TriumphIAS Daily Quiz (TIDQ) – 9-Jun-2018

Current Affairs and General Science

  1. Which Indian state has recorded the best Maternal Mortality Ratio since 2013?
    1. Assam
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3.  Kerala
    4.  Maharashtra
  2. Name the body, which has launched a ‘Data Visualisation App’ to monitor education system of India?
    1. UNESCO
    2. USAID
    3. UNICEF
    4. OECD
  3. What is the rank of India in the 2018 Global Peace Index?
    1. 129
    2. 147
    3. 137
    4.  112
  4. What is the revised housing loan limit under the priority sector lending (PSL) for metropolitan centre as stated by RBI recently?
    1. Rs 30 lakh
    2. Rs 35 lakh
    3. Rs 32 lakhs
    4.  Rs 45 lakhs
  5. Recently, President of India declared ‘Queen’ as the state fruit of Tripura. Queen is a variety of which fruit?
    1. Banana
    2. Orange
    3. Jackfruit
    4. Pineapple
  6. Indian government has announced to assist which among the following countries in amending laws related to insurance and reinsurance and further expanding insurance services in the country?
    1. Myanmar
    2. Nepal
    3. Malaysia
    4. Sri Lanka
  7. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) meeting was held recently in which of the given countries for the first time ever?
    1. Uzbekistan
    2. Russia
    3. India
    4. Pakistan
  8. According to the government report ‘Sample Registration System (SRS) 2016’, India reported a steady decline of _________ percent in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) since 2013.
    1. 12 percent
    2.  20 percent
    3. 10 percent
    4. 22 percent
  9. The WHO has declared which country as the first nation of South-East Asia region to eliminate Trachoma?
    1. Japan
    2. Malaysia
    3. Nepal
    4. Myanmar
  10. UNCTAD is located at__________
    1. Vienna, Austria
    2. New York, Washington
    3. Geneva, Switzerland
    4.  Paris, France
  11. Cobalt-60 is commonly used in radiation therapy because it emits (1999)
    1.  Alpha rays
    2. Beta rays
    3. Gamma rays
    4. X-rays
  12. Which one of the following metals does not form amalgams?
    1. Zinc
    2. Copper
    3.  Magnesium
    4. Iron
  13. Consider the following statement: -Coke is one of the materials of the charge added to blast furnace for the production of steel/iron. Its function is to: & choose the correct answer given below
    1. Act as the reducing agent
    2. Remove silica associated with the iron ore
    3. Function as fuel, to supply heat
    4. Act as an oxidizing agent
    5.  I and 2
    6. 2 and 4
    7. 1 and 3
    8. 3 and 4
  14. When ants bite, they inject
    1. a) Glacial acetic acid
    2. b) Methanol
    3. c) Formic acid
    4. d) Stearic acid
  15. A small pouch containing silica gel is often found in bottles of medicine in tablet or powder form because silica gel.
    1. Kills bacteria
    2. Kills germs and spores
    3. Absorbs moisture
    4. Absorbs all gases present inside the bottle

Answers with Explanation

  1. C
    • India recorded 22 per cent reduction in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) since 2013, as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin that was released on June 6, 2018.
    • According to the bulletin, the MMR in India declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in 2014-2016. Kerala topped the list with 46 MMR, followed by Maharashtra with 61 and Tamil Nadu with 66.
  2. C
    • The UNICEF has launched a ‘data visualisation app’ which provides a user-friendly visual representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in the country.
    • The app has been made with technical inputs from the UNICEF, in collaboration with the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
    •  The App can be used as a visual tool by policy makers, senior government officials, academia, and researchers to address gaps and monitor programmes in the field of education.
  3. C
    • India has been ranked 137th rank among 163 countries on the 2018 Global Peace Index by Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace.
    • The index is topped by Iceland, followed by New Zealand, Portugal, Austria and Denmark, whereas war-torn Syria remains the least peaceful country in the world, followed by Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen.
  4. B
    • In a boost to affordable housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the Reserve Bank of India has raised the housing loan limits under priority sector lending (PSL) for economically weaker sections and lower income groups. According to RBI, the metropolitan centres (with population of 10 lakh and above) will now qualify for home loans up to Rs 35 lakh for the benefits of priority sector lending, as against up to Rs 28 lakh earlier. Similarly, loans up to Rs 25 lakh will now qualify under PSL for other centres, compared with Rs 20 lakh earlier. The overall cost of the dwelling unit in the metropolitan centre (with population of ten lakh and above) and at other centres should not exceed Rs 45 lakh and Rs 30 lakh, respectively.
  5. D
    • President Ram Nath Kovind has announced to recognise the “Queen” a variety of Pineapple as Tripura’s state fruit. Prez also inaugurated a 73 km. long National Highway from Matabari (Udaipur) to Sabroom along the Gomati and South Tripura districts.
  6. A
    • The General Insurance Corp of India (GIC) will assist Myanmar authorities in amending laws related to insurance and reinsurance and in expanding insurance services in the country. At present, Myanmar Insurance offers 29 types of insurance including those related to health, car, homeowners, life and disability.
  7. D
    • Pakistan hosted the three-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) meeting in Islamabad. This is the first time that Pakistan hosted the meeting ever since the country became a member of SCO in June 2017.
  8. D
    • India has registered a significant decline of 22 percent in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) since 2013, according to the recently released Sample Registration System (SRS) 2016. As per the report, the MMR has declined from 167 in 2011-2013 to 130 in 2014-2016.
  9.  C
    • According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nepal has become the first country in south-east Asia region to eliminate trachoma, world’s leading cause of preventable blindness of infectious origin. Trachoma was the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the Himalayan nation in the 1980s.
  10.  C
    • The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.
  11. C
    • Explanation: not Required
  12. B
    • Copper is not able to form amalgam while iron, zinc and magnesium are used to make amalgam.
  13. C
    • At the base of the blast furnace, coke burns to produce CO2 which starts rising upward. As CO2 rises upward, it comes in contact with layers of coke and gets reduced to carbon monoxide as represented by the following equations:
    • C + 02 ~ CO2   CO2 + C ~ 2 CO
    • Silica is removed from the Iron-ore in the middle portion of the furnace, where the temperature is about 1075 to 1275 K by the reaction of lime-stone.
    • Thus coke is used as a reducing agent and source of heat in the furnace, while silica is removed by the limestone.
  14. C
    • There is a gland found in ants which is filled with formic acid and thus when they bites, they inject formic acid in our body.
  15. C
    • Silica acts as absorbent of humidity.

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