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MCQ 1
Oligomannate is the drug for
- Cancer
- Measels
- Alzheimers
- Parkinsons Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
- China has approved the first home-grown drug “Oligomannate (GV-971)” for the treatment of “mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
- It is the first drug to be approved for Alzheimer’s disease globally since 2003.
- AD is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.
- It is the most common cause of dementia – loss of cognitive thinking among older adults.
- It often starts with mild symptoms and ends with severe brain damage.
- The plaques and tangles in the brain are still considered some of the main features of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Another feature is the loss of connections between nerve cells (neurons) in the brain
MCQ 2
- Dhanush is an indigenously developed gun, a 155 mm ammunition system with a range of 36 km.
- M-777 Ultra Light Howitzers (ULH) was the first modern artillery guns system army took from Russia
Choose correct
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both
(D) None
Dhanush Regiment
- It is an indigenously developed gun and upgraded version of the Swedish Bofors gun procured by India.
- It is a 155 mm ammunition system with a range of 36 km.
- It is compatible with all North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 155mm ammunition systems.
- It is fitted with an inertial navigation system having GPS based gun recording, an automated gun sighting system equipped with camera, thermal imaging, and laser range finder.
- The Indian Army, will have the first regiment in place by March 2020 and will get all 114 guns by 2022.
- Last year, the Army inducted its first modern artillery guns system which include M-777 Ultra Light Howitzers (ULH) from the U.S. and K9 Vajra-T self-propelled artillery guns from South Korea. MCQ 3 Lingdum Monastery is located in A. HP B. Ladakh C. Sikkim D. Arunachal Pradesh
MCQ 3
Lingdum Monastery is located in
- HP
- Ladakh
- Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh
Lingdum Monastery
- President has recently visited Lingdum Monastery in Ranka, Sikkim.
- It is a Buddhist pilgrimage centre following the Zurmang Kagyu sect of the ancient school of Tibetan Buddhism.
- The monastery symbolizes the Tibetan Buddhist architecture with a gigantic statue of Lord Buddha is enshrined at the end of the hall.
MCQ 4
The Union Cabinet Secretariat has notified regarding Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in J&K and Ladakh. ________will be the authority on deciding the imposition of AFSPA in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
- J&K and Ladakh LGs
- President
- PMO
- MHA
- The Union Cabinet Secretariat has notified regarding Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in J&K and Ladakh.
- According to it, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be the authority on deciding the imposition of AFSPA in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
- MHA departments will also be responsible for matters including counter-terrorism within J&K.
- And coordination with the ministry of defence in regard to manning and managing the Line of Control between India and Pakistan but excluding those with which the ministry of external affairs is concerned
MCQ 5
India and _______have launched the Indo-_____ Partnership for Green Urban Mobility to reform bus sector in Tamil Nadu.
(A)France
(B)USA
(C)Germany
(D)China
- Under this partnership, both the countries will earmark 200 million Euros for the purpose.
- The funding will be for a period of 5 years.
- It will be used to finance several environment-friendly projects such as the introduction of electric buses to replace the ones running on diesel for public transport in urban centres
MCQ 6
National Waterway -2 is located on
- Ganga
- Brahmputra
- Krishna
- Godavri
- First ever movement of container cargo on Brahmaputra (National Waterway -2) begins.
- The journey of a container took place between Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) to the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) terminal at Pandu in Guwahati.
- The 12-15 days voyage will be an integrated IWT movement via National Waterway-1 (river Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), IndoBangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).
- Where is NW 2?
- It is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam.
- India and Bangladesh using the Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes:
- Context: The traffic on NW-1 has grown from 5.48 million tonne in 2017-18 to 6.79 million tonne in 2018-19. Out of the total traffic of 6.79 million tonne on NW-1, approximately 3.15 million tonne is the EXIM trade between India and Bangladesh using the Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes.
- What is IBP route?
- The IBP route extends from Kolkata (India) on NW-1 to Silghat (Assam) on NW-2 (River Brahmaputra) and Karimganj (Assam) on NW-16 (River Barak).
- Two stretches of Bangladesh inland waterways viz. Sirajganj–Daikhawa & Ashuganj-Zakiganj on the IBP route are being developed at a total cost of Rs 305.84 Cr. on 80:20 cost sharing basis (80% being borne by India & 20% by Bangladesh).
- Significance: The development of these two stretches is expected to provide seamless navigation to and from North East India through waterways via the IBP route.
MCQ 7
- National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is under Ministry of Shipping
- NIOT will be the nodal institution for implementing the proposed Deep Ocean Mission
Choose correct
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both
(D) None
- National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT):
- Established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- NIOT has developed niche technologies to mine manganese nodules from deep sea, has developed several deep sea systems like remotely operable vehicles, etc. and is striving hard to bring India on par with developed Nations in the area of Ocean Technology.
- NIOT will be the nodal institution for implementing the proposed Deep Ocean Mission, which encompasses all the areas of Ocean technology like development of manned submersible, offshore large scale desalination, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), extensive survey of the oceans, acquisition of new ships etc.
- The study of the ocean in India has begun when the Government sponsored the program on polymetallic nodules (PMN) initiated at CSIR-NIO with the collection of the first nodule sample from Arabian sea on board the first research vessel Gaveshani on 26 January 1981. India was the first country in the world to have been given the pioneer Area for exploration of deep sea mineral viz polymetallic nodules in the central Indian ocean Basin in 1987. • This was based on the extensive survey carried out by the scientists of CSIR-NIO on several research ships leading to the allocation of an area of 150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi) to the country with exclusive right under the UN law of the sea.
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