Current Affairs Quiz , 25 Nov 2019

1) Ken-Betwa river interlinking project involves deforesting a portion of the Tiger Reserve

a) Panna
b) Kahna
c) Pilibhit
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The ₹18,000-crore project has been mired in several hurdles. The most recent one is a disagreement between the States on the share of water. There are outstanding environmental obstructions too. It involves deforesting a portion of the Panna Tiger Reserve..

2) Which among the following states made mandatory the presence of a person with disabilities in all panchayats across the state?

a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Chhattisgarh
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The Chhattisgarh Cabinet has approved an amendment to the State Panchayati Raj Act, 1993, which makes mandatory the presence of a person with disabilities in all panchayats across the state. This will make it the only State to have such members in all panchayats.

3) Johads are community-owned rainwater storage wetland mainly used for harnessing water resources. They are located in

a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra

Answer: a
• Haryana state government has come out with a plan of rehabilitating over 16,400 ponds in rural areas across the state in order to analyze pond water to ascertain its suitability for irrigation and other uses.

4) Sumatran rhino, extinct in Malaysia, is now found only in

a) India
b) Indonesia
c) Philippines
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• Now, there are now just 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, all of them in Indonesia, especially on the island of Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo.

5) Golden rice, a genetically-engineered rice variety, can be used to fight the deficiency of

a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin K
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• It was claimed to be able to fight Vitamin A deficiency, which is the leading cause of blindness among children and can also lead to death due to infectious diseases such as measles.