Daily Quiz: 12th June 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Pro-tem Speaker presides over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha and administer the oath of office to the newly elected MPs.
2. He cannot exercise the serious powers of the speaker like defection.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Pro-tem Speaker presides over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha, administer the oath of office to the newly elected MPs, and oversee the election of the Speaker.
- He cannot or at least does not exercise the serious powers of the speaker like defection etc. But in regular routine work, he enjoys the same position power and privilege and immunities as that of a regular speaker.
2. BS- VI norms are associated with?
(a) Automotive sector
(b) Non Performing Assets
(c) Environmental Clearance
(d) Mining allocation
Ans:a
Justification:
- To curb growing menace of air pollution through the vehicles emission, the Government of India has decided to leapfrog from the exiting BS – IV norms to the BS- VI, thereby skipping the BS – V norms, and to implement the BS – VI norms with effect from 1st April 2020.
- Only those vehicles will be sold and registered in India from 1st April 2020 onwards,which comply to these norms. The norms are stringent and at par with global standards.
3. Tradition of Vedic chanting-Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana,Kutiyattam- Sanskrit theatre and Ramman-religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas are part of Intangible Cultural Heritages. Which of the following organisations is associated with Intangible Cultural Heritage?
(a) UNESCO
(b) Man and Cultural Heritage programme of World Bank
(c) IMF cultural Fund
(d) Project Mousam by Government of India
Ans:a
Justification:
- An intangible cultural heritage is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place’s cultural heritage.
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture.
2. Main objective of the project is to inscribe places and sites identified under Project Mausam as trans-national nomination for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies. This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’–collating archaeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean. It also aims to promote research on themes related to the study of Maritime Routes. Main objective of the project is to inscribe places and sites identified under Project Mausam as trans-national nomination for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
5. Regional Anti-Terror Structure (RATS) is related to?
(a) SCO
(b) SAARC
(c) ASEAN
(d) BRICS
Ans: a
Justification:
- Regional Antiterrorism Structure (RATS) was established by SCO(The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)) member nations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 2004.
- RATS aims to fight cross-border crimes like drug tariffing and cyber warfare under the counter-terrorism rubric.
- India has been participating in tactical drills and counter-terror cooperation with other SCO member countries under the RATS.
- India joined Pakistan in a tactical military exercise under the SCO’s RATS in 2018.
