Daily Current Affair Quiz: 9th December 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Lokpal is the national anti-corruption ombudsman.
2. Under the 2013 Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, the Lokpal should consist of a chairperson and such number of members, not exceeding 8.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Lokpal is the national anti-corruption ombudsman.
- Under the 2013 Act, the Lokpal should consist of a chairperson and such number of members, not exceeding 8.
- Of the members, 50% should be judicial members.
- Also, not less than 50% of the members should be from among persons belonging to the SCs, the STs, OBCs, minorities and women.
- The same rules apply for members of the search committee.
2. Buxi Jagabandhu is associated with
(a) Paika Uprising
(b) Kol Uprising
(c) Ramosi Uprisings
(d) Munda Uprising
Ans: a
Justification:
- Two-hundred years ago in 1817, a valiant uprising of soldiers led by Buxi Jagabandhu (Bidyadhar Mohapatra) took place in Khurda of Odisha. This is known as Paika rebellion.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Payment banks cannot undertake lending activities.
2. They should maintain Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) with RBI.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- They can Accept of demand deposits and initially restricted to hold a maximum balance of Rs. 100,000 per individual customer.
- They cannot undertake lending activities.
- They should maintain Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) with RBI.
- It is required to invest minimum 75% of its “demand deposit balances” in Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR).
- It should maintain maximum 25 per cent in current and time/fixed deposits with other scheduled commercial banks for operational purposes and liquidity management.
- They can issue ATM/Debit cards however cannot issue credit cards.
- The minimum paid-up equity capital for payments banks shall be Rs. 100 crore.
4. Which of the following statements are true?
1. White dwarfs are stars that have burned up all of the hydrogen they once used as nuclear fuel.
2. Such stars have very low density.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Both 1 and 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- Stars like our sun fuse hydrogen in their cores into helium through nuclear fusion reactions. White dwarfs are stars that have burned up all of the hydrogen they once used as nuclear fuel. Such stars have very high density.
- Fusion in a star’s core produces heat and outward pressure (they bloat up as enormous red giants), but this pressure is kept in balance by the inward push of gravity generated by a star’s mass.
- When the hydrogen, used as fuel, vanishes and fusion slows, gravity causes the star to collapse in on itself into white dwarfs.
5. Which of the following state government has set up Anti-Depredation Squads?
(a) Odisha
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Tamilnadu
(d) Assam
Ans: d
Justification:
- The state government of Assam has set up 15 Anti-Depredation Squads of Forest department to deal with human-wildlife conflicts in state. The squads would help Forest Department to reduce casualties in conflict situations.
