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January 09, 2021 - Daily Quiz

1. What is/are the unique feature/s of ‘BrahMos’ cruise missile, a joint venture between India and Russia? i. BrahMos is a single-stage missile with only a solid propellant booster engine. ii. At present the missile has a flight range of 600 kilometers. iii. India and Russia started the development of BrahMos in 1998, which is based on the Russian Yakhont anti-ship missile. Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) i and ii only (b) iii only (c) i and iii only (d) i, ii and iii
2. With reference to Indian National Movement, consider the following pairs: Person                                                Position Held
  1. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru               President, All India Liberal Federation
  2. K. C. Neogy                               Member, The Constituent Assembly
  3. P. C. Joshi                                 General Secretary, Communist Party of India
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
3. A piece of work which could be finished in 9 days was finished 3 days earlier after 10 more men joined .The number of men employed was (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 24 4. Consider the following statements about the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution:
  1. It is an autonomous organization under the aegis of Supreme Court of India.
  2. The Chief Justice of India is the ex-officio Chairperson of the body.
Which of the above statements is/are correct: (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 5. With reference to ‘Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’, recently in the news, which of the following statement is/are correct? i. ICANN is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. ii. The ICANN sets and publishes regulations and standards relevant to electronic communication and broadcasting technologies of all kinds including radio, television, satellite, telephone and the Internet. Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) i only (b) ii only (c) Both i and ii (d) Neither i nor ii ANSWERS 1. (b) BrahMos is a two-stage cruise missile with a solid propellant booster engine as its first stage, which brings it to supersonic speed and then gets separated. The liquid ramjet or the second stage the takes the missile closer to Mach 3 speed in cruise phase. The missile has flight range of up to 290 km with supersonic speed all through the flight, leading to shorter flight time, consequently ensuring lower dispersion of targets, quicker engagement time and non-interception by any known weapon system in the world. The BrahMos is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. India and Russia have agreed to double the range of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to 600 kms. This follows India’s recent accession to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Earlier, India was denied access to missile technology with range over 300 km as it was not a member state. 2. (d)  3. (b) 4. (c) International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution was registered as a society under society registration act, 1860. It is an autonomous organization with its Headquarters at New Delhi and Regional Centres at Hyderabad and Bangalore. It Works under the aegis of the Supreme Court of India. The Chief Justice of India is the Chairperson of ICADR and at the regional level, the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court is the Patron of the Regional Centre of ICADR. 5. (d) ICANN is a nonprofit organization that has assumed the responsibility for IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract. It is not ICANN but The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies sets and publishes regulations and standards relevant to electronic communication and broadcasting technologies of all kinds including radio, television, satellite, telephone and the Internet.  


POSTED ON 09-01-2021 BY ADMIN
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