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Today’s Current Affairs MCQs for Practice
(From The Hindu- 21^st July 2022)

Question-1

According to a newly released highway construction plan, China is planning to build another highway through which disputed region?

a)   Taiwan Province

b)   Senkaky Islands

c)   South China Sea

d)   Aksai Chin

Ans- d

Explanation-

China is planning to build another highway through Aksai Chin, running along the India border and connecting Xinjiang with Tibet, according to a newly released highway construction plan.

Question-2

India has signed an agreement with the Namibian government to bring back which animal to the country?

a)   Lion

b)   Tiger

c)   Cheetah

d)   Elephant

Ans- c

Explanation-

India came one step closer to bringing back the world’s fastest animal to the country with an agreement signed in Delhi on Wednesday between the Union government and the visiting Namibian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations, Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah.

Question-3

The Railways has suffered a loss of about ₹259.44 crore in the current year so far due to damage or destruction of railway assets. What was the main cause of this destruction?

a)   Protests against Agnipath scheme

b)   Over usage

c)   Unknown causes

d)   Poor maintenance practices

Ans- a

Explanation-

The Railways has suffered a loss of about ₹259.44 crore in the current year so far, due to damage or destruction of railway assets, largely due to the protests against the Agnipath scheme, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Question-4

Consider the following statements:

1.    Insider trading involves trading in a public company's stock by someone who has non-public, material information about that stock.

2.   Material non-public information is any information that could substantially impact an investor's decision to buy or sell the security.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a)   1 only

b)   2 only

c)   Both 1 and 2

d)   Neither 1 nor 2

Ans- c

Explanation-

Insider Trading

• Insider trading is the buying or selling of a publicly traded company's stock by someone who has non-public, material information about that stock
• Material non-public information is any information that could substantially impact an investor's decision to buy or sell the security that has not been made available to the public.
• This form of insider trading is illegal and comes with stern penalties including both potential fines and jail time.
• Insider trading can be legal as long as it conforms to the rules set forth by the SEBI.
• Insider trading becomes a market crime when company employees or others with privileged access to confidential information about a company, exploit their special knowledge (asymmetric information) to make profits at the expense of public investors who aren’t privy to the information.

Question-5

Consider the following statements:

1.    If there is no gravity our universe will bend and traveling from one end to another will be simple.

2.   When there is a strong gravitational field the universe will be flat like a sheet.

3.   Wormholes act as a shortcut between two points in curved space-time which are well separated in practical terms from the inhabitants of the universe.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a)   1 and 2 only

b)   2 only

c)   1 and 3 only

d)   3 only

Ans- d

Explanation-

Wormhole

• Our universe when viewed from a higher dimension is like that of the ribbon.
• When there is no gravity, our universe will be flat like a sheet.
• When there is a strong gravitational field, this sheet will bend so that a portion of it may look like the piece of ribbon that was folded over.
• A wormhole can act as a bridge or a shortcut between two points in curved space-time which are well separated in practical terms from the inhabitants of the universe.
• Wormholes are not mere products of science fiction.
• Just like black holes were predicted by Einstein’s theory of gravity long before they were experimentally observed, the existence of wormholes, too, has been predicted.
• Ludwig Flamm, in 1916, first discovered that they could exist, soon Einstein proposed his General Theory of Relativity, a theory that describes the gravitational field.
• However, the presence of wormholes has not yet been established through observation or inference by astronomers.

Question-6

Consider the following statements:

1.    VIPER is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

2.   The VIPER mission aims to study the surface ice and other potential resources on Moon.

3.   The mobile robot part of the mission will land at the North Pole of the moon.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a)   1 and 2 only

b)   2 and 3 only

c)   1 and 3 only

d)   1, 2 and 3

Ans- a

Explanation-

VIPER Mission

• NASA's Artemis lunar rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will explore the relatively nearby but extreme environment of the Moon in search of ice and other potential resources.
• This mobile robot will land at the South Pole of the Moon in late 2023 on a 100-day mission.
• The critical information it provides will teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon and help determine how we can harvest the Moon's resources for future human space exploration.
• VIPER is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which allows the acquisition of lunar delivery services from American companies for payloads for the moon that advance science, exploration, or commercial development capabilities.

Question-7

Consider the following statements:

1.    The Andromeda galaxy is composed of dust clouds which are mostly made up of large molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).

2.   Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a big component in the smoke from cigarettes and only reflect specific wavelengths of light.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a)   1 only

b)   2 only

c)   Both 1 and 2

d)   Neither 1 nor 2

Ans- b

Explanation-

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

• James Webb sent a new awfully impressive photo of a spiral galaxy, NGC 628.
• NGC 628 gets its purple appearance in the image created by Brammer due to the composition of its dust clouds, which are mostly made up of large molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
• Incidentally, PAH is a big component in the smoke from cigarettes.
• These molecules only reflect specific wavelengths of light. When Brammer mapped the wavelength data to red, green, and blue, there was very little green.
• The combination of a large amount of red and blue light gave the galaxy a purple color.

Question-8

Consider the following statements:

1.    The Trans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh is part of the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

2.   The Giri and Tons rivers flow in the North-Western part of Himachal Pradesh and finally into the Yamuna.

3.   The Tons form the border between Himachal and Jammu Kashmir.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

a)   1 and 2 only

b)   1 and 3 only

c)   2 and 3 only

d)   1, 2 and 3

Ans- c

Explanation-

Trans-Giri region

• Leaders of the Hatti community inhabiting the Trans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh are hopeful that reports of the area being declared Fifth Schedule are true.
• The Hatti community lives along the Giri and Tons rivers in southeastern Himachal; they feel their development has been stalled due to the absence of tribal status
• The Hatti community lives between the Giri and Tons rivers, both of which flow in the south-eastern part of Himachal Pradesh and finally into the Yamuna.
• The Tons form the border between Himachal and Uttarakhand.
• The Hattis in the Trans-Giri region share many linguistic and cultural similarities with the people living in the Jaunsar Bawar region across the Tons in Uttarakhand.
  
  
  Source- The Hindu Newspaper / PIB/ The Indian Express