Today GK, 2025 Latest General Knowledge Questions, Daily GK 2025

1 .

Mangalyaan, Indian Mars Orbiter Craft ran out of fuel and battery after how many years of completion?

A)

7 Years

B)

8 Years

C)

9 Years

D)

10 Years

Correct Answer : 8 Years

India’s Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery is drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country’s maiden interplanetary mission Mangalyaan may have finally completed its long innings.

The ₹450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November 5, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully inserted into the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. “Right now, there is no fuel left.

The satellite battery has drained,” a source in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. “The link has been lost.” There was, however, no official word from the country’s national space agency.

ISRO officials noted that the Mars orbiter craft functioned for almost eight years(8 Years), well beyond its designed mission life of six months.

The MOM — a technology demonstration venture — carried five scientific payloads (total 15 kg) collecting data on surface geology, morphology, atmospheric processes, surface temperature and atmospheric escape process.

The five instruments are: Mars Color Camera (MCC), Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM), Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) and Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP).

“MOM is credited with many laurels like cost-effectiveness, short period of realisation, economical mass-budget, and miniaturisation of five heterogeneous science payloads", ISRO officials pointed out.

Highly elliptical orbit geometry of MOM enabled MCC to take snap shots of ‘Full disc’ of Mars at its farthest point and finer details from closest point.

The MCC has produced more than 1000 images and published a Mars Atlas..

Source : News18

Published On : October 3, 2022

2 .

Which Indian javelin thrower has been suspended till 2025 for doping?

A)

Neeraj Chopra

B)

Shivpal Singh

C)

Arshad Nadeem

D)

Davinder Singh Kang

Correct Answer : Shivpal Singh

Top Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has been handed a four-year suspension for failing a dope test last year by the NADA's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.

Shivpal, who took part in the Tokyo Olympics, was placed under provisional suspension in October last year after he failed an out-of-competition test. He had tested positive for banned substance Metandieonone.

The ban period for the 27-year-old Uttar Pradesh athlete began from October 21 last year and his ineligibility period will be up to October 2025.

In fact, the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel gave the decision in August and surprisingly there was no detailed order uploaded on the website of the National Anti-Doping Agency.

Shivpal's test was conducted after the Tokyo Olympics when there was no national camp in operation. His name was there in the list of athletes announced by the Sports Authority of India for the camp from October 15 to December 31 last year. But he was dropped when the camp was extended till March 31 this year..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : October 3, 2022

3 .

Which scientist has won the Nobel Prizes 2022 for Medicine or Physiology?

A)

Linda Vigilant

B)

Svante Paabo

C)

Herbert Kroemer

D)

Sune Bergström

Correct Answer : Svante Paabo

Swedish paleogeneticist "Svante Paabo" was awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 in physiology or medicine on Monday(3rd Oct 2022) “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution," kicking off a week of winner announcements held under the shadow of the bloody war in Ukraine.

Paabo, founder of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, and who also serves as an adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, accomplished "something seemingly impossible" through his pioneering research, the Nobel committee said: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

Nobel Prizes 2022: About his research : Through his pioneering research, Svante Pääbo accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans. He also made the sensational discovery of a previously unknown hominin, Denisova. Importantly, Pääbo also found that gene transfer had occurred from these now extinct hominins to Homo sapiens following the migration out of Africa around 70,000 years ago. This ancient flow of genes to present-day humans has physiological relevance today, for example affecting how our immune system reacts to infections.

In 1990, Pääbo was recruited to the University of Munich, where, as a newly appointed Professor, he continued his work on archaic DNA. He decided to analyze DNA from Neanderthal mitochondria – organelles in cells that contain their own DNA. The mitochondrial genome is small and contains only a fraction of the genetic information in the cell, but it is present in thousands of copies, increasing the chance of success.

About the Svante Paabo : Svante Pääbo (born 20 April 1955) is a Swedish geneticist specialising in the field of evolutionary genetics and a Nobel prize laureate. As one of the founders of paleogenetics, he has worked extensively on the Neanderthal genome. He was appointed director of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany in 1997. He is also a professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

The Nobel Prize : The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1.14 million). The prize money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895. The other prizes are for outstanding work in the fields of physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics..

Source : Japan Times

Published On : October 3, 2022

4 .

Who is unveiled a model of the humanoid "Optimus" robot on 30th Sep 2022?

A)

Jeff Bezos

B)

Elon Musk

C)

Bill Gates

D)

Mark Zuckerberg

Correct Answer : Elon Musk

On Friday(30th Sep 2022), Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid "Optimus" robot that shares some Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and sensors with its cars' Autopilot driver assistance features.

Optimus was revealed at Tesla AI Day 2022, an event which aimed to demonstrate how far the company's autonomous robot and vehicle research has come.

According to media reports, the event gave the first look of Optimus, strolling around the stage, updates on new self-driving software and also a first look at the Dojo hardware powering Tesla's AI research.

According to Elon Musk, this humanoid prototype can do more than what was shown live. However, it first operated without a tether during the Tesla AI Day event. Musk also claimed that the difference between Tesla's humanoid and other very impressive humanoid robot demonstrations is that Tesla's Optimus is made for mass production in the "millions" of units and to be very capable.

About Optimus robot's prototype :

* After much waiting, the Optimus was finally presented in functional form. It has a 2.3kWh battery, weighs 73 kg, it walks about and waves using external actuators.

* The autopilot team at Tesla described how far they have gone with fully autonomous driving, which has increased from 2,000 Tesla drivers to 160,000 this year in its beta testing.

* Elon Musk suggested a potential worldwide expansion, despite the fact that it is presently only accessible in the US and Canada..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : October 3, 2022

5 .

Which companies have joined hands to bring holographic technology to boost virtual tourism on 1st Oct 2022?

A)

Jio and Nokia

B)

Airtel and Samsung

C)

Airtel and Nokia

D)

Jio and iPhone

Correct Answer : Airtel and Nokia

Airtel and Nokia partnered to bring India’s first 5G enabled immersive experience to visitors at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022.

Airtel and Nokia will bring to life the cultural splendour of Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Statue of Unity through holographic images demonstrating the benefits of ultra- fast and low latency 5G network, the companies said in a statement Saturday(1st Oct 2022).

The almost life like holograms, will bring to life the architecture and design of these iconic monuments and temples, replicating the physical experience.

"With the advent of 5G, immersive virtual tourism is expected to help reinvent the travel and tourism industry where the masses would be able to see remote places and monuments from the comfort of their homes," the companies said.

In 2019 India recorded 2321 million domestic tourists traveling across the country. This number fell to almost 620 million during COVID when travel for leisure practically stopped.

In 2020, the travel and tourism industry's contribution to GDP was $121.9 billion; the figure is expected to reach $512 billion by 2028..

Source : Mint

Published On : October 2, 2022

6 .

How many lakhs of crores did GST collect in September 2022? increased by 26%.

A)

Rs 1.28 lakh crore

B)

Rs 1.35 lakh crore

C)

Rs 1.40 lakh crore

D)

Rs 1.47 lakh crore

Correct Answer : Rs 1.47 lakh crore

* The gross GST revenue collected in the month of September 2022 is Rs 1,47,686 crore.

* Central GST : Rs 25,271 crore

* State GST : Rs 31,813 crore

* Integrated GST : Rs 80,464 crore (including Rs 41,215 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 10,137 crore (including Rs 856 crore collected on import of goods)

* The GST revenues for September 2022 are 26% higher than revenue in same month last year 2021.

* GST mop-up has been over ₹ 1.40 lakh crore for seven months in a row..

Source : CNBCTV18

Published On : October 2, 2022

7 .

Zhurong rover has peered under the surface of Mars and has found evidence of two huge floods that shaped the landscape. Zhurong rover is an initiative of which country?

A)

China

B)

Japan

C)

Russia

D)

Israel

Correct Answer : China

China’s Zhurong rover has peered under the surface of Mars and has found evidence of two huge floods that shaped the landscape.

Since May 2021, Zhurong has been exploring Utopia Planitia, in Mars’s northern hemisphere.

Images from the rover’s ground-penetrating radar found layered patterns under the surface, which are made of sedimentary rocks carried in by two major floods around 1.6 billion years ago.

China's Zhurong rover landed in the Utopia Planitia, a 2,000-miles-wide (3,300 kilometers) basin in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, in May 2021.

Since then, the rover has been studying local geology, chemical composition of rocks, and local weather conditions using its six scientific instruments.

Zhurong has already completed its primary mission of 90 sols. But the rover is continuing its way to the south of its landing site, collecting data as it goes.

Source : The Hindu

Published On : October 2, 2022

8 .

Active credit cards drop how many millions in August 2022 over new RBI norms?

A)

1.2 million

B)

1.7 million

C)

2.0 million

D)

2.3 million

Correct Answer : 2.3 million

The outstanding credit card base dropped to 77.99 million in August 2022 from over 80 million in July 2022, mainly on account of the new norms of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that warrant the deactivation of cards that are inactive for a year.

While there was a 2.8 per cent decline in net card additions on a month-on-month (MoM) basis in August, a first in many months, credit card spends slipped 3 per cent on a high base. Still, spends topped the Rs 1-trillion mark for the sixth consecutive month.

The banking system had been adding about 1-1.5 million cards a month for some time now. But in August, “credit cards outstanding for the industry declined by 2.3 million, largely as a result of sharp declines seen for HDFC Bank and Axis Bank.

This is largely on account of the implementation of the new RBI norms requiring credit card companies to deactivate cards that are inactive for 365 days. This should impact other players, as well with a lag”, stated Suresh Ganapathy and Param Subramanian in a report for Macquarie Research.

Major issuers, such as HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, have seen a significant drop in their net credit card additions in August 2022.

The number of HDFC Bank’s outstanding credit cards dropped by 8.47 per cent in a month to 16.42 million, from 17.94 million in July.

Axis Bank witnessed a 10.6 per cent drop in its outstanding credit card base to 8.87 million, from 9.93 million in July 2022. HDFC Bank is the largest credit card issuer in the country and Axis Bank is the fourth-biggest..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : October 1, 2022

9 .

Who presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022?

A)

Narendra Modi

B)

Venkaiah Naidu

C)

Droupadi Murmu

D)

Ram Nath Kovind

Correct Answer : Droupadi Murmu

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022.

Indore has been adjudged as India's cleanest city, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.

Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra in the category of best performing states in 'Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022'.

Tripura topped among the states having fewer than 100 urban local bodies.

Maharashtra's Deolali was adjudged cleanest Cantonment Board.

Source : PIB

Published On : October 1, 2022

10 .

When did Amazon start 'AmazeWIT Circles' to upskill women in technology?

A)

16th September 2022

B)

18th September 2022

C)

25th September 2022

D)

29th September 2022

Correct Answer : 16th September 2022

Amazon India on Friday(16th September 2022) launched ‘AmazeWIT Circles’, a dedicated networking virtual event to educate women and prepare them for careers in technology.

The ‘AmazeWIT Circles’ is designed for seasoned software development engineers. The half-day-long virtual event is led by technology leaders at Amazon who cover topics relevant to technical upliftment and sustained career development.

“While women today are taking up and growing in various roles within the technology space, the numbers are still lower due to a lack of exposure and mentorship. I am excited about the launch of AmazeWIT Circles, which is a unique networking and learning event for women from the technology space to connect, engage, and educate themselves.

The speed mentoring will also help them demystify what to expect in tech careers. Through AmazeWIT Circles, we look at creating an increased women’s technology talent pool in India,” said Deepti Varma, Vice President, People and Experience Technology (PXT), Amazon Stores India & Emerging Markets..

Source : The hindu Businessline

Published On : September 30, 2022

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