Daily Quiz: 10th June 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. Lothal is located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat.
2. Lothal was a vital and thriving trade Centre in ancient times, with its trade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far corners of West Asia and Africa.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization,
- It is located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat and first inhabited c. 3700 BCE.
- Lothal had the world’s earliest known dock, which connected the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati River on the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula of Saurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today was a part of the Arabian Sea.
- Lothal was a vital and thriving trade Centre in ancient times, with its trade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far corners of West Asia and Africa.
2. Chaukhandi Stupa is located at?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Odisha
Ans:a
Justification:
- Chaukhandi Stupa is an ancient Buddhist site in Uttar Pradesh’s Sarnath.
- Stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha.
- The Chaukhandi Stupa was built as a terraced temple during the Gupta period between the 4th and 6th centuries to mark the site where Lord Buddha and his first disciples met traveling from Bodh Gaya to Sarnath.
3. Arrange the following wetlands from north to south ?
1. Kanijli
2. Chilka
3. Sambhar
4. Bhoj
(a) 1-2-3-4
(b) 1-3-4-2
(c) 1 -2-4-3
(d) 1-4-3-2
Ans:b
Justification:
- Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha.
- The Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake, is located at Rajasthan
- Kanjli Wetland, a man made Wetland, which subsumes the Kanjli Lake, located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab state in India
- The Bhoj Wetland consists of two lakes located in the city of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The Ring of Fire is a Pacific region home to over 450 volcanoes.
2. Around 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans:c
Justification:
- The Ring of Fire is a Pacific region home to over 450 volcanoes, including three of the world’s four most active volcanoes – Mount St. Helens in the USA, Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. It is also sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt.
- Around 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes.
5. Which of the following article is related to Right to Education ?
(a) Article 21-A
(b) Article 19(1)(a)
(c) Article 35-A
(d) Article 26
Ans: a
Justification:
- The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21-A in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the State may, by law, determine.
