Quiz Of the Day


1.  Asteroid 2020 QG has entered the record books as the closest known non-impacting asteroid. Consider the following statements regarding asteroids:
1) Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
2) Although asteroids orbit the Sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets.
3) Most of them live in the main asteroid belt - a region between the orbits of the Earth and Mars.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? .

     1 and 2 only
     2 and 3 only
     1, 2 and 3
     1 and 3 only


2.  Consider the following statements regarding Chandrayaan-2:
1) The Chandrayaan-2 mission was Indias first attempt to make a soft landing on the unchartered South Pole of the lunar surface.
2) Vikram lander successfully soft-landed on Moon in 2019.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

     1 only
     2 only
     Both 1 and 2
     Neither 1 nor 2


3.  Which of the following Statement is not true regarding the term, ‘No Go’ areas in coal mining, recently in news?

     Those areas having either more than 10 per cent weighted forest cover (WFC
     Areas having more than 30 per cent gross forest cover (GFC)
     Areas containing very dense forests and hence closed to coal mining
     All the areas mandated as such under Forest Conservation Rules, 2003


4.  Which of the following city is adjudged Indias cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2020?

     Indore
     Patna
     Surat
     Bhopal


5.  Consider the following statements:
1) India has been ranked first in the number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming.
2) Sikkim has become the first state in the world to become fully organic.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

     1 only
     2 only
     Both 1 and 2
     Neither 1 nor 2