These MCQs are based on Today’s Targets given here
Q.1) Consider the following statements about Buxa Tiger Reserve:
1. Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in Assam
2. Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. B
Explanation:
- Animals found – tiger, civet, elephant, gaur (Indian bison), Indian boar and red jungle fowl
- The fragile “Terai Eco-System” constitutes a part of this reserve.
- The Phipsu Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan is contiguous to the north of BTR.
- Tiger reserve located inside the Buxa National Park
- Located in Northern West Bengal, India
- Located in the Buxa Hills of the southern hilly area of Bhutan.
- Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan
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Q.2) Consider the following statements about Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In):
1. CERT-In is nodal government agency that deals with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing in India
2. It operates under Union Home Ministry
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. A
Explanation:
- CERT-In stands for Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
- CERT-In is nodal government agency that deals with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing in India.
- It is nodal department under the aegis of Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Headquarters: New Delhi.
Q.3) Consider the following statements about Breakthrough Listen Project:
1. It is US$100-million global astronomical initiative launched in 2015 by Internet investor Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking
2. The 10-year programme aims to survey 1,000,000 closest stars to Earth by scanning entire galactic plane of Milky Way
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. C
Explanation:
- BLP is US$100-million global astronomical initiative launched in 2015 by Internet investor Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
- It has teams from around the world to find signs of intelligent life in universe.
- The 10-year programme aims to survey 1,000,000 closest stars to Earth by scanning entire galactic plane of Milky Way.
- It will listen for messages from the 100 closest galaxies at 10 billion different frequencies originated beyond our galaxy.
Q.4) Consider the following statements about Walled City of Ahmedabad:
1. It is India’s first World Heritage City announced by UNESCO
2. It is situated on the eastern bank of Sabarmati River.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. C
Explanation:
- The 600-year-old Walled City in Gujarat’s commercial capital Ahmedabad was formally accorded status of India’s first World Heritage City by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- The walled city of Ahmedabad was founded in the 15th century by Ahmed Shah of Gujarat Sultanate.
- It is situated on the eastern bank of Sabarmati River.
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Q.5) What do you mean by the process of ‘Guttation’:
a) The process of movement of water through interconnected protoplasts.
b) The movement of water in between intra cellular spaces.
c)The loss of water due to the presence of root pressure in the form of droplets.
d) The process of loss of gases from leaves during the night time from leaves.
Ans. C
Explanation:
Effects of root pressure is also observable at night and early morning when evaporation is low, and excess water collects in the form of droplets around special openings of veins near the tip of grass blades, and leaves of many herbaceous parts. Such water loss in its liquid phase is known as guttation.
Source: NCERT, 11TH Class: Biology, Chapter 11, Page 186.