Daily Current Affairs Quiz 05-03-2020

1. “Ghost fishing”, recently in news is related to:

 
 
 
 

2. Operation Sunshine-2 is a military operation that involves both India and:

 
 
 
 

3. Consider the following statements regarding Law Commission:

  1. 1.22nd law commission will be set up for the term of 5 years.
  2. 2.Only Retired CJI can head the commission.
  3. 3.The committee consists of four full time members including the chairperson.
  4. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

4. Consider the following statements regarding the Godavari Cauvery Interlinking Project:

  1. 1.Water will be diverted from Godavari River to Nagarjuna Sagar dam and further south to meet the demands of Krishna, Pennar and Cauvery basins.
  2. 2.The Godavari basin extends over states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in addition to smaller parts in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Puducherry.
  3. 3.All the four rivers Cauvery, Godavari, Krishna and Pennar drains into Bay of Bengal.
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

5. ‘Producer Responsibility Organization’ sometimes mentioned in news is related to

 
 
 
 

6. In context to Red Crowned Roofed Turtle, consider the following:

  1. 1.It is native to India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
  2. 2.It is a freshwater turtle species found in deep flowing rivers with terrestrial nesting sites.
  3. 3.It’s the National Chambal River Gharial Sanctuary is the only area with substantial population of the species
  4. Which of the statements given above are correct?

 
 
 
 

7. With reference to the Sukhna Lake, consider the following statements:

  1. 1.It has been declared as a living as well as legal entity recently.
  2. 2.It is for the first time any non-living entity is being declared as a legal person in the country.
  3. 3.It is located in the border of Punjab and Haryana.
  4. Which of the statements given above is/are Incorrect?

 
 
 
 

8. Consider the following statements

  1. 1.The Forest Right Act, 2006 gives habitat rights to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group and pre-agriculture communities.
  2. 2.According to the act, the states are responsible to designate a particular area as their habitat.
  3. 3.The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs had constituted a committee under NC Saxena to examine and recommend Community Forest Resources (CFR) Guidelines.
  4. Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

 
 
 
 

9. Consider the following statements regarding “United for Biodiversity”

  1. 1.It is a global coalition that has been launched by the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
  2. 2.It consists of national parks, aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens and science museums that are spread all over the world.
  3. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

10. Recently, the term ‘Biomethanation’ was seen in the news. It is a process by which

 
 
 
 

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