Daily Current Affair Quiz: 29th November 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. India is the largest country of origin of international migrants.
2. Half of the global population is only residing in the country in which they were born.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- As per International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) latest report, ‘Global Migration Report 2020’, India continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora across the world.
- The total number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million.
- This is a very small percentage of the world’s population (at 3.5%), that is, the vast majority of people globally (96.5%) are estimated to be residing in the country in which they were born.
2. Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve is located at?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans: c
Justification:
- The Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in India that extends across the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. International Organisation for Migration is a leading inter-governmental organization working under the mandate of the United Nations.
2. According to IOM more than half of all international migrants live in Europe and North America.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The top destination country(international migration) remained the United States (50.7 million international migrants).
- More than half of all international migrants (141 million) live in Europe and North America.
- The top three countries of origin of international migrants – India (17.5 million) > Mexico (11.8 million) > China (10.7 million).
- IOM, or as it was first known, the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe (PICMME), was born in 1951 out of the chaos and displacement of Western Europe following the Second World War.
- It is the leading inter-governmental organization, working under the mandate of the United Nations, in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.
4. Which of the following statements are true?
1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization is headquartered at Brussels, Belgium.
2. As per the North Atlantic Treaty if one member of the alliance is attacked in Europe or North America, it is to be considered an attack on all members, including members’ civil wars or internal coups.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Both 1 and 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- It is a military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
- It is headquartered at Brussels, Belgium.
- A key provision of the treaty, the so-called Article 5, states that if one member of the alliance is attacked in Europe or North America, it is to be considered an attack on all members. That effectively put Western Europe under the “nuclear umbrella” of the US.
- NATO’s protection does not extend to members’ civil wars or internal coups.
5. Which of the following network has launched its Accelerator Lab in India?
(a) United Nations Development Programme
(b) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(c) The World Health Organization
(d) Food and Agricultural Organisation
Ans: a
Justification:
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its Accelerator Lab in India. The project has been launched in collaboration with the government’s Atal Innovation Mission and will look to solve issues through innovative solutions.
