Daily Current Affairs (MCQ's) | 18-01-2023

Q1. Arrange the following countries in increasing order in terms of length of river Brahmaputra in their territory

1. China

2. Bangladesh

3. India

Select the correct answer using the code given below a. 1, 2, 3

b. 3, 2, 1

c. 2, 1, 3

d. 2, 3, 1

Answer (d)

Explanation:

India plans ‘buffers’ in proposed Arunachal project to offset China threat

• Concerns over China’s proposed 60,000-MW hydroelectric power dam in Medog, Tibet, are influencing the design of a proposed hydel project in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

• Still only in the planning stage, a ‘pre-feasibility report’ on the 11,000-MW project, more than five times the size of the largest such projects in India, was submitted to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for appraisal in December 2022 by the National Hydropower Corporation (NHPC).

The Brahmaputra is a 2,880-km transborder river that originates in the Mansarovar lake and flows 1,700 km within Tibet, 920 km in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and 260 km in Bangladesh. It accounts for nearly 30% of freshwater resources and 40% of India’s hydropower potential. Diverting its flow could mean agricultural impacts downstream in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Q2. Proposed Etalin hydro power project is situated in the state of

a. Assam

b. Sikkim

c. Arunachal Pradesh

d. Tripura

Answer (c)

Explanation:

Respite for local communities as Etalin hydro project scrapped in current form:

• The controversial Etalin hydroelectric power project in Arunachal Pradesh has been scrapped in its present form in a temporary respite to local communities and conservationists who were objecting to it.

• The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union environment ministry has asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to go back to the drawing board on the 3097 MW project in Dibang Valley, a biodiversity hotspot.

• FAC said the proposal cannot be considered in its present form and a revised proposal may be submitted for further consideration.

• The proposed hydropower development is likely to impact the habitat and the survival of several endemic and threatened terrestrial species such as the Snow Leopard, Red Panda, Clouded Leopard, Tiger, Arunachal Macaque, Black-necked crane, and the rare Mishmi Wren Babbler.

Q3. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially….” These famous lines are attributed to

a. Rabindranath Tagore

b. Subash Chandra Bose

c. Jawahar Lal Nehru

d. C. Rajagopalachari

Answer (c)

Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru speaking in the Constituent Assembly at midnight on 14 August 1947 It was on this day that Nehru gave his famous speech that began with the following lines: “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

Q4. Consider the following statements with regard to the constituent assembly and constitution making process of India

1. It was Jawahar Lal Nehru who moved the crucial “Objectives Resolution”

2. He also moved the resolution proposing the National Flag of India

3. Rajendra Prasad was President of the constituent Assembly Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 1 and 3 only

b. 1 only

c. 2 and 3 only

d. 1, 2 and 3

Answer (d)

Explanation:

The Constituent Assembly had 300 members. Of these, six members played particularly important roles. Three were representatives of the Congress, namely, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad. It was Nehru who moved the crucial “Objectives Resolution”, as well as the resolution proposing that the National Flag of India be a “horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion”, with a wheel in navy blue at the centre. Patel, on the other hand, worked mostly behind the scenes, playing a key role in the drafting of several reports, and working to reconcile opposing points of view. Rajendra Prasad’s role was as President of the Assembly, where he had to steer the discussion along constructive lines while making sure all members had a chance to speak. Besides this Congress trio, a very important member of the Assembly was the lawyer and economist B.R. Ambedkar. During the period of British rule, Ambedkar had been a political opponent of the Congress; but, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister. In this capacity, he served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution. Serving with him were two other lawyers, K.M. Munshi from Gujarat and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar from Madras, both of whom gave crucial inputs in the drafting of the Constitution.

Q5. Consider the following statements with regard to the “Objectives Resolution” moved in the Constituent Assembly in 1946

1. It was moved by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

2. It was a momentous resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India

3. It also provided the framework within which the work of constitution-making was to proceed

4. It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Sovereign Secular Republic”

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. 2 and 3 only

b. 3 and 4 only

c. 1, 2 and 3 only

d. 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer (a)

Explanation:

On 13 December 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the “Objectives Resolution” in the Constituent Assembly. It was a momentous resolution that outlined the defining ideals of the Constitution of Independent India, and provided the framework within which the work of constitution-making was to proceed. It proclaimed India to be an “Independent Sovereign Republic”, guaranteed its citizens justice, equality and freedom, and assured that “adequate safeguards shall be provided for minorities, backward and tribal areas, and Depressed and Other Backward Classes … ” After outlining these objectives, Nehru placed the Indian experiment in a broad historical perspective.

Q6. Arrange the following events during pre independence era in chronological order

1. Constituent assembly begins its sessions

2. Direct action day

3. Cabinet mission announces its constitutional scheme Select the correct answer using the code given below

a. 1, 2, 3

b. 3, 2, 1

c. 2, 1, 3

d. 3, 1, 2

Answer (b)

Explanation: