Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 09-10-2024 (Online Prelims Test)

1) Consider the following statements with respect to Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) Observatory

1. It is an imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescope (IACT) that consists of a large-area tessellated light collector.
2. The telescope is indigenously built by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) with support from Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) and other Indian industry partners.
3. It is the highest (in altitude) and second largest Cerenkov telescope in the world.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

2) Consider the following statements with respect to National Cooperative Consumer’s Federation of India Ltd (NCCF)

1. It is registered under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002.
2. It is a cooperative body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Which one of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

3) Consider the following statements with respect to Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

1. ANNs are collections of nodes designed to mimic neuron networks in animal brains.
2. Transformer, a new form of ANN is a two-part neural network that encodes and then decodes information.
3. Deep learning involves stacking multiple layers of nodes for complex tasks.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

4) Consider the following statements with respect to Trachoma

1. Blindness from trachoma is irreversible in nature which is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
2. The infection is transmitted by direct or indirect transfer of eye and nose discharges of infected people.
3. India is the first country in the South-East Asia Region to eliminate trachoma.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Monocled Cobra

1. It is an elapidae snake that inhabits eastern and north-eastern India.
2. It is an oviparous species with neurotoxicity and regional tissue destruction being chief symptoms of it.

Which one of the statements given above is/are correct?