TriumphIAS Daily Quiz (TIDQ) – 5-Jun-2018

  1. Which among the following has launched a Digital Literacy Program for women in partnership with National Commission for Women to train women population on safe use of internet?
    1. Google
    2. Amazon
    3. WhatsApp
    4. Facebook
  2. According to the National Sports University Ordinance, 2018, India’s first national sports university will be set up in which state?
    1. Assam
    2. Chandigarh
    3. Manipur
    4. Delhi
  3. Which state government has launched the scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for journalists?
    1. Punjab
    2. Odisha
    3. Jharkhand
    4. Assam
  4. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has launched a new EPS to predict severity and intensity of weather. What does “EPS” stands for?
    1. Ensemble Prediction Systems
    2. Enable Prediction Systems
    3. Epact Prediction Systems
    4. Emanate Prediction Systems
  5. An executive committee has been constituted by the Union Government to spread Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy among the people at global level. Who will head this committee?
    1. Ram Nath Kovind
    2. Rajnath Singh
    3. Narendra Modi
    4. Venkaiah Naidu
  6. Indian power unit NTPC has adopted which of the given monuments under the Swachh Iconic Places Projects of India?
    1. Qutub Minar
    2. Taj Mahal
    3. Charminar
    4. Gateway of India
  7. Which country is hosting the 2018 BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting?
    1. Brazil
    2. South Africa
    3. India
    4. China
  8. In which of the following cities, India’s first advanced DNA forensic laboratory will come up?
    1. Mumbai
    2. Kolkata
    3. Chandigarh
    4. Guwahati
  9. IBSA is a tripartite group for international cooperation. Which country is not a part of this group?
    1. India
    2. Bangladesh
    3. South Africa
    4. Brazil

General Studies

Art and Culture

  1. In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located?
    1. Bhubaneswar
    2. Bijapur
    3. Kolkata
    4. Shravanambelagola
  2. Consider the following statements:
      1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar
      2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632
      3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    1. I only
    2. I and 2
    3. I and 3
    4. 3 only
  3. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
    1. Rigveda
    2. Yajurveda
    3. Atharvaveda
    4. Samaveda
  4. Consider the following statements
      1. Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praise of Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was written by Ibrahim Adil Shah II.
      2. Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of the early from of the musical style known as Qawali.

    Which of these statements is/ are correct?

    1. Only1
    2. Only2
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither 1 nor 2
  5. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
    1. The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravana-belagola represents the last Tirthankara of Jains
    2. India’s largest Buddhist monastery is in Arunachal Pradesh
    3. The Khajuraho temples were built under Chandela kings
    4. The hoysalesvara temple is dedicated to Siva
  6. The Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Department/Ministry of
    1. Culture
    2. Tourism
    3. Science and Technology

Human Resource Development

Answers with Explanation

  1. D
  • Social networking giant Facebook has announced a partnership with National Commission for Women, under which it has launched a Digital Literacy Program for women.
  • This programme will run in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation, and attempts to conduct training across local languages to ensure safe use of the internet.
  1. C
  • The National Sports University Ordinance, 2018 has come into force as the President of India has given his assent to the Union Cabinet’s decision to promulgate the said Ordinance.
  • The Union Cabinet, had on May 23, approved an ordinance to set up the country’s first national sports university in Imphal, Manipur.
  1. B
  • The Odisha government has launched the health insurance scheme “Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana” for working journalists in the state.
  • It will be implemented with effect from June 1, 2018. In the first phase, as many as 3,233 working journalists will get health insurance coverage up to Rs 2 lakh a year.
  • Under the scheme, at least five members of the journalists family will be covered. The scribes will get their health insurance card from the District Information and Public Relations Officer (DIPRO) in their respective districts.
  1. A
  • The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has launched a new Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS) to provide probabilistic weather forecasts up to the next 10 days. According to IMD, these new systems shall improve upon deterministic forecasts that are prone to high margins of error. These systems also use a higher resolution 12 km grid scale, instead of the 23 km resolution that has been in use till now.
  • The forecast related to the intensity of the weather will also be more accurate and colour coded. The new model has been developed jointly by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting. With this new model, India joins the US with a model that predicts with a 12 km resolution.
  • Only the ‘European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast’ has a better 9-kilometer resolution. Better forecasts lead to better management agriculture and water resources. It also helps promote tourism, solar and wind energy.
  1. C
  • The Union Government has set up an executive committee, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spread Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy among the people at the national and international level.
  • The committee will comprise of senior cabinet ministers, the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, renowned Gandhians, social activists and noted public figures.
  1. C
  • NTPC Ltd has adopted the iconic Charminar in Hyderabad under the Swachh Iconic Places Projects of India as a part of a special drive under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • NTPC will contribute Rs 8.19 crore towards implementation of the project by GHMC in a time schedule of nine months from the date of signing.
  1. B
  • The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting has started in the South African city of Johannesburg on June 4, 2018. The meeting is expected to lay the foundation for 2018 annual summit of the grouping which will also be held in Johannesburg.
  • The BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
  1. C
  • Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD), has laid the foundation stone of India’s first advanced DNA forensic laboratory “Sakhi Suraksha” in the campus of Central Forensic Science Lab of Chandigarh as part efforts to reduce the backlog of cases needing advanced forensic analysis. It will be built using the funds from the Nirbhaya Fund.
  • The state-of-the-art lab will assist in investigation and prosecution of crimes including those committed against women and children. It will contribute to address the gap in forensic DNA analysis of pending sexual assault cases in the country.
  • Forensic science plays a vital role in the criminal justice delivery system by providing investigators with scientifically based information through the analysis of physical evidence.
  1. B
  • The IBSA Dialogue Forum (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an international tripartite grouping for promoting international cooperation among these countries.

General Studies

  1. A
  • Lingaraja Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Harihara, a form of Shiva and Vishnu and is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar.
  • The temple represents the quintessence of the Kalinga Architecture and culminating the medieval stages of the architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar.
  • The temple is believed to be built by the kings from the Somavamsi dynasty, with later additions from the Ganga rulers.
  • The temple is built in the Deula style that has four components namely, vimana (structure containing the sanctum), jagamohana (assembly hall), natamandira(festival hall) and bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings), each increasing in the height to its predecessor. The temple complex has 50 other shrines and is enclosed by a large compound wall.
  1. D
  • The Islamic calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. It began in 622 AD.
  1. C
  • The earliest description of magical charms and spell could, be found in Atharvaveda. It to collection of spells and incantations, abroaic charms and speculative hymns.
  • The Atharva Veda is the “knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life”. The latter layer of Atharvaveda text includes three primary Upanishads, influential to various schools of Hindu philosophy.
  • These include the Mundaka Upanishad, the Mandukya Upanishad and the Prashna Upanishad
  1. C
  • Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1556 – 12 September 1627) was king of the Sultanate of Bijapur and a member of the Adil Shahi dynasty. Under his reign the dynasty had its greatest period as he extended its frontier as far south as Mysore. He was a skilful administrator, artist, poet and a generous patron of the arts.
  • Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music originated in South Asia. It is popular in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, in many parts of India including North India, East India, Central India, Delhi, Hyderabad, and many parts of Bangladesh. Delhi’s Sufi saint Amir Khusro Dehlavi of the Chisti order of Sufis is credited with fusing the Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Indian musical traditions in the late 13th century in India to create Qawwali as we know it today.
  1. A
  • Tawang Monastery, located in Tawang city of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, is the largest monastery in India and second largest in the world after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It belongs to the Gelug school of Mahayana Buddhism.
  • The statue Gommateshwara is dedicated to the Jain god Bahubali. It was built in around 983 A.D. and is one of the largest free standing statues in the world. The construction of the statue was commissioned by the Ganga dynasty minister and commander, Chavundaraya. Neighboring areas have Jain temples known as basadis and several images of the Tirthankaras. Bahubali , a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Adinath, the first tirthankara of Jainism.
  • The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh,They are one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. The temples are famous for their nagara-style architectural symbolism .Most Khajuraho temples were built between 950 and 1050 by the Chandela dynasty. Hoysaleswara temple (also spelt “Hoysaleshwara” or Hoysaleshvara”) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. It was built in Halebidu (in modern Karnataka state, India) during the rule of King Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th century.
  1. A
  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the Ministry of Culture, is the premier organization for the archaeological researches and protection of the cultural heritage of the Nation.
  • Maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance is the prime concern of the ASI.

 

 

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