IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Jan 1 & 2, 2016

ANSWER: China

Explanation:
- China successfully launched its “most sophisticated” observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country’s high-definition earth observation project.
- Gaofen-4 was launched aboard by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
- Gaofen-4 is China’s first geosynchronous orbit HD optical imaging satellite and the world’s most sophisticated HD geosynchronous orbit remote sensing satellite
- Different from Gaofen-1 and Gaofen-2 in low orbits (600-700km) around the earth, Gaofen-4 is located at the orbit 36,000km away from the earth and moves synchronously with the earth.

ANSWER: Kundli, Haryana

Explanation:
- National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
- It has been accorded a deemed to be University under de-novo category.
- Kundli is in Haryana.

ANSWER: Thanjavur, Tamil nadu

Explanation:
- The Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) is a pioneer Research and Development and Educational Institution under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India.
- The Institute was upgraded as a national institute and called as Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology.
- IICPT has now state of art facilities including NABL accredited Food Safety and Quality Testing Laboratory; ISO 9000, 14000 and 22000 Certified Food Processing Business Incubation cum- Training Centre; AICTE approved Teaching Laboratories and Research Laboratories.

ANSWER: Only 2

Explanation:
- Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Vivekananda on 1 May 1897.
- The mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organisation.
- The mission is headquartered near Kolkata at Belur Math in Howrah, West Bengal.
- It subscribes to the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.
- The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has established an ‘official relationship’ with the Ramakrishna Mission in the areas of inter-cultural dialogue, social cohesion and for promoting peace and non-violence.

ANSWER: Both

Explanation:
- A country should have had no new cases of Ebola for a continuous period of 42 days, which is a cycle of two incubation periods of 21 days, for it to be declared free of the virus.
- Ebola outbreak was started in Guinea.
- The epidemic is now officially over in two of the three West African countries most affected by the outbreak i.e Sierra Leone and Guinea
- Liberia, the third country most affected by the epidemic — won't be considered free of the disease until January 14 at the earliest.

ANSWER: Only 2

Explanation:
- LRSAM Barak missile is being co-developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from India and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) of Israel.
- It will be manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
- The Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) and version is called MRSAM (medium range SAM)

ANSWER: France

Explanation:
- The Maitri missile project is a next-generation quick-reaction surface-to-air missile (QRSAM) with a lethal near-hundred per cent kill probability
- It is under development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation.
- It is a short-range (15 km, 9.3 mi) surface-to-air point defense missile system.
- The Navy plans to replace the Barak-I with a new Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SR-SAM), Maitri, to be jointly developed by DRDO with MBDA of France.