Daily Current Affair Quiz: 23rd August 2018
1. Adratiklit boulahfa is
(a) The Fossil of primate discovered at Kutch
(b) The Fossil of dinosaurs discovered at Middle Atlas Mountain
(c) The specie which accidently contaminated moon’s surface
(d) The Plant variety used for bio diesel production
Ans: b
Justification:
- It is a new species of stegosaurus dated to 168 million years ago. It is the oldest known member of that group of dinosaurs ever known.
- It is also the first stegosaurus to be found in North Africa.
- Its remains were recently discovered in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
2. Which of the following is not a Baltic state?
(a) Estonia
(b) Latvia
(c) Lithuania
(d) Bosnia
Ans: d
Justification:
https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/baltic_states.html
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Subhash Chandra Bose was twice elected President of the Indian National Congress.
2. Owing to political differences, he resigned from the Congress Presidentship in 1939 and organised Indian National Army as a faction within the Congress in Bengal.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- Subhash Chandra Bose was twice elected President of the Indian National Congress, (1938-Haripur and 1939-Tripuri) the country’s most important political force for freedom from the Raj or British rule.
- Owing to political differences, he resigned from the Congress Presidentship in 1939 and organised the All India Forward Bloc a faction within the Congress in Bengal. The purpose was to consolidate the political left and major support base in his home state Bengal.
- In Calcutta, Bose organised mass protests and was arrested. He was later put under house arrest from where he escaped. He went to Germany via Afghanistan.
- However, in 1943 Bose lost hope that Germany could be of any help in gaining India’s independence. He then turned to Asia where he finally came at the helm of the Indian National Army (INA).
4. ‘San-Sadhan’ Hackathon is associated with?
(a) Persons with Disability
(b) Particularly Vulnerable Tribes
(c) Senior Citizens
(d) People with orphaned diseases
Ans: a
Justification:
- ‘San-Sadhan’ Hackathon is an initiative to ease lives of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) by making toilets smarter, more accessible, and easier to use. In this hackathon, the government is looking for smart, scalable and innovative solutions for economical toilets for individual and community use in rural and urban contexts.
- The initiative is being organized jointly by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and 91springboard.
5. National Legal Services Authority of India v Union of India case is related to
(a) Gender Justice
(b) Basic Structure
(c) Uniform Civil Code
(d) Right to Privacy
Ans: a
Justification:
- In 2014, in National Legal Services Authority of India v Union of India, the Supreme Court while recognising transgenders as the third gender said that justice is delivered with the “assumption that humans have equal value and should, therefore, be treated as equal, as well as by equal laws.”
