Answer-(B) 1, 2 and 3Explanation:
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was jointly awarded to three persons for their contributions to detection of the gravitational waves arising from the collision between two black holes.
Gravitational waves are ripples moving in space – time.
They arise when heavy objects in space accelerate and generate disturbances in their gravitational field.
Their effects are measurable when they reach the earth but required sensitive antennae.
Waves were observed for the first time in 2015 by ‘LIGO’ – the most sensitive and the largest interferometer facility.
It took 1.3 billion years for the waves to arrive at laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
Mr. Thorne and Mr. Weiss co-created the LIGO at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, which has taken home 18 Nobels since the prizes were first awarded in 1901.
India’s first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of Maharashtra.
It will be 3rd such laboratory in the world and first outside the United States. The existing laboratories are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston, Louisiana.
2) Which Indian has been appointed World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Deputy Director General, the first time such post has been ever created within the organisation?
(A) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
(B) Soumya Swaminathan
(C) Soundarya Rajinikanth
(D) Vanathi Srinivasan
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Answer-(B) Soumya SwaminathanExplanation:
Soumya Swaminathan was appointed one of the two deputy directors general.
She is currently the Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
She is daughter of M.S Swaminathan (Father of Green Revolution)
3) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation stone to develop Muktyal to Vijayawada waterway stretch on River Krishna as part of National Waterway ____ at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
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Answer-(C) 4Explanation:
The 82-km inland waterway stretch is Phase-1 of National Waterway-4 developed under Sagar Mala project.
It will be used mainly for transportation of cement and construction material for new capital city Amaravati.
In Phase I, three cargo terminals are proposed to be built at Muktyala, Ibrahimpatnam and Harishchandrapur. Besides, four Passenger Terminals will be built at Durga Ghat, Bhawani Island, Vedadari, and Amravati.
National Waterways:-
NW1 - Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga – 1620 km (UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal)
NW2 - Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of Brahmaputra River – 891 km (Assam)
NW3 - Kollam-Kozhikode Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals – 365 km (Kerala)
NW4 - Kakinada-Puducherry Canals system integrated with River Godavari and Krishna – 1095 km (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana)
NW5 - Orissa to West Bengal using the stretch on Brahmani River, East Coast Canal, Matai river and Mahanadi River Delta – 588 km (Odisha, West Bengal)
4) Which Government has launched “Mathru Poorna Scheme” to meet nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women in rural areas of state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Odisha
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Answer-(B) KarnatakaExplanation:
Under this scheme, pregnant and lactating poor women in rural areas will get one nutritious meal daily for 25 days in a month.
The scheme will be implemented through anganwadis in State.
Under it, nutritious food will be provided for 15 months, from start of pregnancy up to six months after delivery. Along with meal, Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets will be administered and gestational weight monitoring will be ensured for pregnant women.
5) India’s 1st community toilet for third gender inaugurated in ______.
(A) Bhopal
(B) New Delhi
(C) Lucknow
(D) Patna
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Answer-(A) BhopalExplanation:
This is the first community toilet for exclusive third gender usage in India.
This toilet was constructed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Different signs for men, women, handicapped and transgender people are put on the doors of the toilet.
Transgender people live in large numbers in the Mangalwara area.
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