Current Affairs Quiz , 15 Oct 2019

1) LOTUS-HR aims to demonstrate water management approach that will produce clean water for reuse purposes. It is a joint program by India

a) Netherlands
b) Japan
c) China
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• It is a joint program by India and Netherlands.

2) Indian, British astronomers have recently discovered new details of black hole 10,000 light years away. It was not detected by

a) HiPERCAM
b) NICER observatory
c) Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• This kind of observations are not possible even by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) as the distance make them too faint.

3) Which among the following drug for Tuberculosis is the latest to get approval?

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

Answer: a
• Pretomanid got its approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is only the third new anti-TB drug to get approval in more than 40 years.

4) Which among the following Pallava king was also known by the name Mamallan?

a) Narasimhavarman I
b) Narasimhavarman II
c) Mahendravarman
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The name Mamallapuram derives from Mamallan, or “great warrior”, a title by which the Pallava King Narasimhavarman I (630-668 AD) was known. It was during his reign that Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese Buddhist monk-traveller, visited the Pallava capital at Kanchipuram.

5) Which known element has the highest energy density for weight

a) Nickel
b) Lithium
c) Cadmium
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Lithium is the lightest of all metals, has the greatest electrochemical potential and provides the largest specific energy per weight.