Current Affairs Quiz Today – 06th March 2021

ANS: (A) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

• Pterocarpus santalinus or Red Sanders is a tree endemic to South India.
• They are found in the Tropical Dry Deciduous forest of the Palakonda and Seshachalam hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh and also found in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
• It is used for various purposes such as immunity medicine; it is used in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine.
• While red sanders was classified as endangered in 1997, IUCN reclassified red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) as ‘near threatened’ from the earlier ‘endangered’ in 2018.

ANS: (C) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

• Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology is a missile propulsion technology.
• It includes a thrust modulated ducted rocket with a reduced smoke nozzle-less missile booster.
• The missiles which use such a system are also able to carry a larger payload due to the absence of an oxidiser.
• The system utilises a solid fuelled air-breathing ramjet engine.
• This kind of propulsion system drastically enhances the range with a higher average speed.

ANS: (A) 1, 2 and 5 only

Explanation:

• Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are the founding members of OPEC.
• The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as a grouping are known as OPEC .
• OPEC comprises Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.

ANS: (C) Both 1 and 2

ANS: (A) 1 only

Explanation

• 25 programmes offered by higher education institutions in India ranked among the top 100 in the world in their respective subject categories, according to the latest edition (11^th) of the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
• The 2021 QS’s global university performance comparison offered independent data on the performance of 253 programs at 52 Indian higher education institutions, across 51 academic disciplines.
• The number of Indian universities/institutes in the top 100 subject rankings has increased from 8 to 12 this year. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
  • 12 Indian institutions that have made it to the top 100 of the world – IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IISC Bangalore, IIT Guwahati, IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, JNU, Anna University, University of Delhi and OP Jindal University.
  • IIT-Bombay has cornered more top 100 positions than any other Indian institution.
• The government-run Institutions of Eminence (IoE) remains significantly better-represented in the rankings than the private ones.
  • OP Jindal Global University has entered the global top-100 for law (76^th). This is the only top-100 result achieved by a private IoE. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.