Current Affairs Quiz 03 April 2023
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1. Question
Which of the following statements regarding Asian Development Bank are incorrect?
1. The ADB bank serves region of Asia, Pacific and America.
2. The ADB bank head quarters located in Shanghai
Select the correct answer using the code below.CorrectAns;- c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation;-
• Both the statements are incorrect, that’s y answer is C.
• The ADB bank serves region of Asia and Pacific only not America.
• The ADB bank head quarters is located in Phillipines.
The largest borrowing shareholders of the ADB are China (6.4 percent), India (6.3 percent), and Indonesia (5.4 percent).IncorrectAns;- c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation;-
• Both the statements are incorrect, that’s y answer is C.
• The ADB bank serves region of Asia and Pacific only not America.
• The ADB bank head quarters is located in Phillipines.
The largest borrowing shareholders of the ADB are China (6.4 percent), India (6.3 percent), and Indonesia (5.4 percent). - Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Which of the following statements regarding the lumpy skin disease are correct?
1. It is a contagious vector-borne disease spread by vectors like mosquitoes, some biting flies, and ticks and usually affects host animals like cows and water buffaloes
2. lumpy skin disease virus is a zoonotic virus.
Select the correct answer using the code below.CorrectAns;- A
What is the lumpy skin disease?
• Lumpy skin disease is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which belongs to the genus capripoxvirus, a part of the poxviridae family (smallpox and monkeypox viruses are also a part of the same family).
• The LSDV shares antigenic similarities with the sheeppox virus (SPPV) and the goatpox virus (GTPV) or is similar in the immune response to those viruses.
• It is not a zoonotic virus, meaning the disease cannot spread to humans.How does it spread?
• It is a contagious vector-borne disease spread by vectors like mosquitoes, some biting flies, and ticks and usually affects host animals like cows and water buffaloes.
• According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), infected animals shed the virus through oral and nasal secretions which may contaminate common feeding and water troughs.
○ Thus, the disease can either spread through direct contact with the vectors or through contaminated fodder and water. Studies have also shown that it can spread through animal semen during artificial insemination.Symptoms:
• LSD affects the lymph nodes of the infected animal, causing the nodes to enlarge and appear like lumps on the skin, which is where it derives its name from.
• The cutaneous nodules, 2–5 cm in diameter, appear on the infected cattle’s head, neck, limbs, udder, genitalia, and perineum.
• The nodules may later turn into ulcers and eventually develop scabs over the skin.
• The other symptoms include high fever, sharp drop in milk yield, discharge from the eyes and nose, salivation, loss of appetite, depression, damaged hides, emaciation (thinness or weakness) of animals, infertility and abortions.
• The incubation period or the time between infection and symptoms is about 28 days according to the FAO, and 4 to 14 days according to some other estimates.
• The morbidity of the disease varies between two to 45% and mortality or rate of date is less than 10%, however, the reported mortality of the current outbreak in India is up to 15%, particularly in cases being reported in the western part (Rajasthan) of the country.IncorrectAns;- A
What is the lumpy skin disease?
• Lumpy skin disease is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which belongs to the genus capripoxvirus, a part of the poxviridae family (smallpox and monkeypox viruses are also a part of the same family).
• The LSDV shares antigenic similarities with the sheeppox virus (SPPV) and the goatpox virus (GTPV) or is similar in the immune response to those viruses.
• It is not a zoonotic virus, meaning the disease cannot spread to humans.How does it spread?
• It is a contagious vector-borne disease spread by vectors like mosquitoes, some biting flies, and ticks and usually affects host animals like cows and water buffaloes.
• According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), infected animals shed the virus through oral and nasal secretions which may contaminate common feeding and water troughs.
○ Thus, the disease can either spread through direct contact with the vectors or through contaminated fodder and water. Studies have also shown that it can spread through animal semen during artificial insemination.Symptoms:
• LSD affects the lymph nodes of the infected animal, causing the nodes to enlarge and appear like lumps on the skin, which is where it derives its name from.
• The cutaneous nodules, 2–5 cm in diameter, appear on the infected cattle’s head, neck, limbs, udder, genitalia, and perineum.
• The nodules may later turn into ulcers and eventually develop scabs over the skin.
• The other symptoms include high fever, sharp drop in milk yield, discharge from the eyes and nose, salivation, loss of appetite, depression, damaged hides, emaciation (thinness or weakness) of animals, infertility and abortions.
• The incubation period or the time between infection and symptoms is about 28 days according to the FAO, and 4 to 14 days according to some other estimates.
• The morbidity of the disease varies between two to 45% and mortality or rate of date is less than 10%, however, the reported mortality of the current outbreak in India is up to 15%, particularly in cases being reported in the western part (Rajasthan) of the country. - Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Which of the following statements regarding the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India are correct?
1. It was established by an act of Parliament
2. The composition of authority consists of 10 member team appointed by the government of India.
Select the correct answer using the code below.CorrectAns;- c) Both 1 and 2
About IRDAI
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India or the IRDAI is the apex body responsible for regulating and developing the insurance industry in India.
• It is an autonomous body. It was established by an act of Parliament known as the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. Hence, it is a statutory body.
• The IRDAI is headquartered in Hyderabad in Telangana. Prior to 2001, it was headquartered in New Delhi.Functions of IRDA
• Its primary purpose is to protect the rights of the policyholders in India.
• It gives the registration certificate to insurance companies in the country.
• It also engages in the renewal, modification, cancellation, etc. of this registration.
• It also creates regulations to protect policyholders’ interests in India.Composition of IRDA
The Section 4 of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) Act, 1999 specifies the composition of authority which consists of 10 member team appointed by the government of India which includes.
• One chairman
• Five whole time members
• Four part time membersIncorrectAns;- c) Both 1 and 2
About IRDAI
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India or the IRDAI is the apex body responsible for regulating and developing the insurance industry in India.
• It is an autonomous body. It was established by an act of Parliament known as the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. Hence, it is a statutory body.
• The IRDAI is headquartered in Hyderabad in Telangana. Prior to 2001, it was headquartered in New Delhi.Functions of IRDA
• Its primary purpose is to protect the rights of the policyholders in India.
• It gives the registration certificate to insurance companies in the country.
• It also engages in the renewal, modification, cancellation, etc. of this registration.
• It also creates regulations to protect policyholders’ interests in India.Composition of IRDA
The Section 4 of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) Act, 1999 specifies the composition of authority which consists of 10 member team appointed by the government of India which includes.
• One chairman
• Five whole time members
• Four part time members - Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Which of the following statements regarding the Nuclear Fusion are correct?
1. It is combining of two lighter nuclei into a heavier one.
2. The hydrogen bomb is based on a thermonuclear fission reaction.
Select the correct answer using the code below.CorrectAns;-A
Nuclear Fusion
• Nuclear Fusion is defined as the combining of two lighter nuclei into a heavier one.
• Such nuclear fusion reactions are the source of energy in the Sun and other stars.
• It takes considerable energy to force the nuclei to fuse. The conditions needed for this process are extreme – millions of degrees of temperature and millions of pascals of pressure.
• The hydrogen bomb is based on a thermonuclear fusion reaction. However, a nuclear bomb based on the fission of uranium or plutonium is placed at the core of the hydrogen bomb to provide initial energy.IncorrectAns;-A
Nuclear Fusion
• Nuclear Fusion is defined as the combining of two lighter nuclei into a heavier one.
• Such nuclear fusion reactions are the source of energy in the Sun and other stars.
• It takes considerable energy to force the nuclei to fuse. The conditions needed for this process are extreme – millions of degrees of temperature and millions of pascals of pressure.
• The hydrogen bomb is based on a thermonuclear fusion reaction. However, a nuclear bomb based on the fission of uranium or plutonium is placed at the core of the hydrogen bomb to provide initial energy. - Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Which of the following statements about Zanskar river are incorrect?
1. The Zanskar river is a major tributary of Brahmaputra river
2. It flows entirely in Jammu and Kashmir
3. It originates northeast of the Great Himalayan range
Select the correct answer using the code below.
a. Only 1 and 2
b. Only 2 and 3
c. Only 1 and 3
d. All of the aboveCorrectAns;- b) Only 1 and 2
About Zanskar River
• The Zanskar River is the first major tributary of the Indus River, equal or greater in volume than the main river, which flows entirely with Ladakh, India.
• It originates northeast of the Great Himalayan range and drains both the Himalayas and the Zanskar Range within the region of Zanskar.
• It flows northeast to join the Indus River near Nimo.
• It is one of the largest tributaries of the upper Indus catchment.
• It drains transversely northward from the Higher Himalaya, dominated by the Indian summer monsoon, to flow through the arid, westerlies-dominated, highly folded and thrusted Zanskar ranges in Ladakh.
• The Doda and the Tsarap Lingti Chu confluence at Padam to form the Zanskar, which in turn joins the Indus at Nimu.
• Zanskar valley can be divided into upper and lower divisions, separated by a gorge of nearly 60 km in length.IncorrectAns;- b) Only 1 and 2
About Zanskar River
• The Zanskar River is the first major tributary of the Indus River, equal or greater in volume than the main river, which flows entirely with Ladakh, India.
• It originates northeast of the Great Himalayan range and drains both the Himalayas and the Zanskar Range within the region of Zanskar.
• It flows northeast to join the Indus River near Nimo.
• It is one of the largest tributaries of the upper Indus catchment.
• It drains transversely northward from the Higher Himalaya, dominated by the Indian summer monsoon, to flow through the arid, westerlies-dominated, highly folded and thrusted Zanskar ranges in Ladakh.
• The Doda and the Tsarap Lingti Chu confluence at Padam to form the Zanskar, which in turn joins the Indus at Nimu.
• Zanskar valley can be divided into upper and lower divisions, separated by a gorge of nearly 60 km in length.
