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Daily Current Affair Quiz April 17, 2024
1. In Which year and Constitutional Amendment does Panchayati Raj system came in India?
a) 71st Constitutional Amendment, Year 1990
b) 72st Constitutional Amendment, Year 1991
c) 73st Constitutional Amendment, Year 1992
d) 74st Constitutional Amendment, Year 19933.
2. Name the extended Panchayati Raj system for Schedules Areas under Fifth Schedule?
a) Panchayat Amendment for Scheduled Areas
b) Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas
c) Panchayat for Scheduled Areas
d) Panchayat Body for Scheduled Areas
3. Under 89th Constitutional amendment Act of 2003 a new Article had been inserted for the formation of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes name it.
a) Article 338
b) Article 338A
c) Article 338B
d) Article 338C
4. Article 338 of the Constitution of India safeguards against exploitation of which community?
a) Schedule Caste
b) Schedule Tribe
c) Other Backward Caste
d) Backward Caste
5. Article 338B of the Constitution of India safeguards which community?
a) Backward Caste
b) Schedule Caste
c) Schedule Tribe
d) Other Backward Caste
6. Which are the two tribal communities in India depending upon their total population?
a) Largest Tribe: Munda, Second Largest Tribe: Khasi
b) Largest Tribe: Munda, Second Largest Tribe: Chenchu
c) Largest Tribe: Bhil, Second Largest Tribe: Gond
d) Largest Tribe: Khasi, Second Largest Tribe: Bhil
7. Name the Constitutional Amendment by which National Commission for Backward Classes came into effect?
a) 99 Constitutional Amendment
b) 100 Constitutional Amendment
c) 101 Constitutional Amendment
d) 102 Constitutional Amendment
8. Name the top 10 states with the Highest Number of Tribal Population in India?
Answer: Following are the states with Highest Number of Tribal Population in India as per descending order:
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Odisha
d) Rajasthan
e) Gujarat
f) Jharkhand
g) Chhattisgarh
h) Andhra Pradesh
i) West Bengal
j) Karnataka
9. Name the top states with highest concentration or population density of ST population in India?
Answer: Following are the states with highest concentration/density of Tribal Population in India as per descending order:
a) Lakshadweep
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) Meghalaya
e) Arunachal Pradesh
f) D&N Haveli
g) Manipur
h) Sikkim
i) Tripura
10. How many total Tribal communities are there in India and how many of them are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities in India?
a) Total Tribal Communities: 605 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities: 65
b) Total Tribal Communities: 705 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities: 75
c) Total Tribal Communities: 505 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities: 55
d) Total Tribal Communities: 405 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Communities: 45
11. Which in India is having the largest population of tribes under the category of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Community?
a) Odisha
b) Jharkhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
12. Ten Tribal Autonomous District Councils in India as per the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
Following are the Autonomous District Councils in Assam State:
a) North Cachar Hills District
b) Karbi Anglong District
c) Bodoland Territorial Area District
Following are the Autonomous District Councils in Meghalaya State:
a) Khasi Hills District
b) Jaintia Hills District
c) Garo Hills Dirtrict
Following are the Autonomous District Councils in Mizoram State:
a) Chakma District
b) Mara District
c) Lai District
Following is the Autonomous District Councils in Tripura State:
a) Tripura Tribal Area District
13. Name the UN body which deals with World’s Indigenous People’s issue all over the world?
a) UN Forum on Indigenous Issues
b) UN Body on Indigenous Issues
c) UN Council for Indigenous Issues
d) UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
14. On which year did the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues were formed and where is it headquarter?
a) Established Year: 1998, Secretariat: Viena, Austria
b) Established Year: 1999, Secretariat: Cape Town, South Africa
c) Established Year: 2000, Secretariat: New York, USA
d) Established Year: 2001, Secretariat: Hague, Netherlands
15. As per 2011 Population Census in India what is the percentage population of Schedule Tribe?
a) 8.6%
b) 8.7%
c) 8.8%
d) 8.9%
16. What is the total percentage of area cover under Scheduled Area across India?
a) 11.0%
b) 11.1%
c) 11.2%
d) 11.3%
The Scheduled Area in India spread across 10 states in India and these are:
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
e) Chhattisgarh
f) Madhya Pradesh
g) Rajasthan
h) Gujarat
i) Maharashtra
j) Himachal Pradesh
k) Kerala
17. Which Committee in India is officially known as the High Level Committee on Socio-economic, Health and Educational StWorld Consumer Right Day is celebrated on which date?atus of Tribal Communities?
a) Union Constitution Committee
b) States Committee
c) Xaxa Committee 2013
d) Minorities Sub-Committee
18. World Consumer Right Day is celebrated on which date?
a) 12 March
b) 13 March
c) 14 March
d) 15 March
19. Recently which city of India came into the news of Urban Heat Island Effect?
a) Kolkata
b) Hyderabad
c) Bengaluru
d) Mumbai
Urban Heat Island Effect occurs in urban areas since cities trap more heat (because of Urbanization) due to large surface are than the villages.
20. DUSTLIK is an Indian Army exercise jointly conducted by India and other country. Name the other country?
a) India and Italy
b) India and Denmark
c) India and Uzbekistan
d) India and Kazakhstan
21. The Best ever DUSTLIK exercise was conducted in which year?
a) 2017
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2020
22. What is a Meningitis disease in the humans?
Answer: Meningitis or Meningococcal disease is a rare disease caused by Bacteria and is a very serious disease. It can cause an infection in the brain and spinal cord and it can also lead to blood infections.
23. Which Country is going to take historic step in the fight against meningitis becoming the first country in the world to administer a new, highly effective vaccine approved by WHO (all A, C, W, Y and X all strands). This vaccine offers protection against Meningococcus Bacteria.
Name the Country and Vaccine name?
a) Country: Congo, Vaccine: Women5CV
b) Country: Ethiopia, Vaccine: Women5CV
c) Country: Nigeria, Vaccine: Men5CV
d) Country: South Africa, Vaccine: Men5CV
24. WHO has pledged to eliminate Meningitis from the World by which year?
a) 2030
b) 2040
c) 2035
d) 2045
25. World Hemophilia Day is observed on which date?
Answer: 17 April
26. “Gaia Mission” is associated with which Space Agency?
a) CNSA
b) RFSA
c) ESA
d) SpaceX
27. What is “Raccoon Stealer” which was seen in the news?
a) Cage
b) Malware
c) Digital Currency
d) Organisation
28. “Juice Mission”, which was seen in the News, is associated with which space agency?
a) CNSA
b) RFSA
c) ESA
d) SpaceX
29. “Hay Fever” is associated with which country?
a) Japan
b) China
c) India
d) South Korea
30. Brief history about the Kabartal Wetland:
a) It is also known as Kanwar Jheel, it covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the Begusarai district of Bihar.
b) It is Asia’s largest Fresh-water Oxbow Lake.
c) It a residual Oxbow Lake, formed due to the curving of the Gandak River.
d) To avoid the Poaching of birds, it was declared a protected zone by the Bihar State Government in 1986.
e) The Government of India declared it a Bird Sanctuary in 1989.
f) It has been declared as a Ramsar site in November, 2020 and become the first Ramsar site in Bihar.
Answers to all the Questions:
- C , 2) b, 3) b, 4) a, 5) a, 6) c, 7) d, 10) b, 11) a, 13) d, 14) c, 15) a, 16) d, 17) c, 18) d, 19) c, 20) c, 21) c, 23) c, 24) a, 26) c, 27) b, 28) c, 29) a
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