Daily Current Affair Quiz: 20th October 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources.
2. NGT is mandated to make disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of filing of the same.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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It is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources.
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With the establishment of the NGT, India became the third country in the world to set up a specialised environmental tribunal, only after Australia and New Zealand, and the first developing country to do so.
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NGT is mandated to make disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of filing of the same.
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The NGT has five places of sittings, New Delhi is the Principal place of sitting and Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai are the other four.
2. SLINEX-20 is a maritime exercise between India and?
(a) Sumbawa
(b) Singapore
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) None of the above
Ans: c
Justification:
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The 8th edition of annual India – Sri Lanka bilateral naval maritime exercise, SLINEX-20 will be held at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2020.
3. Which of the following is/are true?
1. BrahMos is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
2. It is the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) None of the above
Ans: a
Justification:
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BrahMos: It is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
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Brahmos is named on the rivers Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia).
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It is a supersonic missile travelling at a speed of Mach 2.8 (nearly three times the speed of sound)
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It is the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile.
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It is a multiplatform i.e it can be launched from land, air, and sea and multi capability missile with pinpoint accuracy that works in both day and night irrespective of the weather conditions.
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It is, therefore, used by all three forces, the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Dolphins use echolocation to find their way in the water.
2. The ships can disturb them in finding their way.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Dolphins use echolocation to find their way in the water and the ships often disturb them in finding their way and even kill them.
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Echolocation is a technique used by bats, dolphins and other animals to determine the location of objects using reflected sound.
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This allows the animals to move around in pitch darkness, so they can navigate, hunt, identify friends and enemies, and avoid obstacles.
5. ‘Ghar Tak Fibre’ scheme was launched in?
(a) Bihar
(b) UP
(c) Punjab
(d) Odisha
Ans: a
Justification:
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The Prime Minister of India inaugurated ‘Ghar Tak Fibre’ scheme in Bihar.
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It aims to connect all 45,945 villages of Bihar with high-speed optical fibre internet by 31st March 2021.
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Under the scheme, Bihar has to provide at least five fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections per village and at least one WiFi hotspot per village.
