ENGLISH QUIZ 15.04.2022

1. Who has been honored with the 56th Jnanpith Award?

A. Neelamani Phukan

B. Subramaniam Shiva

C. Bose Venkat

D. Antoine lizzy

2. Which state has been ranked first in the State Energy and Climate Index by NITI Aayog?

A. Karnataka

B. Gujarat

C. Kerala

D. Tamil Nadu

3. Which anti-tank guided missile has been successfully flight tested by Indian Defense Research?

A. Brahmos

B. Pinaka

C. Helena

D. Agni

4. Who has been selected by the ICC for the Player of the Month Award for the month of March?

A. Virat Kohli

B. M. Labuschagne

C. K.S. Williamson

D. Babar Azam

5. Who has been named as the new chairman of UPSC?

A. Manoj Soni

B. Prashant Kumar

C. salil parekh

D. Rajesh Gopinathan

6. Consider the following statements related to megalithic jars:

1. In the Dima Hasao district of Assam, a number of megalithic stone jars have been discovered. This discovery has highlighted the possible links, that date back to the second millennium BC, between Southeast Asia and the Northeast region of India.

2. Two distinct shaped jars have been documented in the paper, ‘An archaeological survey of the Assam stone jar sites.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

7. Consider the following statements related to State Energy and Climate Index:

1. The State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) has been launched by NITI Aayog. It is a first-of-its-kind index that aims to track the efforts made in the energy and climate sector by the states and UTs of India.

2. This index’s parameters have been devised while keeping in mind the country’s goals regarding clean energy transition and climate change.

3. This index has ranked the states and the UTs of India based on the efforts they have put towards improving energy consumption, energy access, safeguarding the environment, and energy efficiency.

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

Answer:

Answer: 1) A

Explanation

• Assam Chief Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma presented the country’s highest literary award, the 56th Jnanpith for the year 2021 to one of the most celebrated poets of Assam, Nilamani Phookan.
• Nilmani Phookan is the third person to win the Jnanpith Award from Assam after Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya. The Award carried a Citation, a shawl, and Rs. 11 lakh.

Answer: 2) B

Explanation

• NITI Aayog has launched the State Energy & Climate Index (SECI) Round I.
• The State Energy & Climate Index (SECI) Round I ranks the states’ performance on 6 parameters, namely, (1) DISCOM’s Performance (2) Access, Affordability and Reliability of Energy (3) Clean Energy Initiatives (4) Energy Efficiency (5) Environmental Sustainability; and (6) New Initiatives.

Answer: 3) C

Explanation

• Helena A team of scientists from Defense Research and Development Organisation, Indian Army and Indian Air Force jointly conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed helicopter which launched the anti-tank guided missile ‘HELINA’ at high altitude.
• The flight tests were conducted from an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and the missile was fired successfully, engaging a simulated tank target in the Pokhran desert range of Rajasthan.

Answer: 4) D

Explanation

• The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and Australia’s run-machine Rachael Haynes were named the ICC Men’s and Women’s Players of the Month for March 2022.
• Fans can continue to vote every month for their favourite male and female cricketers across all formats of international cricket as part of the ICC Player of the Month initiative.

Answer: 5) A

Explanation

• Currently a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Dr Manoj Soni has been appointed the chairman of the country’s premier government recruiting agency.
• He has been associated with the Swaminarayan sect’s Anoopam Mission, at Mogri in Anand district, since a young age and received diksha (initiation) as a nishkarma karmayogi (selfless worker) on Jan 10, 2020.
• Dr Soni has been appointed to replace the previous UPSC chairman Pradip Kumar Joshi. Prior to this assignment, Soni has also served as the vice-chancellor of two universities and has earned several national and international awards and recognitions.

Answer: 6) A

Explanation

• In the Dima Hasao district of Assam, a number of megalithic stone jars have been discovered. This discovery has highlighted the possible links, that date back to the second millennium BC, between Southeast Asia and the Northeast region of India.
• Three distinct shaped jars have been documented in the paper, ‘An archaeological survey of the Assam stone jar sites.
• ’In a site named Nuchubunglo, 546 jars were discovered making it the largest such site across the planet.
• The study that has been published in Asian Archaeology has called for more research so as to understand this cultural relationship between Laos and Assam and Indonesia.
• Indonesia and Laos are the only two other sites from where such similar jars have been discovered.
• The jars that were discovered in Assam were first sighted in the year 1929 by John Henry Hutton and James Philip Mills, British civil servants.
• The presence of the jars was recorded by them to have been found in six different sites in Kobak, Dima Hasao: Derebore (now Hojai Dobongling), Molongpa (now Melangpeuram), Kartong, Bolasan (now Nuchubunglo), and Ndunglo. In 2016 and 2020 more such sites have been discovered.

Answer: 7) D

Explanation

• The State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) has been launched by NITI Aayog. It is a first-of-its-kind index that aims to track the efforts made in the energy and climate sector by the states and UTs of India.
• This index’s parameters have been devised while keeping in mind the country’s goals regarding clean energy transition and climate change.
• This index has ranked the states and the UTs of India based on the efforts they have put towards improving energy consumption, energy access, safeguarding the environment, and energy efficiency.
• This index has also helped to move toward the agenda of the accessible, affordable, clean, and efficient energy transition at the State level.
• This index has also encouraged healthy competition among the states and UTs of the nation in different fields of climate and energy.