CSE-2020 | Prelims Daily Quiz 95 [Answers]


Quiz 95 – Answers


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Q.1

b) 2 and 3 only

EXPLANATION –

The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to allow illegal migrants from certain minority communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible for Indian citizenship by amending the Citizenship Act of 1955.

The Bill seeks to grant citizenship to people from minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians —after 6 years of stay in India even if they do not possess any proper document. The current requirement is 12 years of stay. The Bill does not extend to illegal Muslim migrants. It also does not talk about other minority communities in the three neighbouring countries, such as Jews, Bahais etc.


Q.2

d) All of the above

EXPLANATION –

The Indian Ocean Rim Association was set up in 1997 with the objective of strengthening regional cooperation and sustainable development within the Indian Ocean Region. it Consists of 22 coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean.

The IORA is a regional forum, tripartite in nature, bringing together representatives of Government, Business and Academia, for promoting co-operation and closer interaction among them.

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) has identified six priority areas, namely-

1.Maritime security,

2.Trade and investment facilitation,

3.Fisheries management,

4.Disaster risk reduction,

5.Academic and scientific cooperation

6.Tourism promotion and cultural exchanges.


Q.3

a) Laboratory grown three-dimensional, miniature structures that mimic the cell arrangement of a fully-grown organ.

EXPLANATION –

Organoids are a group of cells grown in laboratories into three-dimensional, miniature structures that mimic the cell arrangement of a fully-grown organ. They are tiny (typically the size of a pea) organ-like structures that do not achieve all the functional maturity of human organs but often resemble the early stages of a developing tissue.

Most organoids contain only a subset of all the cells seen in a real organ, but lack blood vessels to make them fully functional.


Q.4

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

EXPLANATION –

Blockchains are a new data structure that is secure, cryptography-based, and distributed across a network. The technology supports cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and the transfer of any data or digital asset. Blockchains achieve consensus among distributed nodes, allowing the transfer of digital goods without the need for centralized authorisation of transactions.

 As a public ledger system, blockchain records and validate each and every transaction made, which makes it secure and reliable. All the transactions made are authorized by miners, which makes the transactions immutable and prevent it from the threat of hacking.

Blockchain technology discards the need of any third-party or central authority for peer-to-peer transactions.


Q.5

c) Both 1 and 2

EXPLANATION –

Flue ash is popularly known as pulverised fuel ash, it is a coal combustion. It is composed of the particulates that are driven out of coal-fired boilers together with the flue gases.

Depending upon the source and composition of the coal being burned, the components of fly ash vary considerably, but all fly ash includes substantial amounts of silicon dioxide (SiO2), aluminium oxide (Al2O3) and calcium oxide (CaO), the main mineral compounds in coal-bearing rock strata.


 

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