Daily Current Affairs Answer & Explanation : 03 July 2020
Question 1.
Answer- c
Explanation:
- Under this convention, migratory species threatened with extinction are listed onAppendix I and Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them.
- Migratory species that need conservation and management or would significantly benefit from international co-operation are listed in Appendix II of the Convention.
Question 2.
Answer- c
Explanation:
- The Indian Navy Hydrographic Survey Ship, INS Jamuna is on a deployment to carry out Joint Hydrographic Survey off the South – West coast of Sri Lanka.
- A team of Sri Lankan Navy hydrographers including officers and sailors have also been embarked onboard for the duration of the survey.
Question 3.
Answer- a
Explanation:
- India ranked 35thin the Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) 2019, as per a report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
- This year, Indiascored 53 and has jumped five ranks from the 40th rank with an overall score of 41.2 across categories in 2018.
- Finland toppedthe index followed by Sweden.
Question 4.
Answer- d
Explanation:
- Kaziranga is criss-crossed by four main rivers — Brahmaputra, Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri and has numerous small water bodies.
Question 5.
Answer- c
Explanation :
Ploonet is the new word the scientific community has come up with to describe a moon that becomes a planet. A moon can become a planet if it leaves the orbit of its parent planet and takes up residence in a stable orbit around its star.
At this point, this orbiting rock is neither a moon nor a planet, hence the term, ploonet.