Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 06.11.21

Q1. Consider the following statements
1. Ministerial conference is main decision body of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
2. Ministerial conference once a year

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : a

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Q2. Which of the pollutants are covered in the Air Quality Index of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)?

1.PM 10
2.PM 2.5
3. Lead
4. Ammonia
5. Carbon Dioxide

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

a. 2, 4 and 5 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Answer : c

Why is the Question ?

Delhi’s post-Deepavali air quality hits five-year low
1. Delhi’s air quality entered the “severe” category on Friday for the first time this season after people in the city burst firecrackers on Diwali night despite a blanket ban. The Capital registered its worst post-Deepavali air quality in five years, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
2. “Firework emissions on the night of Diwali degraded air quality from very poor to the severe category as predicted by SAFAR.

Q3. Consider the following statements

1. Zika is viral disease spread by common flea
2. It can cause microcephaly in infants

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : b

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30 more test positive for Zika virus in Kanpur 

1. Thirty more people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Kanpur, taking the total number of those infected in the district to 66.
2. Zika is a mosquito-borne virus and hence, getting rid of mosquitoes is the safe way out.
3. To check the spread of the disease, health teams are undertaking sanitisation programmes, including anti-larvae spraying and identifying fever patients, screening seriously ill people and pregnant women. Health teams have been asked to step up door-to-door sampling.

Q4. Conflict region of Tigray is situated in the following country

a. Ethiopia
b. Sudan
c. South Sudan
d. Somalia

Answer : a

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Ethiopia rebels ‘join forces’ against govt.

1. Nine rebel groups battling Ethiopia’s government joined forces, as fears grow of Tigrayan fighters advancing on the capital.
2. The alliance includes the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been locked in a yearlong war against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
3. The TPLF predicted Addis Ababa could fall in a matter of weeks.
4. The nine groups, in a statement, said they were forming a united front “to reverse the harmful effects of the Abiy Ahmed rule on the peoples of Ethiopia... and in recognition of the great need to collaborate and join forces towards a safe transition in the country”.

Q5. GATKA martial art is practised traditionally in the state of

a. Haryana
b. Punjab
c. Assam
d. Ladakh

Answer : b

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