[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 14 March 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

States and territories with borders on the South China sea include: China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Major rivers that flow into the sea are: Min, Mekong, Pearl, Red, Pampanga, Pahang, Pasig, and Jiulong Rivers.

Disputed islands the Paracel and Spratly islands are located in South China Sea. 

Solution: c)

• • Brucellosis is found globally and is a reportable disease in most countries
  • The disease causes flu-like symptoms, including fever, weakness, malaise and weight loss
  • Person-to-person transmission is rare. 
  • Brucellosis is a bacterial disease caused by various Brucella species, which mainly infect cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs.

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Solution: b)

The Reserve Bank had announced construction of a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country.

Solution: d)

Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless. The effects of microgravity can be seen when astronauts and objects float in space. 

Microgravity can be experienced in other ways, as well. “Micro-” means “very small,” so microgravity refers to the condition where gravity seems to be very small. In microgravity, astronauts can float in their spacecraft – or outside, on a spacewalk. Heavy objects move around easily. For example, astronauts can move equipment weighing hundreds of pounds with their fingertips.

Solution: c)

The Supreme Court held that “the final say in regard to inclusion or exclusion (or modification of lists) of SEBCs is firstly with the President, and thereafter, in case of modification or exclusion from the lists initially published, with the Parliament”.