10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #19 September 23, 2019

Explanation: The Jijamata Udyan or also known as the Byculla Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in India that has evolved into a much visited tourist spot now. It is located at the heart of the city, Mumbai. It is built over a huge area of land and also comprises of a beautiful garden apart from the zoo. The garden holds some unique and rare collection of trees and there are almost 3213 trees in number. Many flowers and herbal plants are also found here. The zoo also houses many endangered species. The Asiatic lion, jungle cat, palm civet cat, porcupine, gaur, mouse deer, leopard and the common otter are some of the rare species found in this zoo. There is separate birds section here that houses variety of birds like peacock, flamingos, peahen and many others. The Byculla zoo had recently been renovated and many more species of birds and animals have been newly introduced in the zoo.

Explanation: Recognizing the need to regulate production, promote overseas marketing and control recurring instances of imbalances in supply and demand, which lead to market problems, the Government of India under the Tobacco Board Act of 1975, established the Tobacco Board, in place of the Tobacco Export Promotion Council. The Board came into existence from 1-1-1976 and opened its head quarters at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India. the Tobacco Board under the Commerce Ministry.

Explanation: Cannabis or Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world with an estimated 125 million people consuming it in some form or the other every year. In India, marijuana use has been historically bound to faith and mysticism. It is said to be a drug that helps the user attain “ecstasy in the original sense of the word”. India has consumed and celebrated charas (hash), bhang and weed for centuries. However, implementation of stringent narcotic laws in 1986 made the sale, consumption, production and transportation of marijuana illegal in the country. The Golden Triangle is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers.

Explanation: The Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) is one of the key projects of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under Nirbhaya Fund. The system has been designed to play a pivotal role in mitigation or preventing escalation of crime, especially against women and children. ERSS envisages a single pan-India emergency number ‘112’, which is an internationally recognised number to target all types of emergencies.
The features of ERSS are:
(a) computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress and
(b)Citizens can send their emergency information through call, sms through the 112 mobile app.

Explanation: MOSAiC mission stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. The objective of the mission is to study the impact of climate change on the Arctic and how it could affect the rest of the world. The mission has received funding from U.S. institutions such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NASA.
Under the mission, scientists plan to sail the RV Polarstern ship into the Arctic Ocean, anchor it to a large piece of sea ice and allow the water to freeze around them effectively trapping themselves in the vast sheet of ice that forms over the North Pole each winter. As temperatures drop, they’ll build temporary winter research camps on the ice allowing them to perform tests that wouldn’t be possible at other times of the year or by satellite sensing.