of India consists of following:
- Retired Supreme Court judge
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Respective State Election Commissioners
IncorrectWhat you need to know about Delimitation Commission of India?
The responsibility of the appointment of Delimitation Commission lies with the President of India. The Commission works in close collaboration with the Election Commission of India. The Delimitation Commission of India consists of following:
- Retired Supreme Court judge
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Respective State Election Commissioners
- Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is true about the Saharan Cheetah which was filmed recently for the first time after a decade?
- It is listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List.
- They are predominantly nocturnal and active between sunset and early mornings as compared to the Savannah Cheetas.
CorrectWhat you need to know about the Saharan Cheetah?
- The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel.
- It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
- In 2008, the population was suspected to number less than 250 mature individuals.
- The Saharan cheetah’s range is now limited to isolated pockets across the Sahara and Sahel from Mali in the west to the Central African Republic in the east.
- The subspecies was last seen in the Hoggar Mountains in 2008-10 when four individuals were recorded by camera traps.
- In 2012, the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimated the remaining population in Algeria at just 37 individuals.
- Cheetahs can subsist without direct access to water, obtaining water indirectly from the blood of their prey.
- The Cheetahs in the Sahara, where daytime temperature goes upto 40 degrees Centrigrade, exhibit several behavioral adaptations to this harsh climate. These adaptations includes:
- They are predominantly nocturnal and active between sunset and early mornings;
- They travel larger distances.
- Occur at a lower density than cheetahs living in savannas.
IncorrectWhat you need to know about the Saharan Cheetah?
- The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel.
- It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
- In 2008, the population was suspected to number less than 250 mature individuals.
- The Saharan cheetah’s range is now limited to isolated pockets across the Sahara and Sahel from Mali in the west to the Central African Republic in the east.
- The subspecies was last seen in the Hoggar Mountains in 2008-10 when four individuals were recorded by camera traps.
- In 2012, the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimated the remaining population in Algeria at just 37 individuals.
- Cheetahs can subsist without direct access to water, obtaining water indirectly from the blood of their prey.
- The Cheetahs in the Sahara, where daytime temperature goes upto 40 degrees Centrigrade, exhibit several behavioral adaptations to this harsh climate. These adaptations includes:
- They are predominantly nocturnal and active between sunset and early mornings;
- They travel larger distances.
- Occur at a lower density than cheetahs living in savannas.
- Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 points“Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?” and “The Indian war of independence, 1857” are works of __________.
CorrectVinayak Damodar Savarkar or Veer Savarkar wrote 38 books in English and Marathi, consisting in many essays, two novels called Moplah Rebellion and the Transportation, poetry and plays, the best-known of his books being his historical study The Indian war of independence, 1857 and his pamphlet Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?.
IncorrectVinayak Damodar Savarkar or Veer Savarkar wrote 38 books in English and Marathi, consisting in many essays, two novels called Moplah Rebellion and the Transportation, poetry and plays, the best-known of his books being his historical study The Indian war of independence, 1857 and his pamphlet Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?.
- Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is/are true about Very Large Telescope (VLT)?
- It is a telescope facility operated by the NASA.
- The VLT operates at visible and ultraviolet wavelengths.
- It is located in Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
CorrectWhat you need to know about Very Large Telescope (VLT)?
- The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
- The VLT consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2 m across, which are generally used separately but can be used together to achieve very high angular resolution.
- The four separate optical telescopes are known as Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun, which are all words for astronomical objects in the Mapuche language ( Mapuche or Mapudungun is spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people.)
- The VLT operates at visible and infrared wavelengths.
- Each individual telescope can detect objects roughly four billion times fainter than can be detected with the naked eye.
- When all the telescopes are combined, the facility can achieve an angular resolution of about 0.002 arc-second.
- In 2018, the VLT helped to perform the first successful test of Einstein’s General Relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field near the supermassive black hole, that is the gravitational redshift.
- Gravitational redshift refers to the shift of wavelength of a photon to longer wavelength (the red side in an optical spectrum) when observed from a point at a higher gravitational potential. OR SIMPLY,
- Clocks deeper in a gravitational well tick slower when observed from outside the well.
IncorrectWhat you need to know about Very Large Telescope (VLT)?
- The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
- The VLT consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2 m across, which are generally used separately but can be used together to achieve very high angular resolution.
- The four separate optical telescopes are known as Antu, Kueyen, Melipal, and Yepun, which are all words for astronomical objects in the Mapuche language ( Mapuche or Mapudungun is spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people.)
- The VLT operates at visible and infrared wavelengths.
- Each individual telescope can detect objects roughly four billion times fainter than can be detected with the naked eye.
- When all the telescopes are combined, the facility can achieve an angular resolution of about 0.002 arc-second.
- In 2018, the VLT helped to perform the first successful test of Einstein’s General Relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field near the supermassive black hole, that is the gravitational redshift.
- Gravitational redshift refers to the shift of wavelength of a photon to longer wavelength (the red side in an optical spectrum) when observed from a point at a higher gravitational potential. OR SIMPLY,
- Clocks deeper in a gravitational well tick slower when observed from outside the well.
- Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements about Active Asteroids is/are true?
- They show comae, tails, or other visual evidence of mass-loss.
- They are found within Jupiter’s orbit.
CorrectWhat are Active Asteroids?
Active asteroids are small Solar System bodies that have asteroid-like orbits but show comet-like visual characteristics i.e., they show comae, tails, or other visual evidence of mass-loss (like a comet), but their orbit remains within Jupiter’s orbit (like an asteroid).
- The first active asteroid discovered is 7968 Elst–Pizarro.
Unlike comets, which spend most of their orbit at Jupiter-like or greater distances from the Sun, active asteroids follow orbits within the orbit of Jupiter that are often indistinguishable from the orbits of standard asteroids.
Some active asteroids show signs that they are icy in composition like a traditional comet, while others are known to be rocky like an asteroid.
IncorrectWhat are Active Asteroids?
Active asteroids are small Solar System bodies that have asteroid-like orbits but show comet-like visual characteristics i.e., they show comae, tails, or other visual evidence of mass-loss (like a comet), but their orbit remains within Jupiter’s orbit (like an asteroid).
- The first active asteroid discovered is 7968 Elst–Pizarro.
Unlike comets, which spend most of their orbit at Jupiter-like or greater distances from the Sun, active asteroids follow orbits within the orbit of Jupiter that are often indistinguishable from the orbits of standard asteroids.
Some active asteroids show signs that they are icy in composition like a traditional comet, while others are known to be rocky like an asteroid.
- Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsWho among the following is the Chairperson of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)?
CorrectWhat you need to know about Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)?
- Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is an apex-level body constituted by the government of India.
- The idea to create such a super regulatory body was first mooted by the Raghuram Rajan Committee in 2008.
- Finally in 2010, the then Finance Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee, decided to set up such an autonomous body dealing with macro prudential and financial regularities in the entire financial sector of India.
- An apex-level FSDC is not a statutory body.
- No funds are separately allocated to the council for undertaking its activities.
COMPOSITION
- Chairperson: The Union Finance Minister of India is the chairperson of the Council. He/She may invite any person whose presence is deemed necessary for any of its meeting(s).
- Members:
- Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBl),
- Finance Secretary and/ or Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA),
- Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS),
- Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
- Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
- Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance,
- Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI),
- Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA),
- Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA),
- Chairman, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
- SECRETARY OF COUNCIL: Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, DEA, will be the Secretary of the Council.
IncorrectWhat you need to know about Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC)?
- Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is an apex-level body constituted by the government of India.
- The idea to create such a super regulatory body was first mooted by the Raghuram Rajan Committee in 2008.
- Finally in 2010, the then Finance Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee, decided to set up such an autonomous body dealing with macro prudential and financial regularities in the entire financial sector of India.
- An apex-level FSDC is not a statutory body.
- No funds are separately allocated to the council for undertaking its activities.
COMPOSITION
- Chairperson: The Union Finance Minister of India is the chairperson of the Council. He/She may invite any person whose presence is deemed necessary for any of its meeting(s).
- Members:
- Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBl),
- Finance Secretary and/ or Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA),
- Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS),
- Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
- Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
- Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance,
- Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI),
- Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA),
- Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA),
- Chairman, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
- SECRETARY OF COUNCIL: Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, DEA, will be the Secretary of the Council.
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