Current Affairs Quiz, 24 Mar 2020

1) Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 has been declared with the outbreak of

a) Swine flu
b) Dengue
c) Cholera
d) All of the above

Ans: d

• It has been enforced across the country for dealing with outbreaks of diseases such as swine flu, dengue, and cholera.
• It lays down punishment as per Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code for flouting orders issued by various state governments
• The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 lays down punishment as per Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for flouting orders issued by various state governments to contain the spread of COVID-19.

2) The first supercomputer assembled indigenously in India is

a) Param Shivay
b) Param Shakti
c) Param Brahma
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• The first supercomputer assembled indigenously, called Param Shivay, was installed in IIT (BHU) and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Similar systems Param Shakti and Param Brahma were installed at IIT-Kharagpur and IISER, Pune. They are equipped with applications from domains like Weather and Climate, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bioinformatics, and Material science.

3) Teesta River doesn’t flow through

a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Bhutan
d) None of the above

Ans: c

• Teesta River (or Tista River) is a 315 km long river that rises in the eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Bangladesh and enters the Bay of Bengal.

4) Anosmia is a condition of

a) loss of sense of smell
b) diminished sense of taste
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Ans: a

• Anosmia, the loss of sense of smell, and Ageusia, an accompanying diminished sense of taste, have emerged as peculiar telltale signs of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and possible markers of infection.

5) Yakshagana is a traditional theatre form of Karnataka. It is performed in

a) Kannada
b) Malayalam
c) Tulu
d) All of the above

Ans: d

• Usually recited in Kannada, it is also performed in Malayalam as well as Tulu (the dialect of south Karnataka).
• More than 900 Yakshagana scripts, including the ones printed in 1905 and 1907, have now been digitised and made available online for free, thanks to the voluntary community effort by some Yakshagana lovers who did it under the banner Yakshavahini, a registered trust