Daily Current Affairs (MCQ's) | 14-11-2022

Q1. Which of the following countries belongs to the Sahel region of Africa?

1. Morocco
2. Tunisia
3. Congo
4. Mali

Answer (d)

Explanation:

Q2. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the end of the decade- long Operation Barkhane in Africa. It mainly focused on insurgency in region of

1. Sahara
2. Sahel
3. Congo
4. Kenya

Answer (b)

Explanation:

Operation Barkhane

• France began its military operations in the Sahel in 2013. Titled Operation Serval, it was limited to targeting Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaeda who took control of northern Mali.
• However, in 2014, the mission was scaled up, renamed Operation Barkhane and was aimed at counter-terrorism.
• The objective was to assist local armed forces to prevent the resurgence of non-state armed groups across the Sahel Around 4,500 French personnel were deployed with the local joint counter-terrorism force.
• French operations had two objectives in the Sahel. First, to liberate Mali from the insurgency in the north and second, to see through counter-terrorism operations in West Africa, including the neutralisation of key terrorists.

Has France achieved its objectives?

• In its major successes, France regained Mali’s northern regions from the extremists in 2014 through Operation Serval.

• The 2014 success led to the inception of Operation Barkhane aimed at counter-terrorism in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and However, Operation Barkhane saw a series of failures.
• First the region, despite the operation, witnessed the growth of new groups affiliated to terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State.
• Second, the failure of the operation led to a humanitarian crisis.

Q3. Recently seen in news Maghreb region is situated in the continent of

1. Asia
2. Europe
3. South America
4. Africa

Answer (d)

Explanation:

The Maghreb, also known as Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania (also considered part of West Africa), Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb also includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara (controlled mostly by Morocco and partly by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) and the Spanish cities Ceuta and Melilla. As of 2018, the region had a population of over 100 million people.

Q4. Which of the following lakes is not situated in Africa?

1. Lake Chad
2. Lake Victoria
3. Lake Nyasa
4. Lake Titicaca

Answer (d)

Explanation:

Q5. Which of the following rivers starts near the equator and crosses the tropic of cancer to fall into the sea?

1. Nile
2. Niger
3. Congo
4. Orange

Answer (a)

Explanation: