Current Affairs Quiz , 26 Feb 2020

1) Bhitarkanika National Park is located in

a) West Bengal
b) Bangladesh
c) Odisha
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• Bhitarkanika National Park is a 145 km² large national park in the northeast Kendrapara district in Odisha in eastern India. It was designated on 16 September 1998 and obtained the status of a Ramsar site on 19 August 2002. The area is also been designated as the second Ramsar site of the State after the Chilika Lake.

2) Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Cauvery?

a) Kabini
b) Bhavani
c) Amaravati
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Tributaries of river Cauvery
o Left: Harangi, Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavathy
o Right: Lakshmana Tirtha, Kabini, Bhavani, Noyyal, Amaravati, Moyar
• Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have strongly objected to Karnataka’s bid to seek approval for the Mekedatu dam project at the fifth Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting in New Delhi. Following the objections, the CWMA dropped the discussion on Karnataka’s application.

3) Which among the following is incorrect about H1N1 infection?

a) It is also called as pig influenza or swine flu
b) Human to human spread is possible
c) It is a zoonotic disease
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• H1N1 influenza (or swine flu) is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans. However, sporadic human infections with swine flu have occurred.
• Most commonly, these cases occur in people with direct exposure to pigs (e.g., children near pigs at a fair or workers in the swine industry). However, there have been cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu.

4) World Air Quality Report 2019 was released by

a) Friends of the Earth
b) International Union for Conservation of Nature
c) Clean Air Asia
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• World Air Quality Report 2019 was released by the pollution tracker IQAir and Greenpeace. The ranking is based on a comparison of PM 2.5 levels. Bangladesh emerged as the most polluted country for PM 2.5. Pakistan, Mongolia, Afghanistan and India followed behind respectively.

5) According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Olive Ridley Turtles are categorised as

a) Vulnerable
b) Critically endangered
c) Least concern
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.
• Olive Ridley Turtles are Vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).