Daily Short Quiz 12 Feb 2021

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Welcome to your Daily Short Quiz 12 Feb 2021

1.Consider the following statements regarding the Pangong Lake in news recently
  • It is an exorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet. 
  • It is freshwater lake which freezes completely during winter.
  • The lake acts as an important breeding ground for a variety of birds including a number of migratory birds. 

Which of the above statements are correct?

2. Consider the following statements with reference to Unani medicine
  • Unani medicine is pseudoscientific.
  • Practitioners of any medical system, including Unani medicine, are not authorized to practice medicine in India unless trained at a qualified medical institution, registered with the government, and listed as physicians annually in The Gazette of India.
  • It assumes the four main elements – Fire, Water, Air and Earth.

Which of the above statements are correct?

3. Consider the following statements with reference to National Coal Index (NCI)
  • The NCI is a price index which reflects the change of price level of coal on a particular month relative to the fixed base year.
  • The base year for the NCI is FY 2016-17.
  • The indices are separate for Non-coking and Coking Coal.

Which of the above statements are correct?

4. Consider the following statements regarding the Crypto currency in news
  • A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. 
  • The disapproval of cryptocurrencies by government is due to fact that such currencies are highly volatile, used for illicit Internet transactions, and wholly outside the ambit of the state.
  • Regulatory bodies like RBI and Sebi etc also don’t have a legal framework to directly regulate cryptocurrencies as they are neither currencies nor assets or securities or commodities issued by an identifiable user

Which of the above statements are correct?

5. The Government of India, the Government of Chhattisgarh and the World Bank signed a project to develop sustainable production systems that allow tribal households in remote areas of Chhattisgarh to practice round-the-year production of diversified and nutritious food. It is about

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