Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 10.06.22

Q1. Which of the following countries border with Iran?

1. Turkmenistan
2. Qatar
3. Azerbaijan

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 2 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (d)

Explanation:

Q2. Recently seen in the news the Special 301 report is linked to

1. Intellectual property rights (IPR)
2. Base erosion and profit shifting
3. Free flow of data across boundaries
4. Civil rights across the globe

Answer (a)

Explanation:

• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in the Special 301 report that India was one of the most challenging major economies as far as IP protection and enforcement is concerned.
• It has decided to retain India on its Priority Watch List. Among the issues raised in the report are India’s inconsistencies regarding patent protection, including concerns about what can be patented, waiting time for obtaining patents, burdensome reporting requirements, and doubts about data safety.
• India had undertaken an intellectual property review exercise last year, where a Parliamentary Standing Committee examined this subject.

  

Q3. Consider the following statements about the Manas National Park

1. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tiger reserve
2. It is situated in the state of Assam

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer (c)

Explanation:

Rhino reintroduction a hit in Assam reserve

1. The one-horned rhinos of western Assam’s Manas National Park, bordering Bhutan, are expected to have a high life expectancy and significant growth in population, the 14th Assam rhino estimation census has revealed.
2. Manas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tiger reserve, had about 100 resident rhinos prior to 1990, but a prolonged ethno-political conflict thereafter took a heavy toll with extremist groups known to have traded the horns of the herbivores for weapons.
3. A rhino reintroduction programme under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 was started in This entailed the translocation of rhinos from Kaziranga National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. The current rhino population in the park was estimated at 40 after the census in April 2022.

Q4. Which of the following is the first Asian country to legalise cultivation and consumption of Marijuana?

1. India
2. Bangladesh
3. Nepal
4. Thailand

Answer (d)

Explanation:

Thailand becomes the first Asian country to legalise Marijuana

1. Thailand    legalised   the    growing     of      marijuana and   its consumption in food and drinks, the first Asian country to do so, with the aim of boosting its agriculture and tourism sectors but smoking pot is still against the law.
2. Shoppers queued up at outlets selling cannabis-infused drinks, sweets and other items as advocates of the plant welcomed the reform in a country that has long had a reputation for strict anti-drug laws.
3. Thailand, which has a tradition of using cannabis to relieve pain and fatigue, legalised medicinal marijuana in 2018.

Restriction in place

• The government, banking on the plant as a cash crop, plans to give away a million plants to encourage farmers to take up its cultivation.
• The possession and sale of cannabis extracts containing more than 2% of its psychoactive ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is not allowed, which will mean smokers of the drug known as “pot”, “weed” and a host of other names, will struggle to get “stoned”.

Q5. Identify the Harappan site with the following characteristics

1. It was situated on the banks of river Ghaggar in Rajasthan
2. It had the biggest cultivated land in the entire Prehistoric world

Select the correct answer from options given below

1. Kalibangan
2. Rakhigarhi
3. Banawali
4. Dholavira

Answer (a)

Explanation:

Kalibangan

• It witnessed both stages of culture (Proto-Harappan & Harappan).
• It was an important site for bangles and beads manufacturers.
• It was situated on the banks of river Ghaggar in Rajasthan and was excavated by Dr A. Ghosh.
• Fire altars suggesting worship of Agni (Fire Cult/ Fire Worship) have been found No evidence of worship of Mother Goddess could be traced here.
• It had the biggest cultivated land in the entire Prehistoric world.
• Sist burial or the brick chambered burial has been the most prominent on this
• Kalibangan culture is also called Sothi culture.

Q6. Consider the following statements about Agriculture in the Harappan Civilization

1. Cotton cultivation was prevalent
2. Staple food was wheat and barley
3. Rice cultivation was not known to the civilization

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (a)

Explanation:

Agriculture was an important source of subsistence for the Harappans. The Harappans cultivated diverse crops such as wheat, barley, lentil, chickpea, sesame and various millets. The agricultural surplus was an important stimulus for a number of developments. They adopted a double cropping system. Staple food was wheat & barley.

Farmers in the Indus valley were the first to spin and weave cotton. In 1929 archaeologists recovered fragments of cotton textiles at Mohenjo-Daro, in what is now Pakistan, dating to between 3250 and 2750 BCE. Cottonseeds founds at nearby Mehrgarh have been dated to 5000 BCE

Lothal

1. Located on the banks of Cambay in Gujarat (In India, the maximum number of Indus Valley sites are located in Gujarat); it was excavated by R. Rau.
2. It is the first known / earliest seaport in Indian history with an artificially built naval dockyard.
3. It was also the first to cultivate rice by 1800 C.