ENGLISH Quiz 28-01-2021

1.Which paramilitary force has launched Operation Sard Hawa?

A.BSF

B.CISF

C.CRPF

D.ITBP

2.Who has been appointed as the Uttarakhand CM for one day ?

A.Dignity ahuja

B.Srishti Goswami

C.Srishti Maheshwari

D.Garima Verma

3.Who has been appointed as the President of Portugal for 2nd term?

A.Ana Gomes

B.Ricardo Costa

C.Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

D.Rui Rio

4.Which state government has recently launched ‘wings’ scheme?

A.Bihar

B.Punjab

C.Rajasthan

D.Madhya Pradesh

5.A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was conducted in _____.

A.Andaman & Nicobar

B.Vishakhapatnam

C.Lakshadweep

D.Goa

6.Which film has won the Golden Peacock Award at the 51st IFFI?

A.The silent forest

B.Into the darkness

C.I never cry

D.Kamin Kalev, February

7.Who has been selected for Subhash Chandra Bose Disaster Management Award Award 2021?

A.Sunita Bhandari

B.Sunita Narayan

C.Rajendra Kumar Bhandari

D.Rajendra Narayan

8.Who was included in the government Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme?

A.CGL

B.UPPSC

C.MPPSC

D.CAPF

9.Recently, the longest railway train on the Indian railway network created a new record, what is its name?

A.Vasuki

B.Vanraj

C.Varaj

D.Vishu

10.Who organized the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Championship?

A.Kacch

B.Ahmedabad

C.Jamnagar

D.Gandhinagar

11.Consider the following statements:

1. Jammu & Kashmir Industrial Land Allotment Policy, 2021-30 approved.
2. The initial lease period of the allotted lands will be 20 years; after which it can be extended upto 99 years.

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

12.Consider the following statements:

1. Recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) states that the Indian Sundarbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest globally, is home to 428 species of birds.
2. The area is home to nine out of 18 species of kingfishers found in the country and rare species such as the Goliath Heron and the spoon-billed sandpiper.
3. The Sunderbans Delta is the only mangrove forest in the world inhabited by tigers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 and 2 are correct

B.1 and 3 are correct

C.2 and 3 are correct

D.All of the above

13.Consider the following statements:

1. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons become the first-ever Treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force.
2. India has not signed Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Which of the above statement/statements are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

14.Consider the following statements related to Bhima Koregaon :

1. The United Nations of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged the Indian government to release the activists who are in prison for the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case, “at the very least on bail”.
2. The Bhima Koregaon case dates back to January 1, 2018, which marked the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle.
3. The event was organised to celebrate the British army’s victory, which included a large number of Mahars, against Peshwa Baji Rao II’s army.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 and 2 are correct

B.1 and 3 are correct

C.2 and 3 are correct

D.All of the above

1.Answer: A       

Explanation

Border Security Force (BSF) launched “Operation Sard Hawa” under which it aims to increase security on the borders in Jaisalmer. This operation will continue till January 27 with an aim that there is no intrusion. The enhanced security comes ahead of Republic Day.JS Sandhu, BSF Commandant said, “We have started an operation on January 21 which will continue till January 27 under which strict monitoring of the border areas will be carried out.”

2.Answer: B

Explanation

Shristi Goswami, a nineteen-year-old Haridwar-based student, become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for one day on National Girl Child Day.  She is a student of BSc Agriculture, lives in Daulatpur village in Roorkee, Haridwar. The move has received the nod of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.

Who is Srishti Goswami?

• Srishti Goswami is currently the Chief Minister of the Children Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand.
• She hails from Daulatpur village in Haridwar district. Her father Praveen is a businessman and mother Sudha Goswami is a housewife.

Education of Srishti Goswami

• Goswami is a BSc Agriculture seventh semester student at BSM PG College Roorkee.
• Recently, she participated in many programs on International Girl Child Day.
• In May 2018, she became the Chief Minister of the Uttarakhand Children’s Legislative Assembly.

3.Answer: C

Explanation

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (72 years) has been elected as the President of Portugal for his second five-year term with landslide victory.He is from Social Democratic Party and won 61% of the total votes in 2021 Portuguese presidential election.He was serving as the President of Portugal since 9 March 2016. He will assume office for his second term on March 9, 2021.

About Marcelo Rebelo de Susa:

• He was elected as the Chairman for the first time in 2016.
• He was one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party, later the Social Democratic Party, and was the leader of the party from 31 March 1996 to 27 May 1999.
• He was the co-founder, director and administrator of the Expresso newspaper owned by Pinto Balsemão.
• He received many honors including Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Commander of the Order of the St James of the Sword, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.

4.Answer: D

Explanation

In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched a new scheme ‘PANKH Abhiyan’ on 24 January, to mark the occasion of National Girl Child Day. The scheme has been launched under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme for the empowerment and growth of the girl child. The CM also announced scholarships worth Rs 6.47 crore for 26,099 girls under Ladli Laxmi Yojana.

PANKH Abhiyan’ is a year-long programme. The letter in the PANKH scheme stands for:

• ‘P’ – protection
• ‘A’ – awareness of their rights
• ‘N’ – nutrition
• ‘K’ – knowledge
• ‘H’ – health.

5.Answer: A

Explanation

A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was held in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands. The exercise involved the participation of troops of Army, Navy as well as the Indian Air Force. The exercise was aimed at validating India’s capabilities to safeguard the territorial integrity of its island territories. The joint force executed multi-domain, high-intensity offensive and defensive manoeuvres in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Highlights

• In this exercise, the Naval ships, amphibious troops of the Army and different types of aircraft from the Air force participated.
• The exercise was conducted with the aim of validating India’s capabilities to safeguard the territorial integrity of the island territories.
• The exercise was also aimed at enhancing the operational synergy and joint warfighting capabilities between the three Services.
• In the exercise there were a series of engagements ranging from the multi-faceted maritime operations by synergised employment of amphibious assault ships, execution of maritime airstrikes, surveillance platforms and complex manoeuvres at sea.
• The exercise also involved the Airborne insertion of Marine Commandos of Navy and Special Forces of the Army, naval gunfire support, the amphibious landing of forces and follow-on operations.
• Exercise KAVACH for the defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was also the part of AMPHEX – 21.

Exercise KAVACH

• It is also a tri service Military exercise.
• The exercise was conducted along with the AMHEX-21 in January 2021.
• The exercise was conducted under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) which happens to be the only Joint Forces Command of India.
• The exercise was participated by the Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force and the Indian Coast Guard.
• It involves the synergised application of maritime surveillance assets, air and maritime strikes besides the air defence, submarine and landing operations.
• This exercise was conducted with the aim of set up the joint war-fighting capabilities and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) so as to boost the operational synergy between all the services.

6.Answer: B

Explanation

The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held from 16 January to 24 January 2021 at Shyamaprasad Stadium near Panaji in Goa. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held in hybrid mode, there was the physical and virtual screening of 50 films out of 224 films across various categories. Bangladesh was a country of focus at the festival. Four films of Bangladesh was included in ‘country of focus’ section.

Here is the list of awards:

Category	Winner	Country	Prize Amount
Golden Peacock (Best Film)	Into the Darkness by Anders Refn	Denmark	Rs. 40 lakhs (Rs. 4 million)
Silver Peacock Awards
Best Director	Chen-Nien Ko for Silent Forest	Taiwan	Rs 15 lakh (Rs. 1.5 million)
IFFI Best Actor Award (Male)	Tzu-Chuan Liu for Silent Forest	Taiwan	Rs 10 lakh (Rs. 1 million)
IFFI Best Actor Award (Female)	Zofia Stafiej for I Never Cry	Poland	Rs 10 lakh (Rs. 1 million)
Special Jury Award for Film	February by Kamin Kalev	Bulgaria	Rs 15 lakh (Rs. 1.5 million)
Best Debut Director	Cássio Pereira dos Santos for Valentina	Brazil
Other Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award	Vittorio Storaro (Cinematographer)	Italy
Jury Special Mention	Kripal Kalita for Bridge	Assam, India	Certificate
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal	200 Meters by Ameen Nayfeh	Palestine	Certificate & Medal
Indian Personality of the Year Award	Biswajit Chatterjee	India

International Jury:

• The Awards have been decided by the IFFI 51 International Jury comprising eminent filmmakers from across the world, with Pablo Cesar (Argentina) as its Chairman.

The members are:

1. Prasanna Vithanage (Sri Lanka), filmmaker
2. Abu Bakr Shawky (Austria), writer and director
3. Priyadarshan (India), director, screenwriter and producer
4. Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh), director, writer and producer

7.Answer: C

Explanation

The Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 has been conferred upon Dr Rajendra Kumar Bhandari in the Individual category and Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) in Institutional category. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 51 lakh and a certificate for an institution and Rs 5 lakh and a certificate in case of an individual.

About Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

Aim

• The Government of India gives  this award to individuals and organisations in India to recognise and honour their contribution and selfless services in the field of disaster management.

Cash Prize

• If the awardee is an institution, it will receive a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 51 lakhs. The institution should use this cash prize only for disaster management related activities.
• The individual awardee will receive a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 5lakhs.

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Bhandari

• He is one among those who laid the foundation of scientific studies on geo hazards in general and landslides in particular in India.
• He set up India’s first laboratory on landslide studies at The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), and three other centres.
• He has conducted many research studies on disasters in India, launched the latest technologies of Ground Penetrating Radar among others.
• His other contributions include, the first globally accepted explanation of undrained loading triggered landslides and the first Landslide Hazard Atlas of India, published by Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC).

SEEDS:

• It helps make communities resilient through comprehensive interventions in the areas of disaster recovery, response, and preparedness.
• It uses innovative approaches and technologies as per the suitability of the particular community.
• It works with disaster-affected and at-risk communities for a long term.
• It has worked on school safety in several States.
• Headquarters– New Delhi, Delhi

8.Answer: D

Explanation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has rolled out Ayushman Bharat health scheme on the occasion of Parikrama Diwas for about 28 lakh Central Armed Police Forces and their families.It has been launched in all the states where Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is operational. Centre is committed for the welfare of the security forces and their family members and the government decided to launch Ayushman Bharat CAPF for them.

Significance:

• Under the scheme, around 28 lakh personnel of Assam rifles, CAPF, and National Security Guard, and their family members will be covered by AB PM-JAY (Ayushman Bharat: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana). The beneficiaries will be able to avail the medical benefits at 24,000 hospitals in India.

Health Scheme for CAPF: Key Details

• During the launch of the scheme, Home Minister Amit Shah also distributed the ‘Ayushman CAPF’ Health cards among some of the personnel from 7 CAPF.
• The new scheme has been launched by the government for the health of brave CAPF personnel who protect the borders and whose efforts make people feel safe.
• As per the National Health Authority of India, the scheme is a joint initiative with the Home Affairs Ministry for providing paperless and cashless medical treatment to CAPF personnel and their family members.

Who will be benefitted from the scheme?

• The service will benefit the serving CAPF personnel from all the seven forces and their dependents.

It includes:

Border Security Force- BSF

• Central Industrial Security Force- CISF
• Central Reserve Police Force- CRPF
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police- ITBP
• National Security Guard- NSG
• Sashastra Seema Bal- SSB
• Assam Rifles

9.Answer: A

Explanation

The South-East Central Railways (SECR) zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km.Named as ‘Vasuki’, it covered the distance of 224 km between the railway stations of Bhilai and Korba and took about seven hours.The ‘Vasuki’, comprising of 300 wagons of long haul rake of five goods trains, ran with the help of one pilot, one assistant loco pilot and a guard.

Previous Records

• South East Central Railway (SECR) zone has also operated two freight trains recently.
• These freight trains got attention due to their length. The two freight trains were ‘Sesh Naag’ and ‘Super Anaconda’. Super Anaconda was a fully loaded three rake combined freight train.
• ‘Sesh Naag’ was a 2.8km long four empty BOXN rakes train combined together.

10.Answer: B

Explanation

Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2020-21 (cricket) has been started at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad from 26 to 31 January 2021. As per schedule, four quarter finals will be played from 26-27 January, two semi finals on January 29, with the final scheduled on January 31. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket domestic championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, among the teams from Ranji Trophy.

11.Answer: A       

Explanation

The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the adoption of Jammu & Kashmir Industrial Land Allotment Policy, 2021-30 to evolve a highly structured industrial land bank for promoting equitable industrial growth in Jammu and Kashmir.

Objective:

• For Development of a well-structured Land Bank
• Promotion of Equitable Industrial Growth in the UT of J&K
• To ensure a Fair & Transparent mechanism for land allotment for industrial use.

The Policy deals with the land-related issues which are holding back the Industrial development in J&K

• It lays down a framework to regulate zoning of industrial areas, project appraisal and evaluation & succeeding process flow.
• The zoning of industrial areas at block & municipality level will be done after taking into account factors like existing level of industrial development, location of proposed zone & level of urbanisation.

Division level Project appraisal & evaluation committees will be constituted for checking application received for allotment of industrial land within 30 days.

• In case of projects whose worth are above INR 200 Crore, INR 50-200 Crore, 3 Levels of Land allotment committees namely Apex, High & Divisional will decide and allot the lands to applicants within 45 days.
• The initial lease period of the allotted lands will be 40 years; after which it can be extended upto 99 years.

The allotted land will be cancelled

• Investor fails to take any steps within the time frame of 2 years
• If the Industrial unit does not come into production within 3 years
• Violation of provisions under the lease deed
• Non-cooperation of an Enterprise for a period of 5 years
• It provides for an option of renting out 60% of the built-up area of a business enterprise to set up an additional industrial enterprise by way of a tripartite agreement.

12.Answer: B

Explanation

A recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) states that the Indian Sundarbans, which is part of the largest mangrove forest globally, is home to 428 species of birds.

Birds of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve

• The publication, Birds of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, released by the ZSI, documents the Sunderbans’ avifauna and serves as a comprehensive photographic field guide for the region.
• The scientists said of the 428 birds listed, some, like the masked finfoot and the Buffy fish owl, are recorded only from the Sunderbans.
• The area is home to nine out of 12 species of kingfishers found in the country and rare species such as the Goliath Heron and the spoon-billed sandpiper.

About Indian Sundarbans

• Indian Sundarbans was recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, ‘Wetland of International Importance’ under the Ramsar Convention in January 2019 and a Biosphere Reserve in 1989.
• The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species and is home to many rare and globally threatened wildlife species such as the Estuarine Crocodile, Royal Bengal Tiger, Water Monitor Lizard, Gangetic Dolphin and Olive Ridley Turtles.
• The Sunderbans Delta is the only mangrove forest in the world inhabited by tigers.

Preservation efforts

• For its preservation, Discovery India and World WideFund (WWF) India partnered with the Government of West Bengal and local communities in the Sundarbans in 2019.
• It also has the largest mangroves forest in the world.
• It has also the largest mangroves forest in the world.

13.Answer: C       

Explanation

Recently, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons become the first-ever Treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force. India has not signed Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

About the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

• The United Nations General Assembly approved the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017.
• The Treaty includes a comprehensive set of prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities.
• These also include undertakings not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons.

Salient features of Treaty

• The Treaty prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons on national territory and the provision of assistance to any State in the conduct of prohibited activities.
• States parties will also be obliged to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty undertaken by persons or territory under its jurisdiction or control.
• The Treaty also obliges States parties to provide adequate assistance to individuals affected by nuclear weapons use or testing.
• It also takes necessary and appropriate environmental remediation measures in areas under its jurisdiction or control contaminated due to activities related to the testing or use of nuclear weapons.
• Non-nuclear-weapon states are required to have, at a minimum, a comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “without prejudice” to any future additional agreements.

India’s stand on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

• India said that it doesn’t support the Treaty on nuclear-weapon prohibition.
• India believes that the Treaty does not constitute or contribute to the development of customary international law, nor does it set any new standards or norms.
• India supports the commencement of negotiations on a comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Convention in the Conference on Disarmament.

Global Efforts for Nuclear Disarmament

• The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the New START Treaty (between the USA and the Russian Federation) are few of the most important global efforts towards nuclear disarmament.

14.Answer: D

Explanation

Recently, the United Nations of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged the Indian government to release the activists who are in prison for the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case, “at the very least on bail”.

Background

• The Bhima Koregaon case dates back to January 1, 2018, which marked the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle.
• The event was organised to celebrate the British army’s victory, which included a large number of Mahars, against Peshwa Baji Rao II’s army.
• Several human rights activists, including Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao and Gautam Navlakha, were arrested during the investigation.

About Bhima-Koregaon

• It is a small village in Pune district of Maharashtra, Bhima-Koregaon, associated with an important phase of Maratha history.
• On January 1, 1818, a Dalit-dominated British Army had defeated a Peshwa army, led by Peshwa Bajirao II, in Koregaon.
• The battle attained a legendary stature for Dalits, who consider the win as a victory of the Mahars against the injustices perpetrated by the Peshwas.
• A pillar, known as Vijay Sthamb (victory pillar), was installed by the East India Company to remember those who fought for them in the battle.
• It is at this pillar that thousands of Dalits come to pay respect every year on January 1.