Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2023
41. Which city hosted the ‘National Conference on Water Sufficient Panchayat, Clean & Green Panchayat and Healthy Panchayat’?
[A] Pune
[B] Chennai
[C] New Delhi
[D] Guwahati
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Correct Answer: C [New Delhi]
Notes:
The National Conference on Water Sufficient Panchayat, Clean & Green Panchayat and Healthy Panchayat will be held in New Delhi.
It will showcase best practices followed by Panchayati Raj institutions (PRI) and augment capacity building of elected representatives with greater exposure, interactive learning and experience sharing.
42. ‘Bhoodan movement’ was started in 1951 by which leader?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi
[B] Vinoba Bhave
[C] Rabindranath Tagore
[D] Aurobindo Ghosh
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Correct Answer: B [Vinoba Bhave]
Notes:
Gramdan is the expansion of Bhoodan movement that was started in 1951 by Vinoba Bhave. Under this initiative, the entire village will put its land under a common trust.
At present, seven states in India have 3,660 Gramdan villages, the highest being in Odisha (1309).
43. ‘Hanuman Plover Bird’ is a species endemic to which countries?
[A] India and Sri Lanka
[B] USA and Canada
[C] Australia and New Zealand
[D] Japan and Indonesia
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Correct Answer: A [India and Sri Lanka]
Notes:
Hanuman Plover Bird has been reinstated as species after more than eight decades. This bird is endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
Hanuman Plover Bird was merged with the Kentish plover in the 1930s as both species were considered to be the same.
44. NMDC is exploring lithium reserves for mining in which country?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Bangladesh
[C] Australia
[D] Maldives
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Correct Answer: C [Australia]
Notes:
Indian iron ore miner NMDC Ltd. is exploring lithium reserves, about 200 km off Perth, Australia.
NMDC is the majority owner of a mine located in Mt Bevan in Australia. India found lithium deposits for the first time in the country in February and is planning to auction a block for mining.
45. What is the term that denotes the difference between incoming and outgoing solar radiation?
[A] Energy Difference
[B] Earth Energy Imbalance
[C] Energy Trade
[D] Energy Deficit
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Correct Answer: B [Earth Energy Imbalance]
Notes:
Earth Energy Imbalance is the difference between incoming and outgoing solar radiation. It is the indicator of climate change as it provides an estimate of how much, how fast and where the Earth’s temperature is increasing.
A new study has found that around 381 ZJ of heat has accumulated on the Earth from 1971-2020 due to anthropogenic emissions. This is approximately equal to EEI of around 0.48 watts per square meters.
46. Which country has developed ‘GRX-810’, a 3D printed superalloy?
[A] India
[B] UAE
[C] USA
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: C [USA]
Notes:
The GRX-810 is a 3D printed superalloy developed by NASA scientists. It is an oxide-dispersion-strengthened NiCoCr-based alloy.
It showed over 1,000-fold better creep performance, twofold improvement in strength and twofold improvement in oxidation resistance when compared with the traditional polycrystalline wrought Ni-based alloys.
47. FOSCOS is the web-based application of which institution?
[A] FCI
[B] FSSAI
[C] NABARD
[D] Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Correct Answer: B [FSSAI]
Notes:
FOSCOS (Food Safety and Compliance System) is a web-based application of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
The food safety regulator has taken steps to translate this web application in Hindi and all the regional languages.
48. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Sangathan se Samriddhi’ scheme?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture
[B] Ministry of Rural Development
[C] Ministry of MSME
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Rural Development]
Notes:
‘Sangathan se Samriddhi’ scheme was recently launched by the Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh.
Its purpose is to empower marginalized rural households by bringing all eligible rural women into the fold of Self-Help Groups.
49. Which country launched the ChatGPT rival ‘GigaChat- AI chatbot’?
[A] USA
[B] India
[C] Russia
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: C [Russia]
Notes:
Russian lender Sberbank released technology called GigaChat as a rival to ChatGPT. GigaChat is an AI chatbot that was launched recently by Russian lender Sberbank.
It is capable of communicating intelligently in Russian than other foreign neural networks.
50. Avangkhu is India’s first village on the border of which country?
[A] China
[B] Myanmar
[C] Pakistan
[D] Laos
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Correct Answer: B [Myanmar]
Notes:
Avangkhu is India’s first village on the Indo-Myanmar border . It is situated in Phek district of Nagaland.
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting L Murugan became the first Union Minister to visit India’s first village on the Indo-Myanmar border.
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