10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : April 25, 2019

IEPF is a fund where unclaimed dividend, refunded application money, matured company deposits and debentures, as well as the interest on them, is used, provided it is not claimed within seven years. Hence statement 1 is incorrect

It is a fund set up under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to help promote investor awareness and protection of investor interests.

IEPF Authority has been set up under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India as a statutory body under Companies Act 2013 to administer the IEPF with the objective of promoting Investor’s Education, Awareness and Protection. Hence statement 2 is correct

Exercise Bold Kurukshetra

The 12th edition of joint military exercise between India and Singapore culminated on 11 April 2019 after an impressive closing ceremony held at Babina Military Station (UP).

The Exercise is aimed at attaining a high level of interoperability between the armies of both the nations through mutual understanding and familiarization with each other’s operational procedures and equipment.

The government has extended the ban on import of milk and its products, including chocolates, from China till laboratories at ports for testing presence of toxic chemical melamine are upgraded.

Melamine is a chemical compound that has a number of industrial uses, including the production of laminates, glues, dinnerware, adhesives, molding compounds, coatings and flame retardants.

It is a name used both for the chemical and for the plastic made from it. In this event, all references are to the chemical.

It is illegally added to inflate the apparent protein content of food products.

Because it is high in nitrogen, the addition of melamine to a food artificially increases the apparent protein content as measured with standard tests. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world’s most strategically important choke points

Brinjal has been genetically modified by inserting a protein gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to give protection against certain pests.

Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is the apex regulator of genetically modified seed. GEAC is established under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. GEAC is apex body under Environment Ministry for regulating manufacturing, use, import, export and storage of hazardous micro-organisms or genetically  engineered organisms (GMOs) and cells in the country. It is also responsible for giving technical approval of proposals relating to release of GMOs and products including experimental field trials. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

Only two species of marine turtles display a unique mass nesting behavior. This behavior is known as an ‘arribada’.

Arribada- Spanish term meaning arrival; a mass nesting behavior.

An arribada is a unique nesting phenomenon common to both the Olive ridley and the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.