Daily Current Affairs Quiz 22-11-2019

1. Consider the following statements regarding Parliamentary proceedings

  1. 1. Short Notice Questions can be asked orally in the House after the Question Hour or as the first item in the agenda where there is no Question Hour.
  2. 2. Starred Questions must be related to a subject-matter considered by the Chairman to be of urgent public importance.
  3. 3. Unstarred Questions are those which answers are desired to be given orally on the floor of the House during the Question Hour
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

 
 
 
 

2. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a standard criterion for

 
 
 
 

3. Consider the following statements

  1. 1. Diastrophism is an endogenic geomorphic process.
  2. 2. Plate tectonics involving horizontal movements of crustal plates are form of diastrophism.
  3. 3. Epeirogenic processes are also a form of diastrophism.
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

4. The Dumbur Hydro Electric Plant is commissioned in

 
 
 
 

5. In relation to ODF+ and ODF++ protocol, consider the following statements:

  1. 1. A city /ward is notified as ODF+ city/ward if, at any point of the day, not a single person is found defecating in the open.
  2. 2. A city /ward is notified as ODF++ city/ward if, at any point of the day, not a single person is found defecating and /or urinating in the open, and all community ad public toilets are functional and well maintained”
  3. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

 
 
 
 

6. Recently in news Idris Elba named after an actor is a species of

 
 
 
 

7. Consider the following statements

  1. 1. Sambar Lake is a Ramsar Wetland Site in Rajasthan
  2. 2. Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 rules apply to the wetlands falling in areas covered underthe Indian Forest Act, 1927
  3. 3. Maharashtra and Karnataka currently have no designated wetlands under Ramsar
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

8. Consider the following statements about UNEP

  1. 1. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) was founded in June 1972 as a result of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment
  2. 2. IPCC was created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
  3. 3. The Production Gap Report 2019 which talks about the gap between the targets of the Paris Agreement and countries dependent on fossil fuels is a publication of UNEP.
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

9. ‘Maha Bodhi Temple Complex’, recently seen in news was initially built by

 
 
 
 

10. The recently proposed Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2019 amalgamates which of the following acts?

  1. 1. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
  2. 2. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
  3. 3. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  4. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

 
 
 
 

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