18th January 2021 DAILY WISDOM TEST-THE PT QUEST 2020

 

DAILY WISDOM TEST-THE PT QUEST 2021

Date:- (18-01-2021)

Question-1

 

Q.1. The correct Answers is
ANSWER: C
Explanation:
•    Statement 1 is correct: The first Arab space mission to Mars, an unmanned probe dubbed “Hope” (known as “Al-Amal” in Arabic), blasted off from Japan on 20th July 2020, on a mission to reveal more about the atmosphere of the Red Planet.
•    Statement 2 is incorrect: the probe developed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was launched in Japan with use of Japanese rocket.
•    Statement 3 is correct: It will not land on the Mars, but instead orbit it for a whole Martian year, or 687 days.

Question-2

Q.2. The correct Answers is
ANSWER: D
All the statements are correct.

Question-3

Q.3. The correct Answers is
ANSWER: A•    Statement 1 is correct: T cell is also known as T lymphocyte.
•    Statement 2 is incorrect because T cell is a type of leukocyte (white Blood Cell) not erythrocyte (Red Blood Cell).
•    Statement 3 is incorrect because It develops in the thymus gland not thyroid gland.
•    Statement 4 is correct: The T cells are like soldiers who search out and destroy the targeted invaders.

 

 

Question-4

Q.4. The correct Answers is
ANSWER: C
EXPLANATION:    •    Recently the colour of water in Lonar lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district turned pink
•    It happened due to a large presence of the salt-loving Haloarchaea microbes.
•    Haloarchaea or halophilic archaea is a bacteria culture, which produces pink pigment, and found in water saturated with salt.
•    The absence of rain, less human interference and high temperature could have resulted in the evaporation of water, increasing salinity.

Question-5

Q.5. The correct Answers is
ANSWER: B
Explanation:•    Statement 1 is incorrect: Madhubani art (or Mithila painting) is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region (In Bihar) of the Indian subcontinent as well as in Nepal.
•    Statement 2 is correct: the colors used are derived from plants. E.g. Yellow colour from turmeric or pollen or lime and the milk of banyan leaves; blue from indigo; red from the kusam flower juice or red sandalwood; green from the leaves of the wood apple tree etc.