10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: May 29, 2020

Statement 1 is incorrect. Nepal shares a border of over 1850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Statement 2 is correct. Surya Kiran is a joint military training exercise between India and Nepal. Its latest edition SURYA KIRAN-XIV was held in Nepal in December 2019.

Statement 1 is incorrect. National Health Data is essential for effective planning, decision-making, monitoring and evaluation of various Health Programs & Health Sector Development activities.

The National Health Profile (NHP) is being annually published since 2005, which covers all the major information on Demography, Socio-Economic Status, Disease Morbidity & Mortality, Healthcare Finance, Human Resources in Health and Healthcare Infrastructure.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The NHP is released by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), a National Nodal agency for Health Intelligence in the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Horn of Africa is the term used for the eastern African peninsula. Horn of Africa does not have a strict definition but it generally denotes the region containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

PMI or a Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is an indicator of business activity. It consists of several different surveys that are compiled into a single numerical result depending on one of several possible answers to each question.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Purchasing Manager’s Index is constructed for both manufacturing as well as services sector.

Statement 2 is incorrect. A reading above 50 suggests expansion in business activity and below 50 denotes contraction.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The PMI Data for India is published by Japanese firm Nikkei but compiled and constructed by Markit Economics.

Cordyceps militaris is a fungus species that usually parasitizes insects.

Bodoland University has claimed that it has developed a fungal powder, using a pinch of C. militaris, powdered through lyophilisation or freeze-drying at –80°C, to help people boost their immunity to diseases.

Both statements are correct.

Pesticide spraying is used to counter the locust attack. Its overuse has detrimental effect on crops and soil as well.

Ten types of chemicals divided into three categories are recommended to be used for controlling locusts by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):

First is mycoinsecticide (for instance, Metarhizium acridum). This is of low risk to non-target organisms including birds and reptiles which ingest the treated locusts.

Second are insect growth regulators (like diflubenzuron, teflubenzuron and triflumuron).

Third is Organophosphates (like Chlorpyrifos), it is most potent.

Desert Locust swarms usually enter India from western boundary through Pakistan; therefore Western Indian regions are more prone to Locust attacks.

Statement 1 is correct. The AU is made up of 55 Member States which represent all the countries on the African continent.

Statement 2 is correct. Only an African country can become a member of the Union. Madagascar is a member country to the African Union; it is part of the Africa Continent.

Both statements are correct.

Article 348 of the Constitution provides that unless the Parliament provides by law, the proceedings in Supreme Court and High Courts shall be in English language.

It also provides that Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the use of the Hindi language, or any other language used for any official purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State.

Option 1 is correct. Darbuk is a village between Chang La mountain pass and Tangste on the way to Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh UT.

Option 2 is incorrect. Sumdorong Chu is in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The 1987 China-India military conflict between the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Ground Force and Indian Army that occurred at the Sumdorong Chu Valley.

Option 3 is incorrect. Doklam is an area with a plateau and a valley, lying between China’s Chumbi Valley to the north, Bhutan’s Ha Valley to the east and India’s Sikkim state to the west. India supports Bhutan’s claim over the area.

Statement 1 is correct. Operation Warp Speed is a public-private partnership to facilitate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

Statement 2 is incorrect. It is an initiative of United States government involving Centers for disease control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National institute of health (NIH), the Department of Defense; private firms; and other federal agencies.