Current Affairs Quiz , 21 Aug 2019

1) On the successful completion of the mission Chandrayaan-2, India will become the __________ country to conduct a soft landing on the Moon’s south polar region.

a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 3rd
d) 4th

Answer: a
• 1st to land on south pole and 4th to soft land

2) Which of the following are not the part of the three-drug regimen for drug approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)?

a) Bedaquiline
b) Linezolid
c) Pretomanid
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Pretomanid will be part of the three-drug regimen for drug approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
• The duration of treatment for drug-resistant TB can be drastically cut from 18-24 months to just six-nine months when pretomanid drug is used along with two already approved drugs — bedaquiline and linezolid.

3) Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission investigates how the Sun’s and Earth’s magnetic fields connect and disconnect, explosively transferring energy from one to the other. It is a scientific mission by

a) NASA
b) ESA
c) CSA
d) ISRO

Answer: a
• It is a scientific mission by NASA

4) A Panglossian way of life is one of extreme optimism, in which you are convinced whatever happens is for the best, and hence make no effort to change it. Idea was proposed by

a) Montesquieu
b) Rousseau
c) Voltaire
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The term comes from Dr. Pangloss, a pedantic old tutor in Candide, a satirical novel by Voltaire. The character depicted an incurable optimist, who remained an optimist even after experiencing great cruelty and suffering.

5) World Mosquito Day is observed on

a) August 20
b) August 19
c) August 21
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• World Mosquito Day, observed annually on 20 August, is a commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.
• Ross is responsible for the annual observance, having declared shortly after his discovery that the day should be known as World Mosquito Day in the future.