Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – November 22, 2018

Statement 1 is Incorrect. Space elevator test equipment produced by researchers at Shizuoka University is being launched by Japan’s space agency from southern island of Tanegashima.

Statement 2 is incorrect. It is proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system.

Statement 1 is Correct. NECTAR is an autonomous society, set up under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. It has been setup for taking India’s bamboo mission forward.

Statement 2 is Incorrect. The headquarter of NECTAR is located at Shillong, Meghalaya to cater to the largest bamboo-growing region in the country. However, it is yet to shift from New Delhi to Shillong.It looks at harnessing and leveraging niche frontier technologies available with central scientific departments and institutions.

Recently, the Union Government has exempted electric vehicles as well as vehicles, including auto-rickshaws, buses, taxis, that run on alternative fuel like ethanol, bio-diesel, CNG, methanol and bio-fuel, from permit requirements.

But, this exemption would not extend to mild hybrids or hybrid vehicles. Hence, the correct answer is (c).

The decision of government would boost the demand for automobiles running on alternative fuel in the country.

Statement 1 is Correct. Tejas is an indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Statement 2 is Incorrect. Recently, it has been successfully tested for the air-to-air refuelling system. This test has placed India in an elite group of countries which have developed the air-to-air refuelling system for military aircraft.

Statement 1 is Incorrect. Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF), an infectious viral disease originally from South Africa.

Statement 2 is Correct. The fever affects the livestock.

Knowledge Base)

Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF), an infectious viral disease originally from South Africa affects cattle. It has neither a cure nor a vaccination that can prevent its spread.

Recently, the Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF), the rare and deadly livestock disease has resurfaced in a village in Kunigal taluk, Tumakuru district, in Karnataka.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The India State level Disease Burden Initiative Report is a joint initiative of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, along with experts and stakeholders associated with over 100 Indian institutions.

Statement 2 is correct. The State-wise disease burden (as per the India State level Disease Burden Initiative Report) showed that Punjab has been ranked at the top for the burden of ischemic heart disease, followed by Tamil Nadu, and vice-versa for diabetes.

West Bengal topped with the largest number of stroke cases followed by Odisha.

Ischaemic (or ischemic) heart disease is a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart.

All the statements are correct. A planet is an object in orbit around the Sun that is large enough (massive enough) to have its self-gravity pull itself into a round (or near-spherical) shape. In addition a planet orbits in a clear path around the Sun. If any object ventures near the orbit of a planet, it will either collide with the planet, and thereby be accreted, or be ejected into another orbit.

Knowledge Base)

The word planet comes from the Greek word for “wanderer”, meaning that planets were originally defined as objects that moved in the night sky with respect to the background of fixed stars.

There are eight planets in our Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Currently, there are five objects accepted as dwarf planets. Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. International Astronomical Union (IAU) designated Pluto as a ‘dwarf planet’ in 2006.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation.