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Daily MCQs 16 September

Q 1. Arrange the following National Parks from north to south direction:

  1. Ranthambore National Park

  2. Kuno National Park

  3. Indravati National Park

  4. Nagarhole national park

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1-2-3-4

  2. 2-1-3-4

  3. 3-1-2-4

  4. 3-4-1-2

Answer: (a)

The Prime Minister of India will release wild Cheetahs in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh under Project Cheetah, which is the world’s first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project. 

Option (a) is correct:

Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern India. It is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers, leopards, and marsh crocodiles. Its landmarks include the imposing 10th-century Ranthambore Fort, on a hilltop, and the Ganesh Mandir temple.

Kuno National Park is a national park in Madhya Pradesh, India, established in 1981 as a wildlife sanctuary with an area of 344.686 km² in the Sheopur and Morena districts. In 2018, it was given the status of a national park.

Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state in India. The park derives its name from the Indravati River, which flows from east to west and forms the northern boundary of the reserve with the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, is a wildlife reserve in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the park is backed by the Brahamagiri Mountains and filled with sandalwood and teak trees. The Kabini River winds through jungle landscapes, home to tigers, Asian elephants, and a variety of birds. Nearby, the Irupu Falls cascade down tree-lined rocks.

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Q 2. Consider the following pairs: 

Dam : River

  1. Sardar Sarovar dam : Narmada

  2. Mullaperiyar dam : Periyar

  3. Hirakud Dam : Mahanadi

  4. Tehri dam : Alaknanda 

How many pairs given above are not correctly matched? 

  1. Only one pair 

  2. Only two pairs 

  3. Only three pairs 

  4. All four pairs

Answer: (a)

Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada, the lifeline of Gujarat was filled to its highest capacity on September 15, 2022. It is a concrete gravity dam constructed near the town of Kevadiya, Narmada District, in the state of Gujarat, India.

Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Mullaperiyar dam issue is a longstanding dispute between two Indian states – Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala.

Pair 3 is correctly matched: Hirakud Dam is a “Pride of Odisha” is built across the Mahanadi River near Hirakud village in Sambalpur district of Odisha, India. It is the longest dam in India with a total length of 25.79 km.

Pair 4 is not correctly matched: Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India.

Q 3. National Engineers Day is celebrated every year on September 15, commemorating the birth anniversary of:

  1. M. Visvesvaraya

  2. C. V. Raman

  3. S. Radhakrishnan

  4. Vikram Sarabhai

Answer: (a)

Option (a) is correct: Every year India celebrates National Engineer’s Day on September 15 to recognise and honour the achievements of the great engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Along with India, Visvesvaraya’s great works are also celebrated in Sri Lanka and Tanzania on September 15 as Engineer’s Day.

He patented and installed an irrigation system with water floodgates at the Khadakvasla reservoir near Pune to raise the food supply level and storage to the highest levels known as ‘block system’ in 1903. The irrigation system was later installed at Gwalior’s Tigra Dam and Mysuru’s Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) dam, the latter of which created one of the largest reservoirs in Asia at the time.

Apart from his contributions in the field of engineering, he was also called the “precursor of economic planning in India”, according to the Institution of Engineers India (IEI). His books, “Reconstructing India” and “Planned Economy of India” were published in 1920 and 1934, respectively. He was awarded knight in 1915 while serving as the Diwan of Mysore and received Bharat Ratna in 1955.

In 2018, Google launched a Doodle on his birthday to celebrate his genius works whose endeavors led to the Tata Steel engineers inventing an armored vehicle that was used in WWII and could withstand bullets.

Q 4. Consider the following statements in respect of Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards: 

  1. Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards are titles under the Article 18(1) of the Constitution of India. 

  2. Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, were suspended only once. 

  3. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of five in a particular year. 

Which of the above statements are not correct? 

  1. 1 and 2 only 

  2. 2 and 3 only 

  3. 1 and 3 only 

  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

September 15 is the last date for nominations for Padma Awards 2023.

Statement 1 is not correct: Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri “do not amount to titles within the meaning of Article 18(1) of the Constitution and thus are not to be used as prefixes or suffixes to the name of the recipient in any manner whatsoever”. In the case of Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India, AIR 1996, the court said that National awards aren’t titles under clause 1 of Article 18.

Statement 2 is not correct: Padma Awards, which were instituted in the year 1954, is announced every year on Republic Day except for brief interruption(s) during the years 1978 and 1979 and 1993 to 1997.

Statement 3 is not correct: Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the country. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.

Q 5. Who among the following recently became the first Indian woman to win two World Wrestling Championships medals?

  1. Sakshi Malik

  2. Vinesh Phogat

  3. Babita Kumari Phogat

  4. Divya Kakran

Answer: (b)

Option (b) is correct: Vinesh Phogat recently became the first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World Championships as she clinched a bronze in 53kg by defeating Emma Jonna Malmgren of Sweden. She had also won a bronze in 2019 edition in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

The 2022 World Wrestling Championships is the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and will be held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.