Current Affairs Quiz – 18th April 2022

1. Consider the following statements:

1. The Hope Mission is UAE’s first Mars Mission done in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
2. The aim of the mission is to create mankind’s first integrated model of the Red planet’s atmosphere.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements regarding Long Period Average (LPA):

1. LPA of rainfall is the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given interval average over a long period of time.
   
2. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) maintains LPAs for every meteorological region of the country.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements regarding Genocide:

1. Genocide is the crime committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious groups.
2. Genocide does not include the groups targeted for political beliefs.
3. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has the jurisdiction over matters of Genocide.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

4. Consider the following statements regarding color blindness:

1. The inability to see certain colors in the normal way is known as color Blindness.
   
2. Two types of cells in the retina detect light, the rods detect the colour, and the cones distinguish between light and dark.
   
3. Color blindness is the result of the absence of one or more cone cells.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements:

1. Anti-proton is the antiparticle of a proton which has equal mass and spin angular momentum but opposite charge of the proton.
2. Every proton and neutron is made up of three quarks, while the gluons provide the effect that holds these together.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?