1.What is the theme of the 2018 National Statistics Day (NSD) in India?
[A] Administrative Statistics [B] Agri-Food Statistics [C] Statistics on Trees & Climate Change [D] Quality Assurance in Official StatisticsCorrect Answer: D [Quality Assurance in Official Statistics]
Notes:
The “Statistics Day” is celebrated every year on June 29 at the National level in India to create public awareness about the importance of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation.
The day also acknowledges the notable contribution of Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics, statistical system and economic planning.
The 2018 theme is “Quality Assurance in Official Statistics”, which is chosen to underscore the importance of compliance with essential parameters of quality in statistical systems and products.
2.The NCST has organized a National Seminar on “Conservation of Particularly Vulnerable Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As per which article of the Constitution, the NCST set up to protect the interests of Scheduled Tribes (ST)?
[A] Article 338(A) [B] Article 339(A) [C] Article 337(A) [D] Article 336(A)Correct Answer: A [Article 338(A) ]
Notes:
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is organizing a two-day National Seminar on “Conservation of Particularly Vulnerable Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands” in New Delhi from June 27, 2018.
The purpose of the seminar is to decide how to preserve the habitat and culture of these tribal groups. This Seminar is being organized in collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) and its theme is ‘The Way Forward’.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to the most primitive tribal groups: Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese, Nicobarese and Shompens.
Some of these tribal groups are on the verge of extinction. It is important to understand the challenges they face and to preserve them. With these objectives in view, the NCST, a Constitutional body set up under Article 338(A) of the Constitution to protect the interests of Scheduled Tribes, is organizing for the first time a two-day Seminar.
3.Who has authored the book “Ahimsa”, which sheds light on India’s freedom struggle?
[A] Shantanu Duttagupta [B] Amala Shankar [C] Supriya Kelkar [D] Nandi KatheriaCorrect Answer: C [Supriya Kelkar]
Notes:
Screenwriter Supriya Kelkar has authored the book “Ahimsa”, which will be published in India in August 2018.
Her debut novel will sheds light on the Indian freedom movement, which is inspired by her great-grandmother’s experience working with Mahatma Gandhi.
In 1942, after Gandhi ji asked one member of each family to join the non-violent freedom movement, 10-year-old Anjali was devastated to think that her father will risk his life for the country.
But he’s not the one joining. Anjali’s mother was. As the family got more and more involved in the cause, Anjali gives up her privileges and confronts her prejudices to ensure her little contribution to the movement is complete.
“Ahimsa”, published by Scholastic India, is essentially about female empowerment and overcoming one’s internal struggles and giving up one’s biases.
4.The Gangrel Dam is built across which river in Chhattisgarh?
[A] Son [B] Ganga [C] Mahanadi [D] NarmadaCorrect Answer: C [Mahanadi ]
Notes:
The Gangrel Dam is built across the Mahanadi River in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.
It is also known as the R.S. Sagar Dam and is the longest dam in Chhattisgarh.
This dam supplies year round irrigation, allowing farmers to harvest two crops per year.
The dam also supplies 10 MW of hydro-electric power capacity.
5.Donald Hall, the noted poet passed away. He belonged to which country?
[A] Argentina [B] Brazil [C] Germany [D] United StatesCorrect Answer: D [United States]
Notes:
Donald Hall, the award-winning American poet and writer, has passed away in New Hampshire, United States on June 23, 2018.
Hall began writing when he was just 12 years old. Over the course of a career that spanned more than seven decades, he wrote more than 40 books, half of which were works of poetry. He was the United States Poet Laureate for 2007-08.
He received the Robert Frost Medal in 1991 and the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest honour for artists, in 2010.
