Current Affairs Quiz 11 November 2022

Answer: A

SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation): SAARC was established with the signing
of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka on 8th December, 1985.

SAARC comprises eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The headquarter of the SAARC Secretariat is at Kathmandu, Nepal. BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-operation):

The members of BIMSTEC are India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan from South Asia; with
Myanmar and Thailand from South East Asia. BIMSTEC Secretariat is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Answer: A
Explanation
• The National Legal Services Day (NLSD) is celebrated on 9th November every year to spread awareness for ensuring reasonable fair and justice procedure for all citizens.
• NLSD was first started by the Supreme Court of India in 1995 to provide help and support to poor and weaker sections of the society.
• Free legal services are provided in matters before Civil, Criminal and Revenue Courts, Tribunals or any other authority exercising judicial or quasi judicial functions. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
• It is observed to make the citizens of the country aware of the various provisions under the Legal Services Authorities Act and the rights of the litigants. On this day, each jurisdiction organizes legal aid camps, Lok adalats, and legal aid programmes.

Ans;- C) Mangroves, grassland, Lakes ,oceans
Explanation;-
So the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order decreasing productivity is: Mangroves > Grasslands > Lakes > Oceans.
Productivity is the rate of biomass production. In other words, ecosystem productivity represents the total amount of energy (organic matter) fixed or stored by the autotrophs per unit time in the ecosystem.
Productivity = production/unit area/unit time
Productivity is divided in to two, primary productivity and secondary productivity
The average ocean productivity is about 50 grams carbon per square meter per year.
Average land productivity is 160 grams carbon per square meter per year.
The productivity of the open ocean (ocean away from coasts) is comparable to desert production.
The mangroves are highly ‘productive’. Hence C is the answer

Answer: A

• MPLADS is a Plan Scheme fully funded by Government of India. The annual MPLADS fund entitlement per MP constituency is Rs. 5 crore.
• MPs are to recommend every year, works costing at least 15 per cent of the MPLADS entitlement for the year for areas inhabited by Scheduled Caste population and 7.5 per cent for areas inhabited by S.T. population.
• In order to encourage trusts and societies for the betterment of tribal people, a ceiling of Rs. 75 lakh is stipulated for building assets by trusts and societies subject to conditions prescribed in the scheme guidelines.
• Lok Sabha Members can recommend works within their Constituencies and Elected Members of Rajya Sabha can recommend works within the State of Election (with select exceptions). Nominated Members of both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the country.
All works to meet locally felt infrastructure and development needs, with an emphasis on creation of durable assets in the constituency are permissible under MPLADS as prescribed in the scheme guidelines. Expenditure on specified items of non durable nature are also permitted as listed in the guidelines.

Answer: B
Varuna is a tributary of river Yamuna and Koyna is a tributary of river Krishna.