Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz - 10-11-2020 - (Online Prelims Test)

1) Consider the following statements with respect to saffron

1. The pH level of the soil is an important factor for saffron production.
2. Areas in Jammu & Kashmir are the only places in India suitable for saffron cultivation.
3. Kashmiri Saffron was given geographical indication tag by the geographical indications registry in 2008.

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

2) Yarkovsky effect, sometimes seen in the news recently, refers to?

3) Shivalik Elephant Reserve is located in which of the following states?

4) The gland that produces tears in eyes is called as?

5) Consider the following statements with respect to Tarballs

1. They are small light-absorbing, carbonaceous particles.
2. They are formed from black carbon, emitted during the burning of biomass.
3. It deposits on snow and ice and could potentially contribute to hastening of glacial melt and global warming.

Which of the statements given above are correct?