DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 26 November 2024

Answer: (b) 1,3 , and 4 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) categorizes aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic” to humans, placing it in the third category among the four levels of carcinogens.
• Statement 2 is incorrect. Aspartame contains two amino acids – L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine, not L-glutamic acid.
• Statement 3 is correct.Aspartame was discovered by James M Schlatter in 1965.
• Statement 4 is correct. The acceptable daily intake (ADI) for aspartame set by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day.

Answer: (b) 1, 2, and 4 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. Cholederm is derived from the extracellular matrix of decellularised gall bladder of a pig.
• Statement 2 is correct. It is classified as a Class D Biomedical Device material.
• Statement 3 is incorrect.Cholederm is the first indigenously developed product to meet all statutory requirements of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), not an imported one.
• Statement 4 is correct. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), developed Cholederm.

Answer: (a) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. The Curiosity Rover is a part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.
• Statement 2 is correct. The Curiosity Rover was launched in the year 2012.
• Statement 3 is incorrect. It is the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars.

Ans. b

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is incorrect. While the Himalayan brown bear is the largest mammal found in Kashmir, but It is considerably smaller than the Grizzly and the Kodiak bears.
• Statement 2 is correct. The passage specifies the distribution of the Himalayan brown bear across regions in northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, northern India, western China, and Nepal.

Ans. a

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct. The IUCN Status of the Himalayan brown bear is Critically Endangered.
• Statement 2 is incorrect. The Himalayan brown bear is the least arboreal bear and is primarily terrestrial, adapted to life in rolling uplands above the tree line.