10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | March 14 2021

Statement 1 is correct. One Nation One Ration Card allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, to claim either full or part food grains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country through existing ration card in a seamless manner.

Their family members back home, if any, can also claim the balance food grains on same ration card. The Ration card details and entitlements are available online on any ePoS device in the country and it includes both inter-State and intra-State (inter-district/intra-district) portability of ration cards.

Statement 2 is correct. NIC has developed a Mobile Application “MERA RATION”, to facilitate various ONORC related services among NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, FPS dealers and other relevant stakeholders.

Both statements are incorrect.

The Reserve Bank of India has specified certain regulatory trigger points, as a part of prompt corrective action (PCA) Framework, in terms of three parameters, i.e. capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR), net non-performing assets (NPA) and Return on Assets (RoA), for initiation of certain structured and discretionary actions in respect of banks hitting such trigger points.

# Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently taken out IDBI Bank from the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework. But it is still subject to certain conditions and continuous monitoring.

With the exception of the short-lived, powerful explosions responsible for supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, quasars (or QSOs) are the brightest objects in the Universe.

They are thought to be powered by supermassive black holes which lie at the center of massive galaxies. However, the black holes themselves do not emit visible or radio light (i.e. they are “black”) – the light we see from quasars comes from a disk of gas and stars called an accretion disk, which surrounds the black hole.

# International team of astronomers have discovered the most distant ‘Radio-Loud’ Quasar. It is named P172+18 and has been discovered with the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT).

# A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space.

# A magnetar is a type of neutron star believed to have an extremely powerful magnetic field.

Statement 1 is correct. A ramjet is a form of air-breathing jet engine that uses the vehicle’s forward motion to compress incoming air for combustion without a rotating compressor. Fuel is injected in the combustion chamber where it mixes with the hot compressed air and ignites. A ramjet-powered vehicle requires an assisted take-off like a rocket assist to accelerate it to a speed where it begins to produce thrust.

Statement 2 is correct. A scramjet engine is an improvement over the ramjet engine as it efficiently operates at hypersonic speeds and allows supersonic combustion. Thus, it is known as Supersonic Combustion Ramjet, or Scramjet.

# Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) recently successfully flight-tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology.

The 24-day march from March 12 to April 5, 1930 was a tax resistance campaign against the British salt monopoly and heavy taxation. The 1882 Salt Act gave the British a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt. Even though salt was freely available on the coasts of India, Indians were forced to buy it from the colonisers.

Gandhi reached Dandi on April 5. The following day, early morning he proceeded along with the other marchers to the sea, where he picked up lumps of natural salt lying in a small pit.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Institution of Satra is a unique feature of Vaishnavism in Assam, founded by Sankardeva, the father of Assamese culture. The satras are not just monasteries, but centers of traditional performing arts.

Statement 2 is correct. The satras consist of a large prayer hall facing a simple shrine, surrounded by dormitories and bathing tanks for monks. The satras also offer guest accommodation where devotees and visitors not only take part in worship of Vishnu and Krishna, but also watch traditional bhaona performances.

Srimanta Sankardev (1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese saint, scholar, poet, and social-religious reformer.

He propagated a form of Bhakti philosophy called Eka Sarana naam Dharma. The philosophy had an influence on two medieval kingdoms—Koch and the Ahom kingdoms.

El Salvador is bounded by Honduras to the north and east, by the Pacific Ocean to the south, and by Guatemala to the northwest. Its territory is situated wholly on the western side of the isthmus, and it is therefore the only Central American country that lacks a Caribbean coast.

El Salvador recently beccame the first Malaria-free country in Central America and the third in America. It received a Malaria-free certificate from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Brahmaputra river originates from Kailash ranges of Himalayas at an elevation of about 5150 m and flows for abut 2900 km through Tibet (China), India and Bangladesh and joins the Ganga. The river Brahmaputra receives a number of tributaries at its north and south banks, in the catchment area in India.

In addition, six tributaries namely the Tista, the Sankosh, the Raidak-I, the Raidak-II, the Torsa and the Jaldhaka flowing through the northern West Bengal also join the main stream of Brahmaputra but, in the plains of Bangladesh.

# Manipur River in Manipur state flows into Myanmar, where it merges with the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin river.

The World Health Organization (WHO) releases its first-ever World Report on Hearing. This report released on World Hearing Day (observed on 3rd March).

It has been developed in response to the World Health Assembly resolution, adopted in 2017 as a means of providing guidance for Member States to integrate ear and hearing care into their national health plans.

This report presents epidemiological and financial data on hearing loss; outlines available cost-effective solutions and sets the way forward through ‘Integrated people-centered ear and hearing care’ (IPC-EHC).

Statement 1 is correct. India has assumed the Chairmanship of BRICS for 2021 and will be hosting this year’s summit.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The theme of BRICS this year is -“BRICS@15: Intra BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus”.

The BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) leads held their first meeting under India’s Chairship from 9-11 March 2021. India, under its Chairship in 2021, presented the calendar of events for BRICS CGETI 2021, which included the priority areas for deliverables, schedule and scope of the MSME roundtable conference workshop on Services Statistics, and the BRICS Trade Fair.