Current Affairs Quiz , 11 Jul 2018

1) Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), recently seen in news belongs to
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below

a) USA
b) UK
c) India
d) China

Answer: b
• The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) of European missile-maker MBDA has been approved for fitting on Jaguar jets and the IAF was looking to integrating it on the Su-30MKIs and the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) as well, defence sources said.

2) Recently, Locust outbreak reported in Rajasthan and Gujarat from areas bordering Pakistan. What is it?

a) Grasshopper
b) Wild pig
c) Virus
d) Bacteria

Answer: a
• India has a Locust Control and Research scheme that is being implemented through the Locust Warning Organisation (LWO), established in 1939.

3) Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC) is chaired by

a) Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
b) Minister of Corporate Affairs
c) Minister of Commerce and Industry
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The Central Apprenticeship Council chaired by Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey also passed a proposal to lower the size limit of an establishment with mandatory obligation to engage apprentices from 40 to 30.

4) Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, India, 2019 is released by

a) WFP
b) WHO
c) FAO
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• A new report, ‘Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, India, 2019’, authored by the Government of India and the United Nations World Food Programme, paints a picture of hunger and malnutrition amongst children in large pockets of India. This punctures the image of a nation marching towards prosperity. It raises moral and ethical questions about the nature of a state and society that, after 70 years of independence, still condemns hundreds of millions of its poorest and vulnerable citizens to lives of hunger and desperation.

5) Article 35A is added to Indian Constitution by

a) Presidential Order
b) Parliamentary Bill
c) Present in the original constitution
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The government Wednesday said Article 370, which provides for special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is a temporary provision in the Constitution and Article 35A, which gives special rights to the natives of the state, was added through a Constitution order issued by the President of India. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told Rajya Sabha that at present, Article 370 is contained as a temporary provision with respect to Jammu and Kashmir in Part XXI (Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions) of the Constitution.
• At present, Article 35A is contained in the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954 which was added through the Constitution Order issued by the President of India under Article 370.