ENGLISH QUIZ 18.02.2020

1. Who among the following has been appointed as Delhi CM for third consecutive term?

A. Arvind Kejriwal

B. Manish Sisodia

C. Satyendra jain

D. Kailash Gehlot

2. Who won 77th Senior National Squash Championship in woman’s category?

A. Tanvi Khanna

B. Joshna Chinappa

C. Reena Rai

D. None of these

3. 1st Intercity Electric bus service has been launched between Mumbai and which city?

A. Kolkata

B. Nagpur

C. Pune

D. Ahmedabad

4. Which Railway zone has become first zone to have functional “energy neutral” railway stations on the network?

A. South Central Railway

B. Central Railway

C. North Eastern Railway

D. South Central Railway

5. Which city will host the National Organic Food festival?

A. New Delhi

B. Srinagar

C. Nagpur

D. Mumbai

6. Who has been appointed as GoAir CEO?

A. Alok Sharma

B. Vinay Dube

C. Rishi Sunak

D. Hon gwin Williamson

7. Which state government has recently announced to give Rs. 6 crore prize money to Olympics Gold Medal winners?

A. Panjab

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. Haryana

D. Bihar

8. On what occasion was the ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni festival celebrated by the Naga tribes in February 2020?

A. Harvesting

B. Nagaland Statehood Day

C. Naga New Year

D. Seed sowing

9. Who was Sonam Sherpa passes, who died recently?

A. Indian rock band Parikrama

B. Baseball player

C. Novelist

D. Football player

10. Which one of the following options is not true with reference to Rajinder K. Pachauri, who died recently?

A. He was the founder and chief executive of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI).

B. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan Award in 2006.

C. He received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the IPCC with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

D. He was elected President of the IPCC on 20 April 2002.

11. Consider the following statements related to Arvind Kejriwal:

1. Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as Delhi CM for third consecutive term.

2. He joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), a part of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), in 1994 and was appointed to the Income Tax Commissioner’s office in Delhi.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

12. Consider the following statements:

1. Madhya Pradesh grapples with spiralling neonatal deaths.

2. Madhya Pradesh has also recorded an abysmal sex ratio in admissions — of 663 (number of girls admitted against 1,000 boys) in the three years against the country average of 833.

3. Under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, each country, including India, has aimed to bring down neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1,000 live births.In 2018, it stood at 23 for India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 are correct

B. 1 and 3 are correct

C. 2 and 3 are correct

D. All of the above

13. Consider the following statements:

1. NASA Selects Four Possible Missions To Study Secrets of Solar System.

2. This aims to explore Neptune’s icy moon, Triton, so that scientists can understand the development of habitable worlds in the Solar System.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

14. Consider the following statements:

1. New species of lizard discovered in Guwahati.

2. The study on the urban bent-toed gecko also provided additional information on the Guwahati bent-toed gecko, the first of the two Cyrtodactylus endemic to the areas covered by the city and the fourth from Assam.

3. It was also the 12th recorded gecko from the Northeast.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 are correct

B. 1 and 3 are correct

C. 2 and 3 are correct

D. All of the above

ANSWERS:-

Answer: 1) A

Explanation

AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third consecutive term. He was sworn in at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan amidst heavy security. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal administered the oath of office to the new CM.  Arvind Kejriwal is the first Delhi Chief Minister to take oath from the Ramlila Maidan, as previously all Delhi CMs were sworn in at the Raj Niwas. Kejriwal took oath as the CM for the first time from the venue after the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections.

About Arvind Kejriwal

• Arvind Kejriwal was born in 1968 in the city of Hisar in Haryana. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1989.
• He joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), a part of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), in 1992 and was appointed to the Income Tax Commissioner’s office in Delhi.
• Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Chief Minister of Delhi. During his first term, he held this post from 28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014.
• Arvind Kejriwal started his political journey formally on 02 October 2012.

Background

• Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the first time in 2013 from the Ramlila Maidan.
• However, he resigned after spending just 49 days in office.
• Delhi went to polls again in 2015 and Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP returned to power, this time with a landslide majority by winning 67 out of the total 70 assembly seats. Kejriwal took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the second time on February 14, 2015, again from the Ramlila Maidan.

Answer: 2) B

Explanation

India’s squash ace Joshna Chinappa has clinched 77th Senior National Championship in woman’s category at the ISA courts in Chennai. Saurav Ghosal won in Men’s category bagging 13th titles to his kitty. Chinappa defeated Tanvi Khanna, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 in to add yet another national title to her record while Ghosal defeated second seed Abhishek Pradhan 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 to win the title yet again.

Answer: 3) C

Explanation

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched Indias first inter-city electric bus service between Mumbai and Pune. Planning to extend these services in other parts of Maharashtra and adjoining states in the near future.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the second version of the FAME scheme. 10,000 crore has been approved for this by 2022.

CNG Transition

• In 1993, 3 gas filling stations were opened in Delhi.
• In 2001, the Supreme Court ordered to replace and convert all public buses to CNG.
• In 2005, there were more than 10,000 CNG buses, 5,000 mini buses and 55,000 CNG three wheelers on road. There was significant drop in Delhi pollution after the move. Similar results are being expected in case of EVs. However, more incentives are required for the EVs to spread wide.

Answer: 4) D

Explanation

Indian Railways takes a huge leap towards environmental sustainability! The Indian Railways South Central Railways (SCR) zone has become the first zonal railway in the country to have functional “energy neutral” railway stations on the network! The South Central Railways has converted a total of 13 railway stations into “energy neutral” stations, which is the highest amongst all the zones across the Indian Railways network.

South Central Railway

• South Central Railway is a unit of Indian Railways.
• It is called Damre in short form.
• It was established on 2 October 1966.
• Its headquarters is located in Secunderabad.

The 13 energy-neutral railway stations of the SCR zone are listed:

• Ghatkesar station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp
• Dharur station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp
• Raghunathpalli station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp
• Mellacheruvu station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp
• Ontimitta station of the Guntakal division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 7.5 kWp
• Kadiyam station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp
• Dwarapudi station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp
• Godavari station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp
• Dharmabad station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 11.6 kWp
• Sivungaon station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.2 kWp
• Umri station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 17.43 kWp
• Karkheli station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.2 kWp
• Bolsa station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.95 kWp

Answer: 5) A

Explanation

The National Organic Food Festival is going to be held for women entrepreneurs in New Delhi. The festival will be jointly organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI).

Highlights

• The Ministry of Food Processing is organizing National level Food Festival for 3 days. Several Self-Help Groups are to exhibit their spices, fruits and vegetable, honey, dry fruits, cereals, etc.
• The main aim of the festival is to boost production of organic products. The festival is to be conducted under the theme

Theme: Unleashing India’s Organic Market Potential

• The festival aims to conduct training programmes, marketing innovation programmes, imparting knowledge about supply of organic products. It will also conduct training programmes on FSSAI regulations that will help to get familiarized with regulatory processes.

Answer: 6) B

Explanation

GoAir has appointed Vinay Dube as the airline’s Chief Executive Officer. Earlier, Dube was serving as an advisor to the carrier, a role which he took up after quitting the defunct Jet Airways in May 2019.Dube would be responsible for the management of the airline and also for meeting the goals and long-term growth objectives of the company. The budget airline did not have a CEO since the departure of Cornelis Vrieswijk in March last year.

Answer: 7) C

Explanation

Haryana government has decided to give 6 crore rupees to players of the state that bag gold medals at the Olympic Games. 3 crore rupees will be given to those winning gold medals at Asian Games and 1.5 crore rupees to the winners of yellow metal at Commonwealth Games. An amount of 15 lakh rupees will be given to each player participating in the Olympic Games so that the players can make the state, as well as the country, proud.

Answer: 8) D

Explanation

The Naga tribes of Manipur celebrated it’s seed sowing festival ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni’, under the theme “Oneness through Culture”. Manipur’s Minister of Tribal Development N. Kayisii graced the festival as inaugural Chief Guest and Tamei MLA Awangbou Newmai as Guest of Honour. Leaders from other communities of the State, mainly Meitei, Kuki and Zomi also participated at Lui-Ngai-Ni Festival to show mutual solidarity for peaceful co-existence.

Answer: 9) A

Explanation

Lead guitarist of the Indian rock band Parikrama Sonam Sherpa (48-years) passed away. Sherpa was one of the founding members of Parikrama and was credited with memorable musical pieces such as “I Beleive” and “But it Rained”.

Answer: 10) B

Explanation

Former TERI chief R K Pachauri (79-years) passed away at the Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore, Earlier. Environmentalist Mr Pachauri (Founder Director of TERI) had undergone open-heart surgery at the same hospital after suffering a stroke in Mexico, July 2019. Pachauri was born in Nainital, India. He was educated at La Martiniere College in Lucknow[6] and at the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Jamalpur, Bihar. Pachauri, who has written 21 books on various subjects so far, was elected President of the IPCC on 20 April 2002. Since then, he has been working on this post. Till now Pachauri has played an active role in various institutes and forums related to climate change and environment. In recognition of his significant contribution in the field of environment, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan Award in 2001.

Answer: 11) A

Explanation

AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third consecutive term. He was sworn in at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan amidst heavy security. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal administered the oath of office to the new CM.  Arvind Kejriwal is the first Delhi Chief Minister to take oath from the Ramlila Maidan, as previously all Delhi CMs were sworn in at the Raj Niwas. Kejriwal took oath as the CM for the first time from the venue after the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections.

About Arvind Kejriwal

• Arvind Kejriwal was born in 1968 in the city of Hisar in Haryana. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1989.
• He joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), a part of the Indian Civil Service (ICS), in 1992 and was appointed to the Income Tax Commissioner’s office in Delhi.
• Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Chief Minister of Delhi. During his first term, he held this post from 28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014.
• Arvind Kejriwal started his political journey formally on 02 October 2012.

Background

• Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the first time in 2013 from the Ramlila Maidan.
• However, he resigned after spending just 49 days in office.
• Delhi went to polls again in 2015 and Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP returned to power, this time with a landslide majority by winning 67 out of the total 70 assembly seats. Kejriwal took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the second time on February 14, 2015, again from the Ramlila Maidan.

Answer: 12) B

Explanation

According to the National Health Mission, Madhya Pradesh has recorded the highest percentage of newborn deaths of 11.5% against the total admissions to government-run sick newborn care units (SNCUs) in the past three years across the country. Although admissions of neonates (under 28 days) in the State have dropped from April 2017 to December 2019 — remaining lower than West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, each country, including India, has aimed to bring down neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1,000 live births.In 2018, it stood at 23 for India.

Factors responsible for deaths

• Staff crunch
• Low community referrals
• Absence of a special neonatal transport service to health centres
• Reliance on units in cities as last resort
• Non-availability of enough units to cater to increasing institutional deliveries.

Abysmal sex ratio

• Madhya Pradesh has also recorded an abysmal sex ratio in admissions — of 663 (number of girls admitted against 1,000 boys) in the three years against the country average of 733.
• The sex ratio of Madhya Pradesh was 931 as per the 2011 census.
• West Bengal has recorded 34,344 neonatal deaths occurred in the period, the most in the country, the declining percentage of deaths from 9.2% in 2017 to 8.9% in 2019 coincided with a slump in admissions.

Neonatal mortality

According to the Sample Registration System, neonatal deaths in India mainly occur owing to

• premature births and low birth weight (35.9%)
• pneumonia (16.9%)
• birth asphyxia and birth trauma (9.9%)
• other non-communicable diseases (7.9%)
• diarrhoea (6.7%)
• congenital anomalies(4.6%)
• infections (4.2%).

Answer: 13) C

Explanation

NASA has recently announced it has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for possible new missions.

Two proposals are for trips to Venus, and one each is for Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton.

These are

• DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging Plus)
• This will analyse Venus’s atmosphere to understand how it was formed and evolved, and if it ever had an ocean.
• This will advance understanding of the formation of terrestrial planets.

IVO (Io Volcano Observer)

• It is a proposal to explore Jupiter’s moon Io, which is extremely volcanically active.
• This will try to find out how tidal forces shape planetary bodies.
• The findings could further knowledge about the formation and evolution of rocky, terrestrial bodies and icy ocean worlds in the Solar System.

TRIDENT

• This aims to explore Neptune’s icy moon, Triton, so that scientists can understand the development of habitable worlds in the Solar System.

VERITAS ( Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy)

• It will aim to map Venus’s surface to find out why Venus developed so differently from Earth.

Answer: 14) D

Explanation

According to the research paper published in the latest edition of Zootaxa, researchers have discovered a new species of lizard – the urban bent-toed gecko in Guwahati, Assam. The study was co-authored by Jayaditya Purkayastha and Madhurima Das, Sanath Chandra Bohra, Mumbai-based Ishan Agarwal and Aaron M. Bauer, a global authority on geckos based in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Facts

• The zoological name of the news species is Cyrtodactylus urbanus.
• The new species s markedly different in molecular structure, blotch and colour from the Cyrtodactylus guwahatiensis, or the Guwahati bent-toed gecko, that was discovered two years ago.
• All bent-toed geckos in Northeast India were thought to be a single species, the Cyrtodactylus khasiensis found primarily in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
• The urban bent-toed gecko falls within the khasiensis group, however it differs from other members of this group in mitochondrial sequence data as well as aspects of morphology such as the number and arrangement of certain pores in males, the number of mid-ventral scales and colour pattern.
• The study on the urban bent-toed gecko also provided additional information on the Guwahati bent-toed gecko, the first of the two Cyrtodactylus endemic to the areas covered by the city and the fourth from Assam.
• It was also the 12th recorded gecko from the Northeast.

Guwahati and Biodiversity

• Guwahati is home to 26 species of amphibians, 57 species of reptiles, 214 species of birds and 36 species of mammals.
• Guwahati encompasses 18 hills, eight reserve forests, two wildlife sanctuaries and a Ramsar site (wetland) besides the Brahmaputra river.