Daily Current Affairs MCQ / UPSC / IAS / 24-07-19 | PDF Downloads

1. MCQ 1 IMF recently cuts india’s growth rate to

1. 7.3%
2. 7.2%
3. 6.5%
4. 7%

MCQ 2 Boris Johnson is related to

1. Boxing
2. Sprint race
3. Nobel prize winner
4. None

MCQ 3

1. CECA involves only “tariff reduction/elimination in a phased manner on listed / all items except the negative list and tariff rate quota (TRQ) items”
2. CEPA also covers the trade in services and investment, and other areas of economic partnership. Choose corret

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both
(D) None

•  CEPA stands for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and CECA stands for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. Recently India signed a CEPA with Japan and CECA with Malaysia. India had also signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with South Korea. With Singapore signed CECA. The terms that make difference are “Cooperation” and “partnership”. Both these terms are synonymous with each other but the major “technical” difference between a CECA and CEPA is that CECA involves only “tariff reduction/elimination in a phased manner on listed / all items except the negative list and tariff rate quota (TRQ) items” , CEPA also covers the trade in services and investment, and other areas of economic partnership. So CEPA is a wider term that CECA and has the widest coverage.

MCQ 4

JATAN software is related to

1. Pensions to small traders
2. Minorities skilling
3. Virtual Museum
4. Tribal products marketing

• JATAN- software for Digitization of Archaeological Museum:
• Human Centres Design and Computing Group has developed JATAN: Virtual Museum software which is used for creating the digital collections in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing the National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums.
• JATAN is used for creating digital collections in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums. As per the agreement with Union Ministry of Culture, the National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums is developed and hosted by Human Centres Design and Computing Group, a technical expertise. The portal works through website- http://museumsoffindia.gov.in/ wherein all digitised data on museums have been up-loaded for on-line viewing.
• Digitisation Phase 1: Currently there are 48 Archaeological Site Museums under Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Out of these 2 Archaeological Site Museums, namely Velha Goa and Nagarjunakonda, have been digitised during 1st phase through JATAN and data has been up-loaded in public domain through JATAN and data has been up-loaded in public domain through National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums.
• The National Portal and Digital Repository for Museums of India are designed and developed by Human-Centred Design and Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune. It provides an all pervasive and integrated access to theme based collections and artefacts irrespective of the physical and geographical locations of museums. The portal introduces India’s rich heritage through a diverse range of digital collections in terms of sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, weapons, coins and a numerous other categories of artefacts. The virtual museums are a wealth of knowledge accessible from anywhere and at anytime for students, teachers, researchers and even the tourists. It is perhaps for the first time in world that 10 national museums are made accessible online from one portal. This project is funded by Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The digital collections created using the JATAN: Virtual Museum Builder are integrated in the national digital repository for giving public access through the national portal.

MCQ 5

1. Under the Swadesh darshan scheme, it has identified tirthankar circuit as one of the fifteen thematic circuits for development in southern India
2. It’s a scheme by ministry of culture

Choose correct

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both
 (D) None

• Context: Ministry of Tourism under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme has identified Tirthankar Circuit as one of the fifteen thematic circuits for development in the country. All the sites associated with Jainism are covered under this circuit.
• Ministry has sanctioned the project “Development of Tirthankar Circuit: Vaishali-Arrah-Masad-Patna-Rajgir-Pawapuri-Champapuri in Bihar”.

About Swadesh Darshan Scheme:

• Tourism Ministry launched the scheme.
• Objective: to develop theme-based tourist circuits in the country. These tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner.

Features of Swadesh Darshan Scheme:

• 100% centrally funded for the project components undertaken for public funding.
• To leverage the voluntary funding available for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)initiatives of Central Public Sector Undertakings and corporate sector.
• Funding of individual project will vary from state to state and will be finalized on the basis of detailed project reports prepared by PMC (Programme Management Consultant).
• PMC will be a national level consultant to be appointed by the Mission Directorate.
• A National Steering Committee (NSC) will be constituted with Minister in charge of M/O Tourism as Chairman, to steer the mission objectives and vision of the scheme.
• A Mission Directorate headed by the Member Secretary, NSC as a nodal officer will help in identification of projects in consultation with the States/ UTs governments and other stake holders.

MCQ 6

1. Researchers discovered Dracaena cambodiana plant in western ghats recently 2. It’s a poisonous plant and used for intoxication

Choose correct

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both
 (D) None

MCQ 7

1. Global innovation index is released by WEF
2. India secured 57th rank in 2019

Choose correct

(A)Only 1
(B)Only 2
(C)Both
 (D)None

MCQ 8

Cities located south to equator

1. La paz
2. Caracas
3. Kinshasa
4. Bandung

(A) 1 & 2
(B) 2 & 3
(C) 2,3,4
 (D) 1,3,4

MCQ 9

1. The Masai giraffe is declared as critically endangered
2. The giraffe (Giraffa) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant

Choose correct

(A) Only 1
 (B) Only 2
(C) Both
(D) None

• The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches which extend to the hooves. A median forehead lump is usually present in males.

Masai giraffes declared endangered

• The subspecies in Kenya and Tanzania has declined by nearly 50 percent in the last 30 years, largely because of poaching and changes in land use.
• There are an estimated 35,000 Masai giraffes remaining, but their population has fallen by nearly 50 percent in the last three decades. Africa’s overall giraffe population has decreased by up to 40 percent in that same timeframe.
• The giraffe (Giraffa) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. It is traditionally considered to be one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. However the existance of up to eight extant giraffe species have been described, based upon research into the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, as well as morphological measurements of Giraffa. Seven other species are extinct, prehistoric species known from fossils.
• The giraffe’s chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its distinctive coat patterns. It is classified under the family Giraffidae, along with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Its scattered range extends from Chad in the north to South Africa in the south, and from Niger in the west to Somalia in the east. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach. They may be preyed on by lions, leopards, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs. Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring, or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Males establish social hierarchies through “necking”, which are combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear the sole responsibility for raising the young.

 MCQ 10

Chrysomallon squamiferum is a

1. Gymnosperm plant
2. A butterfly
3. A resistant bacteria
4. A snail

• It is a scaly- foot snail found at only three spots in the Indian Ocean.
• Why in News? It has become the first species to be officially declared threatened due to deepsea mining.

 Key facts:

• Chrysomallon squamiferum is found at three hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.
• It was added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to its updated Red List of Endangered Species on July 18, 2019.

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