Weekly Current Affairs Quiz Flashcards
The Indian desert National park (in Rajasthan) is dedicated to which of the critically endangered species?
•The great Indian bustard
•With fewer than 150 individuals of these large ostrich like bird species left in the wild.
•These birds are caught in the deadly maze of power lines that crisscrossed its last refuse in the Kutch and for desert of the Western India
How many of the below given statements are correct?
1)The H5N1 virus spreads only within the wild bird population.
2)It first emerged in the Europe and then spread to Africa and Asia.
3)It has the potential to spread into Marine organisms and cattles.
Both 2nd and 3rd are correct.
Option 1 correction: The H5N1 also known as bird flu or Aven flu. They have also started to spread to Marine animals and also to the cattle.
The Indian TV report 2020 Pro is published by?
-Ministry of health
-The Gap between the estimated number and after cases of tuberculosis is closed according to the Indian TV report 2024 release by a union health ministry.
The Francis Scott key bridge which was recently in the news is located in?
-Baltimore Maryland
-Baltimore incidents could impact the global auto coal supply chain.
Consider the following statements
1) In the Kakinada session of INC (1923) a resolution was passed to take up the Anti untouchables as a key issue
2) In 1924 the Maharaja of Travancore opened the gate of the temple to lower caste due to the Vaikom satyagrah
Only the 1st statement is correct.
Correction:In 1936 the Maharaja of Travancore opened the gate of the temple to a lower caste due to the Vaikom satyagrah.
The National institute of one health is established in which city?
Nagpur Maharashtra
Goals of the ‘ National one health mission “
- Integrated disease surveillance
-Joint outbreak response
-Cordinate R&D
-Ensure seamless information sharing - Control routine disease and track future potential pandemic nature of a disease.
Disputed areas in the South China sea.
China claims many of the EEZ (exclusive economical zone)of the various other countries in the South China sea region we claims are on the basis of the historical background of the country totally denying the UN conventions (UNCLOS) which serves to allocate about 200 nautical miles exclusive economical zone to each country in the South China sea region
Due to this China has often shown aggressive expansionist behaviour and is in a constant dispute with other countries like Philippines Malaysia Vietnam Indonesia Brunei etc.
China has created a 9 dash line which is an imaginary line that shows the area claimed by China. China claims that these nine dash lines represent the exclusive economical zone of China. The nine dash line directly overlaps with the EEZ of the other south Asian countries.
SPRATLYS - Malaysia Indonesia Philippines Vietnam Brunei
PARCELS - Vietnam
NATUNA island - Indonesia
MISCHIEF REEL - Philippines
FIRST & SECOND - Philippines
SCARBOROUGH SHOAL - Phillipines
ASEAN group?
ASEAN group is a regional grouping of 10 South Asian countries. Since 1991 under “Look East policy” flagged by the then prime minister Narasimha Rao. And now India is further improving and strengthening these relations under the “Act East Policy” launched by the Modi government.
Counties:
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Look East to Act East Policies
Under the “Look East policy”(1991-2014) the focus was largely based on building economical and cultural relations.
Now considering China’s aggression and current situation in the South China sea region the priorities for India’s have been significantly shifted.
Since 2014 under the Act East policy along with economical and cultural development are prime focused has proactively shifted towards strengthening defense and strategic relation.
Indian navel and coast guard vessels frequently visit these ASEAN and countries conduct military exercises joint ventures and exchange of various weapons missile and technologies.
Recent volcanic eruption
Volcano Mount Ruang In Indonesia
Pacific ring of fire
NGT concerns over chemicals in Chennai water bodies .
-PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substance) also known as “The Forever Chemicals” which are persistent man made chemicals.
-They were first developed in the 1940s found in a variety of products like non-stick Pan and water resistant textile.
-They don’t degrade easily in the environment in a very mobile and water environment.
-PFAS indestructibility comes from their carbon fluoride bond which is the strongest type of bond in organic chemistry.
-They are found in the environment all around The World even the most remote areas like Arctic glaciers in blood and breast milk.
-Chronic exposure can cause liver damage high cholesterol several types of cancers and low immune response.
What is NGT?
-The National green tribunal was established on 14th October 2010
-A specialised body for handling environmental disputes that involved multi disciplinary issues.
NGT has five sitting namely Bhopal Pune New Delhi Kolkata Chennai wear in Chennai being the principal place of sitting
Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary recent bean in the news is located in which state?
This is located at Madhya Pradesh. Government of Madhya Pradesh has prepared the Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary to become a new cheetah habitat.
