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Current Affairs Quiz , 30 Dec 2019
- January 1, 2020
- Posted by: DOTS ACADEMY
- Category: Quizes
1) Preamble of Indian Constitution is based on the Objective Resolution. It was moved by
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) BR Ambedkar
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: b
• The Preamble is based on the Objective Resolution moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946.
2) Drake Passage, recently seen in news, is located between
a) Cape Horn and Antarctica
b) Russia and Alaska
c) China and Taiwan
d) None of the above
Answer: a
• The Passage is located between Cape Horn at the tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula.
3) Who is named as country’s first Chief of Defence Staff?
a) Manoj Mukund Naravane
b) Bipin Rawat
c) Karambir Singh
d) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
Answer: b
• Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has been named India’s first Chief of Defence Staff. General Rawat was named the Chief of Defence Staff just a day before he was to retire from service after completeing a full three-year term as the Chief of Army Staff.
4) Hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Avangard was tested by
a) US
b) North Korea
c) Russia
d) Turkey
Answer: c
• Russia’s military deployed a new intercontinental weapon, the Avangard hypersonic missile system.
• It can fly 27 times the speed of sound and will be the Russian military’s first hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
5) Constitution of India doesn’t specifically mentions about
a) National Flag
b) National Anthem
c) National Song
d) None of the above
Answer: c
• According to Article 51A (a) of the Constitution: “It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem”.