Daily Current Affair Quiz: 13th March 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. India is not a signatory of Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict.
2. India is a signatory of Roman statute of 1998.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: d
Justification:
- The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the first international treaty that focuses exclusively on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. It was signed at The Hague, Netherlands on 14 May 1954 and entered into force on 7 August 1956. India is a signatory to it.
- The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court. It was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy on 17 July 1998 and it entered into force on 1 July 2002. As of November 2019, 123 states are party to the statute.
- India is not a party to Rome Statute along with US and China. Recently Malaysia has ratified the Rome Statute and became the 124th State party to the ICC.
2. Moghalmari monastery is located at
(a) Odisha
(b) Karnataka
(c) West Bengal
(d) Bihar
Ans: c
Justification:
- The village of Moghalmari in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is a site of historical and archaeological significance that reflects the colorful history of the Bengal region. Among the most interesting archaeological remains is the Moghalmari Monastery Buddhist heritage site (also known as Dantapur Buddhist Monastery), which was documented in the travel journal of the Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang (c. 602–64), who famously made a 17-year overland journey to India.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. SAKSHAM is an annual flagship event of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
2. It is intended to make citizens aware about the conservation and effective utilization of petroleum products.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- SAKSHAM 2020
- Agencies involved: It is an annual flagship event of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India. Objective: To make citizens aware about the conservation and effective utilization of petroleum products
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true.
1. Hargila is currently on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss stemming from indiscriminate felling of big trees and dwindling wetlands.
2. Hargila is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and Aaranyak has jointly attained a landmark achievement by successfully hatching a pair of Greater Adjutant chicks in an artificial platform within the zoo enclosure, in the first ever experiment of its kind.
- The Endangered Greater Adjutant stork (Leptoptilosdubius) is one of the rarest species of Storks out of twenty species of Storks in the world. In India, eight species of residential storks are found, out of which Greater Adjutant is one of them. Once abundantly distributed in Southeast Asia, this stork is now restricted to a few isolated pockets in Assam and Bihar in India and PrekToal in Cambodia.
5. Operation Save Kurma is
(a) Tiger Protection Programme
(b) Turtle protection Programme
(c) Rhino protection Programme
(d) None of the above
Answer: b
Justification:
- Considering the commercial exploitation of the turtles and tortoises as well as the extent of involvement of illegal wildlife traders in the illegal trade of live specimens WCCB envisaged a species specific operation code named “OPERATION SAVE KURMA” to focus specifically on the major states involved in the poaching, transportation and illegal trade of live turtles and tortoises.
