Daily Current Affairs Quiz 29 November 2022

a) Survey vessel

‘Ikshak’, the third of the four Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, being built by GRSE/L&T for Indian Navy was launched on 26 Nov 22 at Kattupalli, Chennai. SVL ships will replace the existing Sandhayak Class survey ships with new generation hydrographic equipment to collect oceanographic data. The Survey Vessel (Large) ships are 110 m long, 16 m wide with deep displacement of 3400 tons and a complement of 231 personnel.

Recently, Indian Navy launched ‘Ikshak’, the third of the four survey vessels (Large) project at Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu.

c) Gujarat

Jio rolled out its True 5G network in every headquarters of Gujarat’s 33 districts, making it the first state in India to get 100 percent coverage of 5G Services in the state. Jio has also announced that it will launch a series of True 5-G powered initiatives across Healthcare, Education, Agriculture, and Industry 4.0 in Gujarat and then extend it across the country.

d) 2023

Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar attended the pre-launch celebration of International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023.
In 2018, India proposed to the United Nation to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets. It was approved by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 2018.

c) 2 only

The third generation Indian satellite for monitoring the oceans, formally named as Earth Observation Satellite-6 (EOS-6) was launched aboard the proven launch vehicle PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) on its 56th flight (24th flight of the PSLV-XL version). The launch, designed as PSLV-C54, also accommodated other small satellites along with Oceansat-3. The Oceansat-3 was placed in the polar orbit at the height of about 740 kilometers above sea level. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The OCM-3 with high signal-to-noise ratio is expected to provide improved accuracy in daily monitoring of phytoplankton having wide range of operational and research applications including fishery resource management, ocean carbon uptake, harmful algal bloom alerts, and climate studies. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

The satellite will have the capability to make concurrent measurements of Ocean Colour, Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Winds, and is expected to provide a great boost to the ocean observing capabilities of the global scientific and operational communities in addressing the Ocean Decade objectives and challenges. It cannot provide underwater sea temperature. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.

The third generation Indian satellite for monitoring the oceans, formally named as Earth Observation Satellite-6 (EOS-6) was launched on 26 November by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in partnership with Ministry of Earth Sciences.

d) OceanSat-3

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched successfully PSLV-C54 carrying Oceansat-3 also known as Earth Observation Satellite-6, and 8 nano-satellites.
The satellite was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The eight nanosatellites include ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B), Anand, Astrocast (four satellites), and two Thybolt satellites.