UPSC Quiz – 2020 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz [Day 18]

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The Current Affairs questions are based on sources like ‘The Hindu’, ‘Indian Express’ and ‘PIB’, which are very important sources for UPSC Prelims Exam. The questions are focused on both the concepts and facts. The topics covered here are generally different from what is being covered under ‘Daily Current Affairs/Daily News Analysis (DNA) and Daily Static Quiz’ to avoid duplication. The questions would be published from Monday to Saturday before 2 PM. One should not spend more than 10 minutes on this initiative.

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1. Question 1 of 5

   1. Question

   ‘Kharchi Puja’ is associated with which of the following states?

   • a) Odisha
   • b) Uttarakhand
   • c) Bihar
   • d) Tripura
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   Solution (d)

   Kharchi Puja is one of Tripura’s most important festivals involving the worship of ‘the 14 Gods’. The festival also highlights the equal participation of people from both tribal and non-tribal communities.

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   Solution (d)

   Kharchi Puja is one of Tripura’s most important festivals involving the worship of ‘the 14 Gods’. The festival also highlights the equal participation of people from both tribal and non-tribal communities.
2. Question 2 of 5

   2. Question

   Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis’.

   1. He was also the architect of India’s First Five Year Plan.
   2. He is credited with the achievement of publishing journal ‘Sankhya’.

   Select the correct statements

   • a) 1 only
   • b) 2 only
   • c) Both 1 and 2
   • d) Neither 1 nor 2
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   Solution (b)

   PC Mahalanobis was instrumental in formulating India’s second five-year-plan (1956-1961), which laid the blueprint for industrialisation and development in India.

   He founded and nurtured Sankhyā – the Indian Journal of Statistics.

   Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/national-statistics-day-remembering-pc-mahalanobis/story-YuxqIJuoJu5tubCrZ2FEWI.html

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   Solution (b)

   PC Mahalanobis was instrumental in formulating India’s second five-year-plan (1956-1961), which laid the blueprint for industrialisation and development in India.

   He founded and nurtured Sankhyā – the Indian Journal of Statistics.

   Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/national-statistics-day-remembering-pc-mahalanobis/story-YuxqIJuoJu5tubCrZ2FEWI.html
3. Question 3 of 5

   3. Question

   Which of the following statements with respect to ‘Gynandromorphism’ is correct?

   • a) It is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
   • b) It is a condition where the organism contains both male and female characteristics.
   • c) It is a condition where a single organism composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype.
   • d) It is a condition where the organism has no gender.
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   Solution (b)

   A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics.

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/rare-biological-phenomenon-in-dragonflies-sighted-at-kole-wetlands/article31939658.ece

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   Solution (b)

   A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics.

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/rare-biological-phenomenon-in-dragonflies-sighted-at-kole-wetlands/article31939658.ece
4. Question 4 of 5

   4. Question

   Which of the following statements with respect to ‘Chandrasekhar Limit’ is/are correct?

   1. The Chandrasekhar Limit is now accepted to be approximately 1.4 times the mass of the Sun.
   2. Any white dwarf with less than this mass will stay a white dwarf forever.

   Select the correct statements

   • a) 1 only
   • b) 2 only
   • c) Both 1 and 2
   • d) Neither 1 nor 2
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   Solution (c)

   The Chandrasekhar Limit is now accepted to be approximately 1.4 times the mass of the sun; any white dwarf with less than this mass will stay a white dwarf forever, while a star that exceeds this mass is destined to end its life in that most violent of explosions: a supernova.

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/black-hole-merges-with-unusual-compact-object/article31934686.ece#:~:text=The%20LIGO%20Scientific%20and%20VIRGO,light%20are%20compatible%20with%20both.

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   Solution (c)

   The Chandrasekhar Limit is now accepted to be approximately 1.4 times the mass of the sun; any white dwarf with less than this mass will stay a white dwarf forever, while a star that exceeds this mass is destined to end its life in that most violent of explosions: a supernova.

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/black-hole-merges-with-unusual-compact-object/article31934686.ece#:~:text=The%20LIGO%20Scientific%20and%20VIRGO,light%20are%20compatible%20with%20both.
5. Question 5 of 5

   5. Question

   The term ‘Younger Dryas’ is associated with

   • a) Coronal Mass Ejections
   • b) Glacial Conditions
   • c) Solar Minimums
   • d) Zealandia
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   Solution (b)

   The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years BP) was a return to glacial conditions after the Late Glacial Interstadial, which temporarily reversed the gradual climatic warming after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) started receding around 20,000 BP.

   THINK!

   • Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
   • Microscopic zooplankton called foraminifera

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/when-the-indian-oceans-ancient-climate-patterns-return/article31934556.ece

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   Solution (b)

   The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years BP) was a return to glacial conditions after the Late Glacial Interstadial, which temporarily reversed the gradual climatic warming after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) started receding around 20,000 BP.

   THINK!

   • Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
   • Microscopic zooplankton called foraminifera

   Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/when-the-indian-oceans-ancient-climate-patterns-return/article31934556.ece