Daily Current Affair Quiz: 17th December 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities and exemptions enjoyed by the two Houses of Parliament, their committees and their members.
2. The Constitution also extends the parliamentary privileges to those persons who are entitled to speak and take part in the proceedings of a House of Parliament or any of its committees.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities and exemptions enjoyed by the two Houses of Parliament, their committees and their members.
- The Constitution also extends the parliamentary privileges to those persons who are entitled to speak and take part in the proceedings of a House of Parliament or any of its committees. These include the Attorney General of India and Union ministers.
- The parliamentary privileges do not extend to the President who is also an integral part of the Parliament. Article 361 of the Constitution provides for privileges for the President.
2. Hump-backed Mahseer can be found at
(a) Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Rann of Kutch Wild life Sanctuary
(c) Srisailam Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Chakrasila wildlife sanctuary
Ans: a
Justification:
- These are large freshwater fish, also called the tiger of the water and found only in the Cauvery river basin (including Kerala’s Pambar, Kabini and Bhavani rivers). It is critically endangered in the IUCN’s red list.
- Cauvery supports a diversified aquatic fauna, predominant species being Crocodiles (listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act), Otters and Hump-backed Mahseer Fish.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) has a device that uses a source of fuel, such as hydrogen, and an oxidant to create electricity by an electrochemical process.
2. Water is the only byproduct of FCEV.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- At the heart of the fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) is a device that uses a source of fuel, such as hydrogen, and an oxidant to create electricity by an electrochemical process.
- Put simply, the fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to generate electric current, water being the only byproduct.
- Like conventional batteries under the bonnets of automobiles, hydrogen fuel cells too convert chemical energy into electrical energy.
- From a long-term viability perspective, FCEVs are billed as vehicles of the future, given that hydrogen is the most abundant resource in the universe.
4. Green Deal is associated with
(a) European Union
(b) G 20
(c) APEC
(d) Unite Nations
Ans: a
Justification:
- The EU made the Green Deal and the commitment to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
5. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located at
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Sikkim
(c) Odisha
(d) Assam
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982, is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India.
- The National Park was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. The latter was expanded and renamed to Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks in 2005.
