GK Quiz | 27 October 2020

Q1. Consider the following statements about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW):

1. It is a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.
2. India had participated in negotiations that created the treaty.
3. Russia became the 50^th country to ratify the accord.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 1 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1,2 and 3

Solution: B)

Explanation:

Statements 1,2 and 3: Recently, Honduras became the 50^th country to ratify the accord.

About Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW):

• It was adopted at United Nations in 2017.
• It will enter into force 90 days after the 50^th ratification.
• It is the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament.
• The eight nuclear weapon states, namely US, Russia, Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan and North Korea, along with Israel, had not participated in the negotiations that created the treaty.
• It obliges State parties to provide adequate assistance to individuals affected by the testing or use of nuclear weapons.
• It prohibits a full range of nuclear-weapon related activities, such as undertaking to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.

So, statement 1 is correct and statements 2 and 3 are incorrect. Hence, option B is correct.

 

Q2. Which of the following is/are not an application of superconductors?

1. Energy Storage
2. Magnetic levitation trains
3. Power transmission

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 1,2 and 3
4. 3 only

Solution: D)

Explanation:

About Superconductors:

• Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with no resistance.
• Properties:

• • No magnetic field can exist within a superconductor
  • It will exclude magnetic fields, a phenomenon called the Meissner effect.

• Applications include:

• • These are used in maglev trains, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines.
  • Power storage and transmission
  • Large hadron collider or particle accelerator

Hence, option D is correct.

 

Q3. Industry 4.0 focuses on –

1. Machine Learning
2. Interconnectivity
3. Automation
4. All of the above

Solution: D)

Explanation:

Recently, IIT Kharagpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have jointly developed a novel Industry 4.0 Technology.

Industry 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial revolution and is a new phase in the industrial revolution that focuses heavily on automation, interconnectivity, real-time data and Machine Learning.

Hence, option D is correct.

 

Q4. Region of Oaxaca, recently seen in news, is located in –

1. Mexico
2. Brazil
3. Peru
4. Sudan

Solution: A)

Explanation: Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a reference to the region of Oaxaca which is in Mexico.

About Khadi Oaxaca:

• It has been founded by Mark “Marcos” Brown, an American living in Mexico, and his wife, Kalindi Attar.
• It is a farm-to-garment collective which comprises around 400 families, which live and work on traditional farms and homesteads in the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico.

Hence, option A is correct.

 

Q5. Consider the following pairs:

Kabartal Wetland	Uttarakhand
Asan Conservation Reserve	Bihar
Bhoj Wetlands	Madhya Pradesh

 

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

1. 2 only
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 3 only
4. 1 and 3 only

Solution: C)

Explanation:

Recently, Kabartal Wetland (Bihar) and Asan Conservation Reserve (Uttrakhand) have been designated as Ramsar Sites.

Kabartal Wetland is also known as Kanwar Jheel. It covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the Begusarai district of Bihar. It has five critically endangered species including two waterbirds, the sociable lapwing and Baer’s pochard and three vultures, namely, red-headed vulture, white-rumped vulture and Indian vulture.

Asan Conservation Reserve is Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar Site. It is a 444-hectare stretch of the Asan River running down to its confluence with the Yamuna River in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand.

Bhoj wetland is situated in Madhya Pradesh.

Hence, option C is correct.