Daily Current Affair Quiz: 16th August 2019
1. Kosi-Mechi Interlinking project is located at
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Odisha
Ans: a
Justification:
- Union Government has approved Rs 4,900 crore Kosi-Mechi Interlinking project for interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers of Bihar. This is the second major river interlinking project in the country to be approved by Central Government after the Ken-Betwa project in Madhya Pradesh.
2. Strait of Gibraltar is located between
(a) Spain and Morocco
(b) Algeria and Spain
(c) France and Morocco
(d) Morocco and Algeria
Ans: a
Justification:
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. In 1929, when Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President gave the call for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or total independence from British colonial rule, January 26 was chosen as the Independence Day.
2. Mountbatten had chosen 15th August as Independence Day because it was the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender in 1945 during Second World War.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- In 1929, when Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President gave the call for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or total independence from British colonial rule, January 26 was chosen as the Independence Day.
- Congress party continued to celebrate it 1930 onwards, till India attained independence and January 26, 1950, was chosen as the Republic Day.
- Mountbatten had chosen 15th August as Independence Day because it was the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender in 1945 during Second World War.
4. Who considered the founder of the Vedānta system of philosophy?
(a) Badrayana
(b) Kaivalya
(c) Shankaracharya
(d) Dronacharya
Ans: a
Justification:
- President Awards the Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for the Year 2019.
- The Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman distinction is conferred on persons in recognition of their substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam.
- Badarayana is regarded as having written the basic text of the Vedanta system, the Vedāntasūtrak.a. Brahmasūtra.
- He is thus considered the founder of the Vedānta system of philosophy.
5. Which of the following statements are true?
1. A diurnal cycle is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the Earth, around its own axis.
2. In climatology, the diurnal cycle is one of the most basic forms of climate patterns.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- A diurnal cycle is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the Earth, around its own axis.
- In climatology, the diurnal cycle is one of the most basic forms of climate patterns.
- The most familiar such pattern is the diurnal temperature variation. Such a cycle may be approximately sinusoidal, due to the Sun’s rising and setting and thermal relaxation at night.
- Diurnal cycles of environmental conditions (light or temperature) can result in similar cycles independent biological processes, such as photosynthesis in plants, or clinical depression in humans.
