Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 15

Balance of Payment(BoP) of a country is a systematic record of all its economic transaction with the outside world in a given year.

Balance of Payments composed of the:

• Current Account
• Capital Account

​Capital Account: It is composed of external lending and borrowing, foreign currency deposits of banks, external bonds issued by the Government of India, FDI, FII.

Current Account: It maintains records of export-import, interest payments, private remittances and transfers.

The Earth orbits the sun once every 365 days and rotates about its axis once every 24 hours. Day and night are due to the Earth rotating on its axis, not its orbit around the sun. 

• Due to the rotation of the earth in its axis, the phenomena of day and night happens.
• To complete a complete rotation the earth takes 23 hours and 56 minutes.
• During the rotation in its axis (23.5º inclined) when a part of the come in front of the Sun, it considered as day time at that place, and night remains on the opposite side of that place.
• The inclination also causes variation in the energy received on the surface of the earth.
• The sun rays almost perpendicular to the equatorial region all over the year, but it becomes oblique towards the pole.
• The duration of the day and night is almost the same at the equator.
• So the difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from the Equator to poles.
• For most of us here on the planet Earth, sunrise, sunset, and the cycle of day and night (the diurnal cycle) are just simple facts of life.
• As a result of seasonal changes that happen with every passing year, the length of day and night can vary and be either longer or shorter by just a few hours.

Under the Kingdom Plantae, Algae individuals are predominantly aquatic.

Kingdom Plantae includes brown, green, and red algae, mosses Ferns, and seeded plants with or without flowers.

• They are multicellular organisms. They contain photosynthetic pigments in plastids and their main mode of nutrition is photosynthesis.
• The Plant Kingdom is classified into five subgroups namely Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms.
• Algae belong to the Thallophyta group and are mostly aquatic.
• They have chlorophyll and are phototropic.
• Other members of this group include fungi.
• Other examples are Spirogyra, Ulothrix, Cladophora, and Chara.

The correct matching of the State and their formation years is as follows:

King Kanishka started the Silk route for Indians.

The great silk route to the Indians was opened by Kanishka. Silk Route was established during the reign of the Han Dynasty of China.

Silk Route It connects China with East Europe Mediterranean countries and Central Asia, passing through India.

The right matching is (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i).

Aspirin

Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid. This medicine is especially used to treat fever, pain, heart attack, angina.

Muriatic acid

It is also known as the name 'Hydrochloric acid (HCl)'. Hydrochloric acid, solution is a colorless watery liquid with a sharp, irritating odor. Consists of hydrogen chloride, a gas, dissolved in water. Sinks and mixes with water. Produces irritating vapor. 

Ibuprofen

It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and is used to relieve pain such as headache, dental pain, etc. Ibuprofen was discovered in 1961 by Stewart Adams.

RDX (O₂N₂CH₂)₃

RDX stands for Royal Demolition explosive. It is also known as cyclonite or hexogen. The chemical name for RDX is 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine. It is a white powder and is very explosive. RDX is used as an explosive and is also used in combination with other ingredients in explosives. Its odor and taste are unknown. It is a synthetic product that does not occur naturally in the environment. It creates fumes when it is burned with other substances.

Central Statistical Office formulates the National Income.

Formulation of National Income in India is conducted by Central Statistical Organisation (1949) which is now renamed as Central statistical office (CSO). The CSO was set up on 2nd May 1951.

CSO is one of the two wings of the National statistical organization (NSO), the other wing is National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). This organization is responsible for the coordination of statistical activities in the country and for evolving and maintaining the statistical activities within the country.

The global positioning system (GPS) is a network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth. Some GPS receivers are so accurate they can establish their location within 1 centimeter (0.4 inches). GPS receivers provide location in latitude, longitude, and altitude.

FDI(Foreign Direct Investment) is not a component of current account.

The current account composed of

• Exports
• Imports
• Trade Balance
• Invisibles(Services, Transfer, Income)

Arvind Kejriwal is the present Chief Minister of Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent chief minister of Delhi since 14 February 2015.