Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 15, 2024

Answer: B

Celebrated annually on October 16.

• Aim : to inspire efforts towards achieving food sustainability and addressing global hunger through various events and activities worldwide.
• Theme: Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future.
• Significance: Commemorates the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)by the United Nations in 1945.

Answer: A

Celebrated on October 16.

• Significance: Commemorates the first successful demonstration of diethyl ether anaesthesiain 1846.
• Aim : To raise awareness about the importance of anaesthesia in surgery and patient care, highlighting advancements and safety in the field.
• Theme : Workforce Well-being.

Answer: C

Observed on October 16.

• Purpose: Raises awareness about the global burden of spinal painand disability.
• Aim : to promote better spine health and highlight the importance of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• Theme : Support Your Spine

Answer: B

Current Context : The Indian Air Force recently rescued two foreign mountaineers stranded during the expedition to Chaukhamba-3 peak.

ABOUT CHAUKHAMBA PEAK:

• Location: Chaukhamba is part of the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, west of the holy town of Badrinath.
• It consists of four peaks—Chaukhamba I, II, III, and IV with elevations ranging from 7,138 meters (Chaukhamba I) to 6,854 meters (Chaukhamba IV).
• Prominence: Chaukhamba I is the highest peak at 7,138 meters and serves as the eastern anchor of the Gangotri glacier.
• First climbed in 1952 by Swiss mountaineers Lucien George and Victor Russenberger.

Answer: A

Current Context : Recently, a 35-year-old woman died after drowning in the Saryu River in Kapkot.

ABOUT SARYU RIVER:

• Location & Origin: The Saryu River originates from the foothills of the Himalayas, near Sarmool in Uttarakhand.
• Course: It flows through Kapkot, Bageshwar, and Seraghat towns before merging with the Sharada (Kali) River at Pancheshwar on the India-Nepal border.
• Significance in Mythology: The river is sacred in Hinduism, mentioned in the Vedasand Ramayana.
• Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama, is located on its banks.
• Tributaries: include Gomati, Ramganga, and Panar rivers.
• Religious Importance: The river is crucial for religious rituals, especially in
• Lower Course: In Uttar Pradesh, the lower Ghaghara River is commonly called the Sarayu.​

Answer: B

Current Context : Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is set to become the first tiger reserve in the world to offer an aerial safari via a ropeway system.

• The ropeway, being developed by the French company POMA SAS, will allow visitors to experience the reserve’s4 sq. km landscape.

ABOUT TADOBA-ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE:

• Situated in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is Maharashtra’s largest and oldest tiger reserve.
• Named after Tadoba, a local deity, and Andhari River, which flows through the forest.
• Total area: 4 sq. km.
• It comprises Tadoba National Park (116.55 sq. km) and Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary (508.85 sq. km).
• It connects with Nagzira-Navegaon and Pench Tiger Reserves.
• It falls under the Central Plateau provinceof the Deccan Peninsula, with Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous
• Vegetation includes teak, bamboo, and medicinal plants like Behedaand Bija.
• There are two lakes and one waterway in the reserve, Tadoba Lake, Kolsa Lake, and the Tadoba River.

Answer: C

Current Context : The Telangana government has recently initiated the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) into four sub-groups (A, B, C, and D) to ensure equitable distribution of reservation benefits.

• Aim : to address grievances about unequal access to reservations within the SC community in Telangana, ensuring a more scientifically sound and fair approach to reservations for different SC sub-groups​
• Judicial Commission: Led by Justice Shameem Akhtar, tasked with completing an inquiry in 60 days using census data to recommend a balanced reservation approach.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMISSION

• Conducting a sub-classification of SCs to ensure fairness.
• Grouping similar sub-castes based on scientific data and methods.
• Using census information and other available data to create accurate groupings.

Answer: B

Current Context : The Nobel Memorial Prize in economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson for their research into differences in prosperity between nations.

• They received the prize for their research into how institutions shape which countries become wealthy and prosperous — and how those structures came to exist in the first place.
• Acemoglu and Johnson work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Robinson conducts his research at the University of Chicago.

ABOUT PRIZE :

• The economics prize is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
• The central bank established it in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel, the 19th-century Swedish businessman and chemist who invented dynamite and established the five Nobel Prizes.