Current Affairs 22 February 2023

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Current Affairs Quiz: 22 February 2023

February 22, 2023 Current Affairs MCQs

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1Q) Nine deaths because of the Marburg virus have been reported in the Kie Ntem Province of Equatorial Guinea. In this context which of the following statement is correct?

(1) Marburg virus disease(MVD) was formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever.

(2) It is in the same family as the Ebola virus.

(3) Symptoms are fever; Headache; muscle pains; and gingival hemorrhage.

(4) Fruit bats are considered natural hosts of the Marburg virus.

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 3 and 4

(C) Only 2, 3, and 4

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Marburg virus disease(MVD) was formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever.

⇨ Both Marburg and Ebola viruses belong to the Filoviridae family (filoviruses).

⇨ Symptoms are fever; Headache; muscle pains; and gingival hemorrhage.

⇨ Fruit bats are considered natural hosts of the Marburg virus.

⇨ As of now, there are no authorized vaccines or drugs to treat Marburg.

2Q) Which of the following nation is the world’s biggest producer of "Palm Oil"?

(A) Indonesia

(B) Malaysia

(C) Sumatra

(D) Australia

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⇨ Indonesia is the world's biggest palm oil producer.

⇨ The use of crude palm oil in making biodiesel is being branded as "green diesel".

⇨ Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the most produced states of Palm Oil.

3Q) A snow leopard has been sighted for the first time at a height of about 11,120 feet in the Darma valley, it is located in which of the following state?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Uttarakhand

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⇨ A snow leopard has been sighted for the first time at a height of about 11,120 feet in the Darma valley in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

⇨ The valley is formed by the Darma River.

⇨ It is situated between two other valleys—Kuthi Yankti valley to the east and Lassar Yankti valley to the west.

⇨ The Sin La pass connects Bidang in the Darma valley to the Byans valley.

⇨ Snow leopards were earlier spotted in the Nanda Devi range of the Garhwal Himalayas, parts of Himachal Pradesh, and the Ladakh region.

⇨ Snow leopards are usually found at a height of more than 12,000 feet.

⇨ The snow leopard is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List.

⇨ World Snow Leopard Day, is observed on 23 October.

4Q) As per the Action Plan for Cheetah Introduction in India, annually how many cheetahs are required to be imported from African countries for the next 5 years at least?

(A) 08-10

(B) 10-12

(C) 10-15

(D) 12-15

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⇨ As per the Action Plan for Cheetah Introduction in India, annually 10-12 cheetahs are required to be imported from African countries for the next 5 years at least.

⇨ The Cheetahs will be translocated to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

⇨ The last cheetahs in the Indian wilderness were recorded in 1947 when three cheetahs were shot in the Sal (Shorea robusta) forests of Koriya District, Chhattisgarh State, and in 1952 Cheetahs were declared extinct.

⇨ The Government of India initiated G2G consultative meetings with the Republic of Namibia which culminated in the signing of an MoU between the two countries on 20th July 2022 for cheetah conservation.

⇨ The signing of the MoU, in a historic first wild-to-wild intercontinental translocation.

⇨ Eight cheetahs were transported from Namibia to India on 17th September 2022.

⇨ Under the provisions of the MoU, a first batch of 12 cheetahs (7 males, 5 females) will be translocated from South Africa to India on 18th February 2023.

5Q) The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF) 2023 in which of the following city?

(A) Bengaluru

(B) Chennai

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Delhi

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⇨ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF) 2023 in New Delhi.

⇨ India has come a long way in the 48 years since the first IETF, and the engineering industry has achieved new heights during this period.

6Q) Scientists studying the vast Thwaites Glacier (Doomsday Glacier) say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures. it is located in which of the following region?

(A) Antarctica

(B) Arctic

(C) Greenland

(D) Alaska

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⇨ Thwaites Glacier located in Antarctica represents more than half a meter (1.6 feet) of global sea level rise potential and could destabilize neighboring glaciers that have the potential to cause a further three-meter (9.8-foot) rise.

⇨ U.S. and British scientists spent about six weeks on the glacier in late 2019 and early 2020, and using an underwater robot vehicle known as Icefin, mooring data, and censors, they monitored the glacier's grounding line, where ice slides off the glacier and meets into the ocean.

⇨ Researchers found that warmer water was making its way into crevasses and other openings known as terraces, causing sideways melt of 30 meters (98 feet) or more per year.

7Q) The 4th edition of the joint military exercise, “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN”, between India and which of the following nation is being conducted from 17 February to 02 March 2023?

(A) Russia

(B) Germany

(C) Japan

(D) Australia

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⇨ The 4th edition of the joint military exercise, “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN”, between India and Japan is being conducted at Camp Imazu in Shiga province, Japan from 17 February to 02 March 2023.

⇨ The scope of this exercise covers platoon-level joint training on operations in jungle and semi-urban/urban terrain.

⇨ Troops of the Garhwal Rifles Regiment of the Indian Army and an Infantry Regiment from the Middle Army of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) are participating in the exercise this year.

8Q) Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under India and It is which of the following country Integrated Ocean Initiative?

(A) Norway

(B) SPAIN

(C) JAPAN

(D) AUSTRALIA

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⇨ Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative, to balance growth alongside sustainable management of ocean resources and coastal environment preservation.

⇨ Puducherry and Lakshadweep were chosen as coastlines to pilot the MSP initiative that grew out of a 2019 memorandum of understanding that envisaged India and Norway collaborating on implementing MSP in the oceanic space.

9Q) "NAI UDAAN" Scheme, is meant to help which of the following candidates to prepare for the examinations conducted by the Union and State Public Service Commissions?

(A) Minority

(B) Scheduled Tribes

(C) Scheduled Castes

(D) Women

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⇨ This Scheme's objective is financially Support to Minority Students in exam preparation for the Union Public Service Commission, Staff Selection Commission, and State Public Service Commissions.

⇨ The Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched the NAI UDAAN Scheme.

10Q) Turkey and Syria lie at the confluence of which of the following plates?

(1) Arabian Plate

(2) Anatolian Plate

(3) Eurasian Plate

(4) African Plate

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1, 2, and 3

(D) Only 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Turkey and Syria lie at the confluence of three plates — the Arabian Plate, the Anatolian Plate, and the Eurasian Plate, making the region an extremely seismically active zone.

⇨ The Arabian Plate is inching north into Europe, causing the Anatolian Plate (which Turkey sits on) to be pushed out west.

⇨ The bulk of Turkey sits on the Anatolian Plate between two major faults: the North Anatolian Fault and the East Anatolian Fault.

⇨ Geologists say that the earthquakes were from a ‘strike-slip’ which is typical of the earthquakes in the region.

⇨ The Indian plate includes Peninsular India and the Australian continental portions.

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