Master your Daily Current affairs - 10th Sep
1. What is one potential application of the study on tartrazine's effect on making skin transparent?
A) Improving cosmetic surgery procedures
B) Simplifying blood draws and aiding in early cancer detection
C) Developing new flavors for food products
D) Enhancing the durability of tattoo inks
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2. What property of tartrazine makes the skin of living mice temporarily transparent?
A) It reflects all colors of light
B) It absorbs blue light and reduces light scattering in biological tissues
C) It emits blue light when dissolved in water
D) It creates a chemical reaction with proteins in the skin
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3. Where is the elongated tortoise distributed across Southeast Asia?
A) Northern India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Laos
B) Only in India and China
C) Southeast Asia, from northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, China, and Malaysia
D) Entirely within India and Bangladesh
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4. What distinct physical feature appears on the elongated tortoise during the breeding season?
A) A blue ring around the nostrils
B) A pink ring around the nostrils
C) Black spots on the shell
D) Yellow stripes on the legs
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5. What is a unique amphibian species found in the Myristica swamps?
A) Indian bullfrog
B) Myristica Swamp Treefrog
C) Malabar gliding frog
D) Indian tree frog
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6. What is one key characteristic of the Myristica swamp forests?
A) Trees with small, flat roots adapted to sandy soils
B) Trees with large protruding roots in waterlogged soil
C) Trees that shed leaves in winter
D) Trees that are entirely submerged underwater
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7. In which regions of India are Myristica swamps primarily found?
A) Western Ghats, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Meghalaya
B) Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats, and Rajasthan
C) Thar Desert, Sunderbans, and the Western Ghats
D) Assam, Rajasthan, and Meghalaya
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8. What family of trees dominates the Myristica swamp forests?
A) Myrtaceae
B) Fagaceae
C) Myristicaceae
D) Lauraceae
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9. How do DAMUs disseminate weather-based agricultural advisories to farmers?
A) Through television broadcasts only
B) Via text messages, WhatsApp, newspapers, and in-person communication
C) By mailing printed newsletters
D) Through radio announcements only
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10. Where are the DAMUs located?
A) Within meteorological stations
B) At state agricultural departments
C) Within Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)
D) At private agricultural research centers
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11. What is the photoelectric effect?
A) The emission of photons when electrons strike a metal surface
B) The emission of electrons from a material’s surface when exposed to light
C) The emission of light from a material when heated
D) The emission of neutrons when a material is exposed to radiation
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12. Who discovered the photoelectric effect?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Max Planck
C) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
D) Niels Bohr
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13. For an electron to be emitted from a material in the photoelectric effect, what condition must be met?
A) The photon energy must be lower than the electron's binding energy
B) The photon energy must be greater than the electron's binding energy
C) The photon energy must match the temperature of the material
D) The photon energy must equal the work function of the electron
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14. What is the term for the energy that must be overcome for an electron to be emitted from a material’s surface in the photoelectric effect?
A) Photon energy
B) Work function
C) Kinetic energy
D) Binding energy
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15. What key concept about light does the photoelectric effect help demonstrate?
A) Light is only a wave
B) Light is only a particle
C) Light possesses both wave-like and particle-like properties
D) Light is a form of heat
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16. Which shipyard is responsible for constructing the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercrafts (ASWCWC) vessels INS Malpe and INS Mulki?
A) Hindustan Shipyard Limited
B) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
C) Cochin Shipyard Limited
D) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
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17. Which class of vessels are INS Malpe and INS Mulki expected to replace in the Indian Navy?
A) Kamorta Class Corvettes
B) Kora Class Corvettes
C) Abhay Class Corvettes
D) Shivalik Class Frigates
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18. What is the maximum speed of the INS Malpe and INS Mulki vessels?
A) 20 knots
B) 22 knots
C) 25 knots
D) 30 knots
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19. What kind of operations are the INS Malpe and INS Mulki capable of conducting?
A) Air defense and surface warfare
B) Anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, mine-laying, and search and rescue
C) Surface-to-air missile operations
D) Long-range ballistic missile operations
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20. When was the Nilgiri Mountain Railway line from Mettupalaiyam to Ooty first opened for traffic?
A) 1889
B) 1899
C) 1905
D) 1854
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21. In which year was the Nilgiri Mountain Railway recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1999
B) 2000
C) 2005
D) 2010
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22. Which districts in Tamil Nadu does the Nilgiri Mountain Railway pass through?
A) Coimbatore and Nilgiri Districts
B) Madurai and Nilgiri Districts
C) Salem and Coimbatore Districts
D) Erode and Nilgiri Districts
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23. What is the total length of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway line from Mettupalaiyam to Ooty?
A) 25.67 km
B) 30.88 km
C) 45.88 km
D) 50.5 km
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24. When were the District Agro-Meteorology Units (DAMUs) established in India?
A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2020
D) 2021
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25. What is the primary purpose of DAMUs?
A) To forecast earthquakes
B) To monitor crop diseases
C) To prepare and disseminate agricultural advisories
D) To provide climate data for space exploration
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