Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – April 27, 2022 [Test]
April 27, 2022 April 27, 2022
1. Which of the following pairs of women saints and respective tradition is/are matched correctly?
- Andal – Alvar
- Karaikkal Ammaiyar – Lingayat Shaiva
- Akka Mahadevi – Nayannar
- Mirabai – Vaishnava
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 4
[B] Only 4
[C] Only 2, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 4]
Notes:- Andal, also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve poet-saints of South India. She was considered to be the human incarnation of the Goddess Bhudevi. As with the Alvar saints, she was affiliated to the Sri Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.
- Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a sixth-century South Indian Shaiva poet She is one of the three women amongst the 63 Nayanars and one of the greatest figures of early Tamil literature.
- Akka Mahadevi was one of the early female poets of the Kannada literature and a prominent person in the Lingayat Shaiva sect in the 12th century.
- Mirabai was a Hindu mystical poetess and a Vaishnava saint, who was passionately in love with Lord Krishna and composed many ‘bhajans’.
2. Which of the following supercomputers was/were installed in India?
- Param Ganga
- Param Pravega
- Param Siddhi
- Param Shivay
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 4
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:- The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed PARAM Ganga-a High-Performance Computational (HPC) facility at IIT Roorkee.
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru installed the supercomputer ‘Param Pravega’.
- PARAM Shivay, the first supercomputer assembled indigenously, was installed in IIT (BHU).
- In 2020, PARAM Siddhi, the High-Performance Computing-Artificial Intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer, achieved global ranking of 62nd in Top 500 most powerful supercomputer systems in the world.
3. Consider the following statements on ‘Hansa New Generation (Hansa-NG)’:
- It was designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
- It is India’s indigenous flying trainer aircraft.
- It has unique features like Just-In-Time Prepreg (JIPREG).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2 & 3]
Notes:- India’s indigenous flying trainer aircraft Hansa New Generation (Hansa-NG) was designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL). It was successfully completed the sea level trials at Puducherry.
- The objective of these trials was to evaluate handling qualities, climb and cruise performance, balked landing, structural performance, including positive and negative G force, power plant and other systems performance at sea level.
- Hansa-NG is said to be one of the most advanced flying trainers powered by Rotax Digital Control Engine with unique features like Just-In-Time Prepreg (JIPREG) Composite lightweight Airframe, Glass Cockpit, Bubble Canopy with wide panoramic view, electrically operated flaps etc.
- It is designed to meet the Indian flying club needs and it is an ideal aircraft for Commercial Pilot Licensing (CPL) due to its low cost and low fuel consumption. NAL has already received more than 80 LoIs (Letter of Intents) from various flying clubs.
