Daily Current Affairs Answer & Explanation : 30 Jan 2020

Question 1.

Answer- b

Explanation:

• Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary. Kuno Palpur is a wildlife sanctuary in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India.
•  It lies in North-West of Madhya Pradesh close to state border with Rajasthan.

 

Question 2.

Answer- d

Explanation:

Three remain operational as of 2019

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Gamma ray program
• Chandra X-ray Observatory history
• Spitzer history

 

Question 3.

Answer- a

Explanation:

• Polycrack is world’s first patented heterogeneous catalytic process which converts multiple feed stocks into hydrocarbon liquid fuels, gas, carbon and water.
• Polycrack’s strength includes not requiring pre-segregation of waste, allowing waste as collected to be directly used. With a high moisture tolerance, drying of waste is not required.

 

Question 4.

Answer : b

Explanation:

• Wollemia is a genus of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae.
• Wollemia was known only through fossil records until the Australian species Wollemia nobilis was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales.
• The genus is named after the National Park.

 

Question 5.

Answer :c

Explanation:

‘Reciprocating territory’ means any country or territory outside India which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a reciprocating territory for the purposes of this section; and “superior Courts”, with reference to any such territory, means such Courts as may be specified in the said notification.