Current Affairs Quiz , 12 Jul 2019

1) India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Project is funded by

a) Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
b) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b

Answer: c
• The Government of India has approved a project to build the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Pottipuram in the Theni District of Tamil Nadu. Briefly, the project aims to set up a 51000-ton Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector to observe naturally occurring atmospheric neutrinos in a cavern at the end of an approximately 2 km long tunnel in a mountain.

2) Which of the following is the first ever space probe to gather material from beneath the surface of an asteroid?

a) Hayabusa2
b) OSIRIS-REx
c) e.Deorbit
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which successfully made its second touchdown on asteroid Ryugu on July 12, 2019, has become the first ever space probe to gather material from beneath the surface of an asteroid, the Nature reported.
• The asteriod mission first reached Ryugu — a kilometre-wide asteriod, with a relatively dark surface and almost zero gravity — in June 2018 and made its first touchdown on the surface in February 2019.

3) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on

a) June 15
b) June 10
c) June 11
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• 15 June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• This day is celebrated every year on 15 June to raise voice for caring elders.

4) Operation Thirst, recently seen in news, is launched to

a) Monitor selling of unauthorised Packaged Drinking Water
b) Ensuring drinking water facilities to drought affected regions
c) Give boost to irrigation in water-stressed areas
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• It is launched by ‘Railway Protection Force’(RPF), Ministry of Railways

5) Study in India programme is implemented by under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

a) Educational Consultants of India (EdCIL)
b) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
c) University Grants Commission (UGC)
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The Central government’s thrust on ‘Study In India’ programme’ programme to draw more international students to India is likely to benefit Hyderabad, which already is a favoured destination for students from Middle East and African countries.