Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – August 30, 2022 [Mock Test]
August 30, 2022 August 30, 2022
1. Consider the following statements:
- The first fishing cat census outside of a protected area network was conducted at Chilika Lake.
- Fishing cat was protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
- It is classified as critically endangered in IUCN Red List.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 2]
Notes:- Recently, the fishing cat census has been done in Chilika The total number of feline species was discovered to be 176.This was the first time a population estimate of the fishing cat was undertaken outside of a protected area network anywhere in the globe. The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) collaborated with The Fishing Cat Project to undertake the estimating study (TFCP).
- The Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture (SECR)approach was used to analyse the data.
- They are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act in India, the same classification as the country’s national animal, the tiger.
- The IUCN Red List classifies the species as endangered.
- The fishing cat is included in Appendix II of Article IV of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
2. With respect to the Western Sahara, consider the following statements:
- It is bordered by Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania.
- It is rich in phosphate.
- It is home to Sahrawi tribe.
- It was colonized by Spain.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 2, 3 & 4
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:- Recently, Algeria has announced to suspend its 20-year-old treaty of “friendship, good neighbourliness, and co-operation” with Spain.
- Western Sahara dispute was started with colonisation of the region by Spain in 1884. When Spain withdrew from the region in 1975, the region descended into a conflict between Mauritania, Morocco and the Polisario Front.
- Western Sahara is bordered by Morocco in the North, Algeria in a small northeastern patch, and Mauritania in the East and South.
- It has a long coast with the Atlantic Ocean in the West and Northwest.
- It is rich in phosphates and other minerals and has a lucrative fishing industry on its Atlantic coast.
- It is home to the nomadic indigenous Sahrawi tribe whose main language is Hassaniya Arabic.
3. Consider the following statements:
- In India, Turban day will be celebrated every year on April 13.
- On April 13, 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji formed the Khalsa Panth and pronounced the turban a pillar of the Sikh faith.
- April month is celebrated as Sikh Heritage Month across Canada.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 2
[B] Only 1
[C] Only 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: C [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:- The Turban Day Act was introduced in the Manitoba House, Canada as a private members Bill. The Act says that “each year, April 13 is to be known throughout Manitoba as Turban Day”.
- The day of Baisakhi or Vaisakhi, which usually falls on April 13 or 14 each year, commemorates the birth of Khalsa Panth. It was on this day in 1699 that the tenth Guru Gobind Singh had laid the foundation of Khalsa Panth at Anandpur Sahib among his followers.
- The practice of wearing the turban was formalized on April 13, 1699, when Guru Gobind Singh Ji formed the Khalsa Panth and pronounced the turban a pillar of the Sikh faith
- The month of April is celebrated as Sikh Heritage Month across Canada after the Federal Parliament passed the Bill in 2019 and it was given the Royal Assent.
