Current Affairs Quiz 10 March 2023
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Current Affairs Quiz 10 March 2023 for UPSC Prelims
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1. Question
eNAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities. What is the
significance of eNAM?
1. It provides better price discovery to farmers through transparent auction process.
2. It allows Farmer Producer Organisations to trade their produce without bringing it to mandis.
3. It allows the farmers to sell their produce directly from warehouses.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:CorrectAnswer: D
All the statements are correct.IncorrectAnswer: D
All the statements are correct. - Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following pairs:
Martial arts – Associated State
1. Thang-ta – Nagaland
2. Gatka – Punjab
3. Malla khamb – Maharashtra
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?CorrectAnswer: B
Pair 1 is incorrect. Created by the Meitei people of Manipur, Thang-ta is an armed martial art that finds its mention as one of the most lethal combat forms. Thang refers to a ‘sword’, while Ta refers to a ‘spear’, thus sword and spear are the two main elements of Thang-ta.IncorrectAnswer: B
Pair 1 is incorrect. Created by the Meitei people of Manipur, Thang-ta is an armed martial art that finds its mention as one of the most lethal combat forms. Thang refers to a ‘sword’, while Ta refers to a ‘spear’, thus sword and spear are the two main elements of Thang-ta. - Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of global greenhouse gas emissions?
CorrectAnswer: A
IncorrectAnswer: A
- Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Which of the following regarding Brahmos missile are correct?
1. The Brahmos missiles is a ballistic missile with range of 290Km
2. The Brahmos missile is developed with the collaboration of IsraelCorrectAns;- d) None of the above
Explanation;-
• It’s a supersonic cruise missile not ballistic and its developed with collaboration of Russia.
• BRAHMOS is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
• Brahmos is named on the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva.
• It is a two-stage (solid propellant engine in the first stage and liquid ramjet in second) air to surface missile with a flight range of around 300 km.
• However, India’s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) has extended the range of the BRAHMOS missile to reach 450 km-600km, a shade above its current MTCR capped range of 300 km.
• Brahmos is a multiplatform i.e., it can be launched from land, air, and sea and multi capability missile with pinpoint accuracy that works in both day and night irrespective of the weather conditions.
• It operates on the “Fire and Forgets” principle i.e., it does not require further guidance after launch.
• Brahmos is one of the fastest cruise missiles currently operationally deployed with speed of Mach 2.8, which is 3 times more than the speed of sound.IncorrectAns;- d) None of the above
Explanation;-
• It’s a supersonic cruise missile not ballistic and its developed with collaboration of Russia.
• BRAHMOS is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
• Brahmos is named on the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva.
• It is a two-stage (solid propellant engine in the first stage and liquid ramjet in second) air to surface missile with a flight range of around 300 km.
• However, India’s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) has extended the range of the BRAHMOS missile to reach 450 km-600km, a shade above its current MTCR capped range of 300 km.
• Brahmos is a multiplatform i.e., it can be launched from land, air, and sea and multi capability missile with pinpoint accuracy that works in both day and night irrespective of the weather conditions.
• It operates on the “Fire and Forgets” principle i.e., it does not require further guidance after launch.
• Brahmos is one of the fastest cruise missiles currently operationally deployed with speed of Mach 2.8, which is 3 times more than the speed of sound. - Question 5 of 5
5. Question
“POP FAME” recently seen in the media is related to which one of the following ?
CorrectAnswer: A
POP FAME is a fuel from a bacterium that packs more energy than even the rocket fuels in use today. It
is a polycyclopropanated fatty acid methyl ester. It was found that POP-FAME carries more energy than
petrol or some conventional rocket fuels. The fuel has energy density values exceeding 50 megajoules a
liter, compared with 32 MJ for petrol and 35 MJ for RP-1, a kerosene-based rocket fuel. So, Option (a) is
correctIncorrectAnswer: A
POP FAME is a fuel from a bacterium that packs more energy than even the rocket fuels in use today. It
is a polycyclopropanated fatty acid methyl ester. It was found that POP-FAME carries more energy than
petrol or some conventional rocket fuels. The fuel has energy density values exceeding 50 megajoules a
liter, compared with 32 MJ for petrol and 35 MJ for RP-1, a kerosene-based rocket fuel. So, Option (a) is
correct
