Current Affairs Questions

National:

The Bay Of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment or BoBBLE in short is a project funded by Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Natural Environment Research Council of United Kingdom.
  2. BoBBLE proposes an observational campaign for the southern Bay, during the established monsoon (mid-June to mid-July).

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

Chithirai Festival

Among which of the following temple, festival Chithirai is being celebrated every year?

A
Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
B
Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur
C
Kanchi Kailasanthar Temple, Kanchipuram
D
Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram

Pulitzer Prize

Consider the following statements:

  1. Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 and has been awarded for the achievements in magazine, newspaper, online journalism, musical composition, and literature.
  2. The award is administered by Columbia University, USA.

Choose the correct answerer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

Bru/Reang Community

Consider the following statements:

  1. Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.
  2. In Assam, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
  3. Bru speak the Reang dialect of Kokborok language which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin and is locally referred to as Kau Bru.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A
Only 1
B
1 and 3
C
2 and 3
D
Only 3

Animal Adoption Programme

Recently, which of the following park in Karnataka has come out with the Animal Adoption Programme to conserve wildlife and allow people to adopt animals at the zoo during the lockdown period?

A
Bandipur National Park
B
Kudremukh National Park
C
Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park
D
Bannerghatta Biological Park

Statehood Day

Recently, two states celebrated their statehood on 1st May, 2020. Choose the states from the options given below:

A
Maharashtra and Gujarat
B
Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
C
Maharashtra and Karnataka
D
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Thrissur Pooram

Thrissur Pooram has been cancelled for the first time on account of the COVID-19 outbreak. In which of the following state the festival is being celebrated every year?

A
Tamil Nadu
B
Karnataka
C
Andhra Pradesh
D
Kerala

Measles

Consider the following statements:

  1. Measles is caused by the measles virus, a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae
  2. Measles is an airborne disease which spreads easily through the coughs and sneezes of infected people.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Both 1 and 2
C
Only 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

Survey Of India

Consider the following statements:

  1. Survey of India is the National Survey and Mapping Organization of the country under the Department of Science & Technology.
  2. Headquartered at Dehradun (Uttarakhand), it has 18 Geo Spatial divisions ranging from the prediction of tides to aerial survey.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

Central Administrative Tribunal

Consider the following statements with reference to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT):

  1. The Central Administrative Tribunal was established by an Act of Parliament namely Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 as sequel to the 42nd amendment of the Constitution of India inserting Article 323 A.
  2. The Tribunal is headed by the Chairman and 65 Members, 33 from Judicial (including Chairman) and 33 from the Administrative stream.
  3. It is not bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but is guided by the principles of natural justice.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A
Only 1
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3
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