Daily Current Affair Quiz: 26th November 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Johads are community-owned rainwater storage wetland
2. Johads can be found at Haryana
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Johads are community-owned rainwater storage wetland mainly used for harnessing water resources.
- Haryana state government has come out with a plan of rehabilitating over 16,400 ponds in rural areas across the state in order to analyze pond water to ascertain its suitability for irrigation and other uses.
2. Dudhva National Park is located at?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Odisha
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai belt of marshy grasslands of northern Uttar Pradesh.
- It represents one of the few remaining examples of a highly diverse and productive Terai ecosystem, supporting many endangered species, obligate species of tall wet grasslands and species of restricted distribution.
- It is well known sanctuary of the swamp deer and is home to tigers, leopards, varieties of deer, antelopes, elephants, jackal, hyena etc
- A large number of rhinos are also found here.
- The park has some of the best forests of ‘Sal’ tree in the world, amongst other flora.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. National Intelligence Grid is an integrated intelligence grid which will connect databases of core security agencies.
2. The NATGRID will have data related to all immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions, credit card purchases, telecom, individual tax payers, air flyers, train travellers besides others to generate intelligence inputs.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- It is an integrated intelligence grid which will connect databases of core security agencies.
- NATGRID was formed with an aim to collect comprehensive patterns of intelligence that can be readily accessed by intelligence agencies and will link 10 user agencies with certain databases that would be procured from 21 organisations.
- The NATGRID will have data related to all immigration entry and exit, banking and financial transactions, credit card purchases, telecom, individual tax payers, air flyers, train travellers besides others to generate intelligence inputs.
4. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) outlines the rules that govern the trade in rough diamonds.
2. The KP is not an international organization.
3. India is a founding member of KP.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: d
Justification:
- The Kimberley Process is an international certification scheme that regulates trade in rough diamonds. It aims to prevent the flow of conflict diamonds, while helping to protect legitimate trade in rough diamonds.
- The KP is not an international organization. It has no permanent offices or permanent staff. It relies on the contributions under the principle of ‘burden-sharing’ of participants, supported by industry and civil society observers.
- India is a founding member of KP.
5. Gamosa, a rectangular cloth, typically of red and white, used in a variety of ritual actions is associated with which of the following states
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Nagaland
(d) Meghalaya
Ans: a
Justification:
- Gamosa (plural gamosas) A rectangular cloth, typically of red and white, used in a variety of ritual actions in Assamese culture.
