Quiz 94 – Answers
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Q.1
b) 1 and 3 only
EXPLANATION –
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world.
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was officially founded in 1961, at the Belgrade Summit. It was drawing on the Bandung Principles agreed at the Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung, Indonesia in 1955.
Jawahar Lal Nehru was one of the founding members, the principles of NAM was largely guided by Panchsheel principles.
Q.2
b) Both A and R are correct, and R is not correct explanation of A
EXPLANATION –
El Nino is a climatic cycle characterised by high air pressure in the Western Pacific and low air pressure in the eastern. During this event, there is a warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean.
In a new study, researchers have found that because of climate change effects have shifted the El Niño onset location from the eastern Pacific to the western Pacific, and caused more frequent extreme El Niño events.
Q.3
c) 1 and 2 only
EXPLANATION –
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) is a national initiative introduced by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to measure the air quality of a metropolitan city, by measuring the overall pollution level and the location-specific air quality of the city.
The system is indigenously developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and is operationalized by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Q.4
c) 1 and 2 Both
EXPLANATION –
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the US date format.
Mole Day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 1023), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
Q.5
b) 1 and 3 only
EXPLANATION –
The snow leopard inhabits the higher Himalayan and trans-Himalayan landscape in the five states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. This area contributes to about 5% of the global snow leopard range.
Snow leopards are categorized as ‘Vulnerable’ by IUCN and in the Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
The snow leopard countries are- India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
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