Daily Current Affairs Quiz : December 7, 2023
December 7, 2023 December 7, 2023
1. Which country has framed ‘One Province, One Policy’ plan to handle financial risk?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] USA
[D] UK
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Correct Answer: B [China]
Notes:
China’s regulator wants provinces to come up with their own plans to handle financial risks, according to a report.
‘One Province, One Policy’ comes after officials previously committed to establishing a mechanism to tackle local debt issues. China has struggled for traction this year as a bounce-back from restrictive Covid Zero policies proved to be softer than expected and a property crisis dragged on.
2. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) functions under which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[C] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[D] Ministry of Justice
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Correct Answer: A [Ministry of Home Affairs]
Notes:
A total of 4,45,256 cases of crime against women were registered across India in 2022, up from 4,28,278 in 2021 and 3,71,503 in 2020. The rate of crime against women per lakh population stood at 66.4 while the charge sheeting in such cases was logged at 75.8, showed the data in the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
NCRB functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The majority of crimes against women under the Indian Penal Code were of cruelty by husband or his relatives (31.4 per cent) followed by kidnapping and abduction of women (19.2 per cent). Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country at 144.4, while the country’s average rate was 66.4. Uttar Pradesh (65,743) registered the maximum FIRs in cases of crime against women in 2022.
3. What is the name of the largest survey vessel built in India, which was recently delivered by GRSE?
[A] INS Sandhayak
[B] INS Sahayak
[C] INS Sweekar
[D] INS Sandesh
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Correct Answer: A [INS Sandhayak]
Notes:
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers delivered the largest survey vessel built in India, INS Sandhayak to the Indian Navy on Navy Day 2023.
INS Sandhayak is the first in a series of four Survey Vessels (Large) being built by GRSE. INS Sandhayak is the first of four advanced Survey Vessels (Large) or SVLs. It is a new version of a previous ship with the same name, which was a survey vessel in the Indian Navy from 1981 to 2021. These survey ships are capable of full-scale coastal and deep-water hydrographic survey of port and harbour approaches as well as the determination of navigation channels and routes.
4. Which institution releases ‘Composite Water Management Index’ in India?
[A] Jal Shakti Ministry
[B] NITI Aayog
[C] WAPCOS
[D] DPIIT
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Correct Answer: B [NITI Aayog]
Notes:
NITI Aayog has been publishing the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) since 2018. So far two editions CWMI (June 2018) and CWMI 2.0 (August 2019) have been published.
Subsequent edition of CWMI was prepared in August 2022 with delay due to the nationwide Covid-19 situation. NITI Aayog will come up with a combined report from the third to sixth edition of the Composite Water Management Index.
5. The names of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea are chosen from:_?
[A] Suggestion of various countries
[B] Suggestion of UNESCO
[C] Suggestion of UNEP
[D] Suggestion of UNFCCC
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Correct Answer: A [Suggestion of various countries]
Notes:
On December 5, Cyclone Michaung made landfall over Nellore in Andhra Pradesh as a super-cyclonic storm. A day earlier, the weather system had produced 150-200 mm of rain in north Tamil Nadu.
In 2000, a panel of the World Meteorological Organisation with members of the UN Economic and Social Commission prepared the list of names of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, to be given from the September 2004 season. The name of each cyclone is picked from this list and cycles through each country’s suggestion. After Michaung (by Myanmar), the next five cyclones will be called ‘Remal’ (Oman), ‘Asna’ (Pakistan), ‘Dana’ (Qatar), ‘Fengal’ (Saudi Arabia), and ‘Shakhti’ (Sri Lanka).
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