Daily Current Affair Quiz: 28th November 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. SAARC was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka (Bangladesh) in 1985.
2. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the members of SAARC
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- SAARC was established with the signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka (Bangladesh) on 8th December 1985.
- Eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
- Secretariat: Kathmandu (Nepal)
2. Kolleru Lake is located at ?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Bihar
Ans: b
Justification:
- The Atapaka Bird Sanctuary at Kolleru Lake has become a safe breeding ground for two migratory species namely, Grey Pelicans and Painted Storks.
- Kolleru lake is located between the deltas of the Krishna and Godavari rivers in Andhra Pradesh.
- The lake serves as a natural flood-balancing reservoir for the two rivers.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 provided for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States.
2. These institutions are statutory bodies without any constitutional status.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 provided for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States.
- These institutions are statutory bodies without any constitutional status.
- They perform the function of an “ombudsman” and inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for related matters.
- In India, the concept of constitutional ombudsman was first proposed by the then law minister Ashok Kumar Sen in parliament in the early 1960s.
4. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transport of Ownership of Cultural Property is an international treaty.
2. Cultural property includes anything of scientific, historical, artistic, and or religiously significant, as defined by Article I of the convention.
3. India and Australia are party to the Convention.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: d
Justification:
- Three culturally significant artefacts — a pair of ‘Dwarapala’ (door guardians) from Tamil Nadu and one ‘Nagaraja (serpent king)’ from either Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh will be returned to India by the Australian government.
- The UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transport of Ownership of Cultural Property is an international treaty.
- The treaty, signed to combat the illegal trade in cultural items, was signed on 14 November 1970, and came into effect on 24 April 1972.
- Under the 1970 Convention, cultural property is under protection.
- Cultural property includes anything of scientific, historical, artistic, and or religiously significant, as defined by Article I of the convention.
- However, every state can define its own cultural property, as long as it is an item of importance and within the categories defined in Article I.
- Both India and Australia are party to the Convention.
5. Sati was banned by
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Minto
(c) William Bentinck
(d) Lytton
Ans: c
Justification:
- The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck. The regulation described the practice of Sati as revolting to the feelings of human nature.
