Daily Current Affair Quiz: 2nd June 2020
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June 2, 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is located at the confluence point of Pranhita River and Godavari River.
2. Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water instead of being transported by natural flow.
(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 located at the confluence point of Pranhita River and Godavari River i.e, at Kaleshwaram village in Telangana. Pranahita river in itself is a confluence of various other smaller tributaries like Wardha, Penganga and Wainganga Rivers.
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Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water instead of being transported by natural flow (as in gravity-fed canal systems) requires external energy through animal, fuel based or electric power using pumps or other mechanical means.
2. Okjokull glacier is located at?
(a) Iceland
(b) New Zealand
(c) Sweden
(d) Russia
Ans: a
Justification:
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In Iceland, the loss of Okjokull glacier was commemorated by people with a plaque. The Okjokull glacier was officially declared dead in 2014 at the age of 700 by the Icelandic Meteorological Office when it was no longer thick enough to move. What was once a glacier has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano.
3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. It is at Sultanpur Lodhi, that the first Sikh Guru,Nanak Dev received enlightenment.
2. The town Sultanpur Lodhi is named after its founder, Sultan Khan Lodhi, who was a general of Mahmud of Ghazni.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Minister of Railways launched Sarbat Da Bhala Express to connect New Delhi with Sultanpur Lodhi, a city in Punjab, located on the south bank of a seasonal rivulet called Kali Bein. It is at Sultanpur Lodhi, that the first Sikh Guru,Nanak Dev received enlightenment. The town is named after its founder, Sultan Khan Lodhi, who was a general of Mahmud of Ghazni in 1103 AD.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel is the longest tunnel in India.
2. It connects Udhampur to Ramban in Jammu.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Centre renamed Chenani Nashri Tunnel on NH 44 in J&K as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel, Named after Syama Prasad Mukherjee who in 1951 founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, predecessor to BJP. It is the longest tunnel in India, connecting Udhampur to Ramban in Jammu.
5. Which of the following is/are matched correctly?
1. Kalimantan – Myanmar
2. Guayaquil – Ecuador
3. Kunduz – Afghanistan
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: c
Justification:
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Taliban fighters have attacked the strategic city of Kunduz in Afghanistan. It is located at confluence of Kunduz and Khanabad River.
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Ecuador, a country in South America, moved its government from the capital in Quito to the coastal city of Guayaquil amid violent protests over the end of fuel subsidies.
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President of Indonesia announced a plan to relocate the capital to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo
