Current Affairs Quiz , 17 Mar 2020

1) State Election Commission is appointed by

a) President
b) Governor
c) Chief Justice of respective High Court
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• The State Election Commissioner is appointed by the Governor.
• Both Election commission of India and State election commission enjoy the same powers in their respective areas.

2) Which among the following is the highest-numbered element to be found naturally in significant quantities on earth?

a) Uranium
b) Potassium
c) Fluorine
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Uranium is the highest-numbered element to be found naturally in significant quantities on earth.

3) Pakhui Tiger Reserve is located in

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to “keep in abeyance” the survey work for a road through the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR).

4) Government has decided to establish two defence industrial corridors. Where are they located?

a) Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi
b) Rajasthan and Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
d) Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Answer: d
• Government has decided to establish two defence industrial corridors to serve as engines of economic development and growth of defence industrial base in the country. They span across Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu and Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot and Luchnow in Uttar Pradesh.

5) Which one of the following is not a location for Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL)?

a) Vishakhapatnam
b) Mangaluru
c) Padur
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL), a Government of India Special Purpose Vehicle, has established Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) facilities with total capacity of 5.33 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) at 3 locations, namely (i) Vishakhapatnam, (ii) Mangaluru and (iii) Padur. Government has given ‘in principle’ approval for establishing two additional SPR facilities with total storage capacity of 6.5 MMT at two locations namely (i) Chandikhol in Odisha (4 MMT) and (ii) Padur in Karnataka (2.5 MMT).