Daily Current Affair Quiz: 26th August 2019
1. Akademik Lomonosov is related to?
(a) Floating Nuclear Power Plant
(b) Largest Solar Panel
(c) The Thermal power plant situated at the highest lattitude
(d) Artic research Ship
Ans: a
Justification:
- It is the World’s 1st ‘Floating Nuclear Power Plant’ (FNPP) developed by Russia’s ROSATOM.
- It is designed to make it possible to supply electricity to hard-to-reach areas, regardless of transport infrastructure & landscape.
2. Which of following countries had the military intelligence-sharing pact GSOMIA?
(a) North Korea and South Korea
(b) North Korea and Japan
(c) South Korea and Japan
(d) Japan and China
Ans: c
Justification:
- South Korea has terminated its military intelligence-sharing pact GSOMIA with Japan.
- It comes after Japan removed South Korea’s favoured trade partner status and imposed export controls on its important electronics sector.
- Tensions between Japan and South Korea have been mounting over trade and intelligence disagreements.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Land and its management falls under the List-II (State List) in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
2. Gram Sabha is empowered to regulate community forest resources and stop any activity which adversely affects the biodiversity.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Land and its management falls under the List-II (State List) in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
- In so far as land related issues of Scheduled Tribes are concerned, the Ministry of Rural Development acts as a the nodal Ministry at the Centre.
- It plays a monitoring role in the field of land reforms.
- Constitutional and legal provisions are there to protect and safeguard the land rights of STs.
4. ‘The Slave Route’ project is established by?
(a) UNESCO
(b) UNDP
(c) Amnesty International
(d) Human Rights watch
Ans: a
Justification:
- UNESCO established an international, intercultural project called ‘The Slave Route’.
- It is to document and conduct an analysis of the interactions to which it has given rise between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.
5. YM Malegam expert committee is associated with?
(a) NPAs
(b) Eradication of TB
(c) Scheduled Tribe’s land rights
(d) Ever Green Revolution
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has reconstituted the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds as the “Advisory Board for Banking Frauds” (ABBF).
- CVC in consultation with RBI, based on ‘YM Malegam’ expert committee on NPAs and frauds, took this decision.
- It reconstitutes the body with 4 members, who will have a 2-year tenure.
