Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20-11-2019

1. Consider the followingcommunities/groups and their region

  1. 1.Beni Amer – Sudan
  2. 2.Uighurs – China
  3. 3.Sidama – Yemen
  4. 4.Houthi – Ethiopia
  5. Which of the above are correctly matched?

 
 
 
 

2. Consider the following statements regarding Article 371.

  1. 1.It provides special provisions for the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
  2. 2.Under this, The President has special responsibilities to establish separate development boards for “Vidarbha, Marathwada, and the rest of Maharashtra”, and “Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat”.
  3. 3.It ensures equitable arrangement providing adequate facilities for technical education and vocational training, and adequate opportunities for employment.
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

3. Kimberly Process recently in news is related to:

 
 
 
 

4. Consider the following regarding Nodal Agencies for disaster managementDisaster Nodal Agency

  1. 1.Cyclones A. Indian Meteorological Directorate
  2. 2.Earthquakes B. Indian Meteorological Directorate
  3. 3.Floods C. Central Water Commission
  4. 4.Chemical DisastersD. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  5. Choose the correctly matched

 
 
 
 

5. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) was established for hearing appeals against the orders of

  1. 1.National Company Law Tribunal(s) (NCLT)
  2. 2.Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
  3. 3.Competition Commission of India (CCI).
  4. Which of the above are correct?

 
 
 
 

6. Consider the following statements regarding Electoral Bonds in India:

  1. 1.Electoral bonds will allow donors to pay political parties using banks as an intermediary.
  2. 2.As per provisions of the Scheme, electoral bonds may be purchased by a citizen of India, or entities incorporated or established in India.
  3. 3.Only the registered Political Parties which have secured not less than six per cent of the votes polled in the last Lok Sabha elections or the State Legislative Assembly are eligible to receive the Electoral Bonds.
  4. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

7. The Suez Canal connects which of the following seas?

 
 
 
 

8. With regards to Contempt of Court, consider the following statements:

  1. 1.Civil contempt is a contempt is the publication whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation.
  2. 2.Criminal contempt is a ‘willful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other processes of a Court or willful breach of an undertaking given to the court’.
  3. 3.The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, very clearly states that fair criticism of any case which has been heard and decided is not contempt.
  4. Which of the statements given above are incorrect?

 
 
 
 

9. Which one of the following is the best description of the term ‘ecosystem’?

 
 
 
 

10. INS Trikand which was recently seen in news is a

 
 
 
 

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