Daily Current Affair Quiz: 20th August 2019
1. Mangdechhu River Project is located at
(a) Bhutan
(b) Nepal
(c) Myanmar
(d) China
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Rs 4,500-crore hydroelectric plant, touted as a Bhutan-India friendship project, is a 720MW run-of-river power plant built on the Mangdechhu River in Trongsa Dzongkhag district of central Bhutan
2. Which of the following countries is not a neighbouring county of Iran ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Turkey
(d) Syria
Ans: d
Justification:
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. India is the second largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide in the world
2. India has over 15 percent of all anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspots in the world.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: b
Justification:
- India is the largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide in the world, as per the data released by environmental NGO Greenpeace on August 19, 2019.
- Anthropogenic sulphur dioxide is produced from burning of coal and it is known to largely contribute to air pollution.
- SO2 hotspots across the world have been mapped.
- The SO2 hotspots were detected by the OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) satellite.
- India has over 15 percent of all anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspots in the world.
- The main SO2 hotspots in India include Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh, Korba in Chhattisgarh, Talcher and Jharsuguda in Odisha, Neyveli and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Kutch in Gujarat, Ramagundam in Telangana and Chandrapur and Koradi in Maharashtra.
4. Okjokull glacier was located at?
(a) Iceland
(b) Switzerland
(c) Greenland
(d) Russia
Ans: a
Justification:
- Iceland’s Okjokull glacier commemorated with plaque.
- The glacier was officially declared dead in 2014 when it was no longer thick enough to move.
5. Which of the following Indian Prime Minister’s era witnessed Green revolution, bank nationalization and Naxal movement?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Nehru
Ans: a
Justification:
Indira Gandhi Era
- Official language
- Split in congress (diminishing of Congress hegemony in regions)
- Issue of inflation
- Green revolution
- Punjab crisis – Operation Blue Star
- Land reforms
- Bank nationalisation
- Emergency
- Naxal movement
- 1971 war with Pakistan
- Janta movement
