DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1 February 2025

Answer: c) Transfer incomes

Explanation: Incomes like gifts, donations, taxes, fines, etc., which do not involve any production activity and represent the transfer of money without goods or services, are known as transfer incomes.

Answer: b) Entrepreneur

Explanation: Entrepreneurship, also known as human capital, involves individuals with knowledge and entrepreneurial skills who combine land, labor, and physical capital to produce an output and earn a profit.

Answer. C

Assertion (A) is true: Article 1 of the Indian Constitution characterizes India as a “Union of states,” even though its political system operates with federal structure and functions.

Reason (R) is false:

• The formation of the Indian polity did not arise from an agreement among its constituent states. There was no assertion of indestructibility or any provision allowing these units to secede, as in the case of the United States.
• The Indian constitution designates India as a Union, emphasizing its indivisibility, while individual states within it may undergo changes or new ones may be established. However, the integrity of India as a whole is permanent and cannot be dissolved.
• Unlike the United States, India was not created through a gathering of states.
• Importantly, in the Indian political system, states do not possess the right to secede from the Union. While states do maintain a degree of autonomy within their designated spheres as defined by the Constitution, their existence is not absolute or permanent, and this structure primarily serves to accommodate India’s diversity for improved governance.

Answer: c

Explanation:

• Researchers have found that before being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), individuals tended to experience certain health issues.
• These issues include depression, constipation, urinary tract infections, and sexual problems.
• Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease affecting the central nervous system.
• In MS, the immune system targets cells in the myelin, the protective covering around nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
• The damage to the myelin disrupts nerve signals between the brain and other parts of the body, resulting in symptoms that impact the brain, spinal cord, and eyes.

Answer: b) An orbit around the Earth with an altitude of 22,300 miles.

Explanation: A geostationary satellite is in a specific orbit around the Earth with an altitude of approximately 22,300 miles or 35,800 kilometers. These satellites revolve in the same direction as the Earth rotates, completing one orbit in about 24 hours. The satellite appears stationary from the perspective of someone on the ground, as it moves in sync with the Earth’s rotation.