Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: January 8th - 14th

Question 1: Which of the following countries are located in the Iberian Peninsula?

Question 2:  Indian Army recently finalized the procurement of M777 Howitzer artillery guns. It is manufactured by which country?

Question 3: Rohingya refugees frequently in news belong to which state of Myanmar?

Question 4:  Consider the following statements:

1. MTCR was created in order to curb the spread of unmanned delivery systems for nuclear weapons.
2. It specifically targets delivery systems that could carry a payload of above 500 kg or for a distance of more than 300 km.
3. India is yet to become a member of MTCR

Question 5: Consider the following statements:

1. Graphene is one of the strongest materials known to man.
2. Recently a 3D version of Graphene was designed by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon.

Question 6: Which of the following are the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals?

1. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
2. End 40% poverty in all its forms everywhere
3. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Question 7: Sustainable Development Goals and targets are to be achieved by_________.

Question 8:  The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), is being developed by which of the following organizations.

Question 9: Consider the following statements:

1. Scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have recently found a new species of Zingiber (commonly referred as Ginger) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2. The species Zingiber pseudosquarrosum, which is new to science, belonging to genus Zingiber, was already used by the local Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups ( PVTGs) of the Andamans for its medicinal values.
3. Unlike other species of Gingers, this new species is inedible and can’t be propagated vegetatively from the rhizome.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Question 10:  Consider the following statements:

1. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will enable money transfers – both ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ through smart phones.
2. UPI allows a customer to pay directly from a bank account to different merchants, both online and offline, without the hassle of typing credit card details, IFSC code, or net banking/wallet passwords.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Question 11:  The first Scorpene class submarine which is all set to be inducted into the Indian Navy has been named as __________.

Question 12:   Consider the following statements:

1. The Transgender Persons (protection of rights) bill, 2016 prohibits discrimination against a transgender person in areas such as education, employment, and healthcare.
2. The Bill directs the central and state governments to provide welfare schemes in these areas.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 13:  Which of the following rights are included under the ambit of Article 21?

1. Right to decent environment
2. Right against delayed execution
3. Right to free legal aid

Question 14:  Section 377 which criminalises homosexual activities is a part of which code?

Question 15:  BHIM App has been developed by____________.

Question 16:  The ‘Global Gender Gap Report’, is released by which of the following institutions? 

Question 17:  Consider the following statements:

1. It is significant to note that India formally adopted Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in 2006.
2. The rationale behind GRB is that policy outcomes are not as gender-neutral as commonly believed, and can reinforce or exacerbate exiting hierarchies.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 18:  Consider the following statements:

1. Puducherry was merged into India in 1962
2. Puducherry has had elected governments since 1963.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 19:   The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) has proposed a new horizontal formula for the distribution of the states’ share in divisible pool among the states. Which of the following variables is/are used by FFC to determine the states’ share?

1. 2011 census population
2. Fiscal capacity
3. Forest cover
4. Fiscal Discipline

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Question 20:  Consider the following statements regarding ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Account’:

1. Account can be opened in the name of the girl child from the birth of girl child till she attains age of ten years.
2. The account can be opened with an initial deposit of one thousand rupees.
3. A guardian can open only one account in the name of one girl child and maximum two accounts in the name of two different Girl children.

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

Question 21:  ‘Hope Island’, recently in the news, is located where?

Question 22:  What is the correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Champaran
2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
3. Kheda
4. Non-Cooperation Movement

Question 23:  Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the _____________.

Question 24:  Consider the following statements:

1. Kenya is bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
2. The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 25:  Consider the following statements:

1. The Olive ridley turtles are found in the world, inhabiting warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
2. The species is recognized as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red list.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 26:  ‘INS Khanderi’ recently appeared in the news. What is it?

Question 27:  Consider the following statements regarding the Right to Education (RTE) Act:

1. The Right to Education (RTE) Act, aims to provide primary education to all children aged 6-14 years.
2. One among the provisions of the act stipulates that no child can be held back in a grade, regardless of his performance, all the way up to the eighth grade.
3. Recently, the NITI Aayog, observed that despite the good intention, the above provision has had a detrimental effect on learning outcomes, since it takes away the pressure to learn and to compete.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 28:   Consider the following statements:

1. The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is an annual, nationwide survey of children’s ability to read simple text and do basic arithmetic.
2. It is the largest household survey of children conducted in India by citizens’ groups.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 29:  Consider the following statements:

1. ‘Kalvari’, is the first of the Scorpene class submarines, built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Mumbai (MDL).
2. The state-of-art features of the Scorpene include superior stealth and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision guided weapons. The attack can be launched with torpedoes, as well as tube launched anti-ship missiles, whilst underwater or on surface. The Stealth features give it invulnerability, unmatched by many submarines.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Question 30:   Consider the following statements:

1. Rwanda is a land-locked country with 90 per cent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture.
2. Rwanda is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 31:   The ‘World Employment and Social Outlook’ is released by which of the following organizations? 

Question 32:   Consider the following statements:

1. The Pinaka Rocket Mark-II, which evolved from Pinaka Mark-I is equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit and has been transformed to a Guided Pinaka.
2. This conversion has considerably enhanced the range and accuracy of Pinaka.
3. The Guided Pinaka is developed jointly by ARDE Pune, RCI Hyderabad and DRDL Hyderabad.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 33:   Which among the following articles of the Indian Constitution grants us the Right to Freedom?

Question 34:   ‘Panna Tiger Reserve’, which was recently in the news, is located in which of the following states?

Question 35:   Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution grants us the Right to Equality?