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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The periodic table is an arrangement of all the elements known to man in accordance with their increasing atomic number and recurring chemical properties.
- They are assorted in a tabular arrangement wherein a row is a period and a column is a group.
- The idea of the Periodic Table was incepted by Henry Rutherford.
Which of the given statements is/are correct?
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Inspired by: Mendeleev and his periodic table of elements
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/mendeleev-and-his-periodic-table-of-elements/
Answer: (b)
Modern Periodic Table
- The periodic table is an arrangement of all the elements known to man in accordance with their increasing atomic number and recurring chemical properties.
- They are assorted in a tabular arrangement wherein a row is a period and a column is a group.
- Until 1863, the world was aware of only 56 known elements.
- The rate of scientific progress was such that every year, a new element was being discovered.
- It was during this time that Mendeleev came up with the idea of the Periodic Table.
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Inspired by: Mendeleev and his periodic table of elements
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/mendeleev-and-his-periodic-table-of-elements/
Answer: (b)
Modern Periodic Table
- The periodic table is an arrangement of all the elements known to man in accordance with their increasing atomic number and recurring chemical properties.
- They are assorted in a tabular arrangement wherein a row is a period and a column is a group.
- Until 1863, the world was aware of only 56 known elements.
- The rate of scientific progress was such that every year, a new element was being discovered.
- It was during this time that Mendeleev came up with the idea of the Periodic Table.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe Operation Sunshine-2 recently seen in news is related to:
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Inspired by: Operation Sunshine-2
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/operation-sunshine-2/
Answer: (d)
Operation Sunshine-2
- In a coordinated military operation conducted by the armies of India and Myanmar on their respective sides of the border, several camps of NE-based militant groups inside Myanmar territory were destroyed.
- Called ‘Operation Sunshine-2’, the military action that took place between May 16 and June 8, is expected to give a debilitating jolt to insurgencies in the Northeastern states.
Project Dhoop deals with Vitamin D deficiency.
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Inspired by: Operation Sunshine-2
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/operation-sunshine-2/
Answer: (d)
Operation Sunshine-2
- In a coordinated military operation conducted by the armies of India and Myanmar on their respective sides of the border, several camps of NE-based militant groups inside Myanmar territory were destroyed.
- Called ‘Operation Sunshine-2’, the military action that took place between May 16 and June 8, is expected to give a debilitating jolt to insurgencies in the Northeastern states.
Project Dhoop deals with Vitamin D deficiency.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Dead Zones:
- Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world’s oceans and large lakes.
- They are caused by excessive nutrient pollution that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water.
- Mariana Trench is the largest oceanic dead zone.
Which of the given statements is/are correct?
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Inspired by: Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/dead-zone-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
Answer: (b)
Dead zones
- Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world’s oceans and large lakes.
- They are caused by “excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water.
- Scientists say this year’s oceanic ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico will be one of the largest in recorded history.
- It’s expected to grow to over 8,000 sq. miles, and scientists predict severe harm to marine habitat, impacting fish harvests.
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Inspired by: Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/dead-zone-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
Answer: (b)
Dead zones
- Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world’s oceans and large lakes.
- They are caused by “excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water.
- Scientists say this year’s oceanic ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico will be one of the largest in recorded history.
- It’s expected to grow to over 8,000 sq. miles, and scientists predict severe harm to marine habitat, impacting fish harvests.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe One Health concept often seen in news can be described as:
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Inspired by: Explained: One Health Philosophy
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/explained-one-health-philosophy/
Answer: (a)
The One Health concept
- The World Organization of Animal Health, commonly known as OIE (an abbreviation of its French title), summarizes the One Health concept.
- It says that as “human health and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the ecosystems in which they exist”.
- Circa 400 BC, Hippocrates in his treatise On Airs, Waters and Places had urged physicians that all aspects of patients’ lives need to be considered including their environment; disease was a result of imbalance between man and environment.
- So One Health is not a new concept, though it is of late that it has been formalized in health governance systems.
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Inspired by: Explained: One Health Philosophy
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/explained-one-health-philosophy/
Answer: (a)
The One Health concept
- The World Organization of Animal Health, commonly known as OIE (an abbreviation of its French title), summarizes the One Health concept.
- It says that as “human health and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of the ecosystems in which they exist”.
- Circa 400 BC, Hippocrates in his treatise On Airs, Waters and Places had urged physicians that all aspects of patients’ lives need to be considered including their environment; disease was a result of imbalance between man and environment.
- So One Health is not a new concept, though it is of late that it has been formalized in health governance systems.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhat was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?
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Inspired by: CSP 2016
Answer: (b)
Surat Split refers to the splitting of the Congress party into ‘Moderates’ and ‘Extremists’ after a clash at the session. The extremists were led by Lokmanya Tilak, Lajpat Rai and Sri Aurobindo and the moderates were led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Pherozeshah Mehta and Surendranath Banerjee. The divided Congress re-united in the crucial Lucknow session of congress in 1916.
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Inspired by: CSP 2016
Answer: (b)
Surat Split refers to the splitting of the Congress party into ‘Moderates’ and ‘Extremists’ after a clash at the session. The extremists were led by Lokmanya Tilak, Lajpat Rai and Sri Aurobindo and the moderates were led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Pherozeshah Mehta and Surendranath Banerjee. The divided Congress re-united in the crucial Lucknow session of congress in 1916.
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