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Current Affairs MCQs for Practice – 25 Jan 2022

Question-1

The Supreme Court ruled in favour of extending reservation to OBCs in the all-India quota of seats in admission to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and dental courses. When was the provision of 27% reservation for OBCs introduced?

a)     March 1991

b)     July 2021

c)      April 1996

d)     January 2020

Ans- b

Explanation-

The provision of 27% reservation for OBCs within the AIQ was introduced only in July 2021. Implemented from 1986, the AIQ was envisaged as a domicile-free quota to access medical education in all colleges in the country.

Question-2

The Environmental Impact Assessment is one of the cornerstones of ensuring that the _____________ of infrastructure development are minimal.

a)     Legal costs

b)     Social costs

c)      Ecological costs

d)     Economic costs

Ans- c

Explanation-

he Environmental Impact Assessment is one of the cornerstones of ensuring that the ecological costs of infrastructure development are minimal. Prospective projects above a certain size and with a potential to significantly alter the natural environment must be first approved by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority comprising State officers and independent experts. 

Question-3

Tokyo’s Renkoji temple is believed to be the purported location of the ashes of which prominent leader, who played a crucial role in India’s freedom movement?

a)     Mahatma Gandhi

b)     Jawaharlal Nehru

c)      Morarji Desai

d)     Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Ans- d

Explanation-

Tokyo’s Renkoji temple gave permission to Indian authorities to conduct DNA tests on ashes said to be those of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, according to fresh translation of a letter which refutes claims that the temple was “reticent”, placing doubts on a commission of enquiry’s ruling that the ashes were not Netaji’s’, Madhuri Bose, his grand-niece, says.

Question-4

When was the T.S.R. Subramanian committee set up to review the country’s green laws and the procedures followed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change?

a)     August 2014

b)     June 2009

c)      April 2012

d)     January 2018

Ans- a

Explanation-

The Subramanian committee was set up in August 2014 to review the country’s green laws and the procedures followed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). It suggested several amendments to align with the then Government’s economic development agenda.

Question-5

On January 20, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved a bill that would prohibit Big Tech platforms, like Amazon, Meta, Apple and Google, from favouring their products and services or ‘self-preferencing’. What is the bill called?

a)     The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act

b)     The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act

c)      The American Innovation and Choice Online Act

d)     The State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act

Ans- c

Explanation-

The American Innovation and Choice Online Act, introduced in Senate on October 18, 2021, by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley has been approved on January 20, 2022. The legislation would bar dominant platforms from unfairly preferencing their “own products, services, or lines of business” over those of other businesses that depend on their platforms.

Question-6

 When was the Jana Gana Mana adopted as the National Anthem?

a)     January 24, 1950

b)     August 15, 1947

c)      January 26, 1950

d)     August 15, 1949

Ans- a

Explanation-

A sports anthem featuring 18 achievers from the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was launched on Monday, 24 Jan 2022, the 72nd anniversary of the adoption of Jana Gana Mana as the National Anthem. 

Question-7

Consider the following statements:

1.   The tropic of Capricorn passes through this country.

2.   It is bordered by the Indian Ocean and the Mozambique Channel.

3.   It is the fourth largest island in the world and shares a maritime border with France.

Identify the country.

a)   Greenland

b)   Mauritius

c)    Madagascar

d)   Sri Lanka

Ans- c

Explanation-

News: Madagascar, though blessed with abundant water, has recently undergone a change in its hydrological cycle, due to global warming, leading to drought and famine.

Madagascar

• Madagascar, an island country lying off the southeastern coast of Africa.
• It is bordered by the Indian Ocean and the Mozambique Channel.
• The topic of Capricorn passes through this country.
• Capital: Antananarivo; formerly Tananarive
• It is the fourth largest island and the second-largest island country in the world.
• It shares maritime borders with Comoros, France (Mayotte Island, Reunion), Mozambique, and Seychelles.
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Question-8

Consider the following statements.

1. He is the most respected Acharya in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism.
2. He is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita.
3. He wrote influential texts, such as bhāsya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.

Which of the following personality is described in the statements above?

a)     Basavanna

b)     Ramananda

c)      Sri Ramanuja

d)     Chaitanya Mahapraphu

Ans- c

Explanation-

News:

·      PM Narendra Nodi is all set to unveil the world’s second-largest statue (Statue of Equality) in Hyderabad on February 5.

·      The 216-foot-tall statue of 11nth-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya will be in a sitting position.  

·      About Ramanuja:  Ramanuja, from Tamil Nadu in the 11th century, propounded the doctrine of Vishishtadvaita or qualified oneness in that the soul, even when united with the Supreme God, remained distinct. He was also referred to as Ilaya Perumal which means the radiant one.

Question-9

 Which one of the following suggested that there should only be Central and State services and that All-India Services be abolished?

a)                 Sarkaria Commission

b)                 Anandpur Sahib Resolution

c)                  West Bengal Memorandum

d)                 National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution

Ans- c

Explanation-

The communist government in West Bengal published a memorandum in 1977 and sent it to central government. One of the demands was that there should be only Central and state services and the all-India services should be abolished.

Question-10

Consider the following statements regarding ‘Swamp Deer’

1.    It is included under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972

2.    It is found in regions ranging from dry grasslands to high altitude snowcapped mountains

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a)     1 only

b)     2 only

c)      1 and 2 both

d)     None of the above

Ans- a

Explanation-

Statement 1 is correct- Swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) is listed on CITES Appendix I. In India, it is included under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.

Statement 2 is incorrect- Swamp deer are mainly grazers.They largely feed on grasses and aquatic plants. Swamp deer occur in the Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh, in two localities in Assam, and in only 6 localities in Uttar Pradesh. A small population was discovered in the Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve in Haridwar district in Uttarakhand on the east bank of the Ganges. This represents the northern limit of the species. They are not found in snow capped mountains.

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