1. What is the main cause of cholera?
a) Virus
b) Bacteria
c) Fungi
d) Parasite
Answer. b) Bacteria.
A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection.
2. Who has been awarded the M.S. Swaminathan award in 2024?
a) Anant Darshan Shankar
b) Prof. B.R. Kamboj
c) Dr. Ghosh
d) Dr. Mukherjee
Answer. a) Anant Darshan Shankar.
Anant Darshan Shankar, Chairman of the Indian Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, has been conferred the M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2024.
3. The term "Goldilocks Zone" is often seen in the news in the context of
a) The limits of the habitable zone above the surface of the Earth
b) Regions inside the Earth where shale gas is available
c) Search for the Earth-like planets in outer space
d) Search for meteorites containing precious metals
Answer. c) Search for the Earth-like planets in outer space.
The Goldilocks Zone is the habitable zone around a star where the temperature is just right - not too hot or cold - for liquid water to exist on a planet.
4. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a low-pressure zone, is located ----
a) between trade winds and the westerlies belt.
b) between westerlies and polar winds belt
c) near the poles
d) near the equator
Answer. d) near the equator
5. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Prairies - North America
b) Pampas - South America
c) Steppes - Europe
d) Veld - Australia
Answer. d) Veld - Australia.
Veldts ( Veld) are grasslands of Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Botswana)
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