14th September 2019(MCQs)

Q1.) ARIIA stands for?

a.) Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements

b.) Average Ranks of Institutions Innovation Achievements
c.) Average Ranking of Indian Institutes of Aviation.
d.) Atal Ranking of Indian Institutes of Astronomy

Explaination: Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020 has been
launched.

Q2.) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is to exchange notes
with SpaceIL, SpaceIL is space centre of which country-

a.)Germany

b.)United Kingdom

c.)Israel

d.)Slovenia

Explaination: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is to
exchange notes with Israel’s private space center, SpaceIL. In February 2019, Israel SpaceIL’s
Bere sheet mission lost robotic lunar lander in a manner similar to Chandrayaan-2’s lander
Vikram.

Q3.) Google along with a doodle, is celebrating the 166th birth anniversary of which of the
following microbiologist-

a.) Hans Christian Joachim Gram

b.)Martinus Beijerinck

c.)Selman Waksman Ronald Ross

d.)Fanny Hesse
Explaination: Google is celebrating the 166th birth anniversary of microbiologist Hans Christian
Joachim Gram with a doodle.Gram was born on September 13, 1853, in Denmark’s Copenhagen.
Gram is best known for pioneering the method of the Gram stain to identify bacteria.

Q4.)Which of the following is not true about the odd-even scheme?

a.)Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced this scheme

b.) This Scheme is a part of a seven-point action plan

c.)It is aimed at combating the detrimental effect of stubble burning in the neighboring States.

d.)This is a part of Sustainable Development goals, which aims at achieving a sustainable

and healthy future for all requires action on air, which is the major cause of morbidity and
mortality.

Explaination: The odd-even vehicle rationing scheme will return to the capital for the third time
in November, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on 13 September.The scheme would
be enforced from November 4 to 15 and was part of a seven-point action plan mainly aimed at
combating the detrimental effect of stubble burning in the neighboring States.

Q5.) The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Finance Industry Development Council
(FIDC) have signed MoU to train which of the following:

a.)Braithwaite and Company

b.)Non-Banking Financial Company

c.)Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India

d.)Heavy Engineering Corporation

Explaination: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) part of the World Bank Group signed
a Memorandum of Understanding with the Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), a
representative body of asset and loan Financing NBFC to collaborate on the training of NBFCs
in the country.
Q6.) A team of 16 members of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) successfully
completed peak climbing of which of the following Peaks that committed the expedition to Fit India
Movement and Women Empowerment-

a.)Nanda Devi

b.)Chaukhamba

c.) Mount Satopanth

d.)Panchachuli

Explaination: A team of 16 members of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) successfully
completed Mount Satopanth's peak climbing. The CISF members committed the expedition to
Fit India Movement and Women Empowerment which were initiated by the Prime Minister of
India.

Q7.) Researchers have detected the gravitational waves from a newly born black hole, and found
that the ringing pattern of the waves predicts the cosmic body’s mass and spin. According to this
research the Mass and Spin based on which of the following Theories?

a.)Descartes’s theoram

b.) Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

c.)Einstein’s Special theory of Relativity

d.)Ptolemy’s theoram

Explaination: Researchers have, for the first time, detected the gravitational waves from a newly
born black hole, and found that the ringing pattern of the waves predicts the cosmic body’s mass
and spin, providing more evidence for Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.