UPSC Quiz – 2024 : IASbaba’s Daily Current Affairs Quiz 14th March 2024

·       GPUs are used for both professional and personal computing. Originally, GPUs were responsible for the rendering of 2D and 3D images, animations and video.

·       Like a central processing unit (CPU), a GPU is also a chip component in computing devices.

·       One important difference, though, is that the GPU is specifically designed to handle and accelerate graphics workloads and display graphics content on a device such as a PC or smartphone.

·       A GPU will also have its own RAM to store the data it is processing. This RAM is designed specifically to hold the large amounts of information coming into the GPU for highly intensive graphics use cases.

·       For graphics applications, the CPU sends instructions to the GPU for drawing the graphics content on screen. The GPU executes the instructions in parallel and at high speeds to display the content on the device — a process known as the graphics or rendering pipeline

·       It forms the only entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean.

·       Bordering Countries: It is bordered by Pakistan and Iran in the north; by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the west and by Oman in the south. Muscat, the capital of Oman, is located on the coast of the gulf.

·       The Gulf connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then empties into the Persian Gulf.

·       It is about 320 km wide at its widest point between Cape al-Hadd in Oman and the Gwadar Bay on the Iran-Pakistan border. It narrows to 35 miles (56 km) at the Strait of Hormuz.

·       It is approximately 560 km long.

·       The gulf is relatively shallow because of its origin as a fissure in the mountain spine now divided between Iran and Oman.

·       Some of the significant islands that are located in the Gulf of Oman include Sheytan Island, Al Fahal Island, Dimaniyat Islands, and the Sawadi Islands.

·       It was established in 1964 by an executive resolution of the Central government.

·       Its establishment was recommended by the Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption.

·       Originally the CVC was neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body.

·       Later, in 2003, the Parliament enacted a law conferring statutory status on the CVC.

·       It is conceived to be the apex vigilance institution, free of control from any executive authority, monitoring all vigilance activity under the Central Government.

·       They are appointed by the president by warrant under his hand and seal on the recommendation of a three member committee.

·       The three member committee consist of:

·       Prime minister as its head

·       Union minister of home affairs

·       Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha

·       Tenure – They hold office for a term of four years or until they attain the age of sixty five years, whichever is earlier.

·       Phoenix Settlement (est. 1904 in Natal), Tolstoy Farm (est. 1910 outside Johannesburg), Sabarmati Ashram (est. 1915 outside Ahmedabad), and Sevagram Ashram(est. 1936 in Wardha)

·       Phoenix Settlement, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1904 on the north-western edge of Durban to experiment with satyagraha, sarvodaya and ahimsa (non-violence).

·       The Tolstoy Farm was the second of its kind of experiments established by Gandhi. The first, the Phoenix settlement in Natal, was inspired in 1904 by a single reading of John Ruskin’s Unto This Last, a work that extolled the virtues of the simple life of love, labour, and the dignity of human beings.

History

·       This annual festival is held at Gorsam Chorten, a 93 feet tall Stupa, built during 13th century AD by a local monk- Lama Pradhar.

·       This is also the place where the 14th Dalai Lama had his first rest after fleeing from Tibet in 1959.

·       It features cultural performances and Buddhist rituals at the Gorsam Chorten, which is older than the Tawang Monastery.

·       Many devotees including a large number of Bhutanese nationals visit during Gorsam Kora festival to celebrate the virtuous occasion during the last day of the first month of the Lunar calendar.

·       It attracted pilgrims and Lamas from Bhutan, Tawang, and neighbouring regions, epitomising the spirit of camaraderie and cultural exchange.

·       The festival featured a diverse array of events, including enthralling performances by local cultural troupes and by the Indian army bands, martial performances like Mallakhamb and Zanjh Pathaka.