Daily Current Affairs Quiz: October 12, 2023

Ans. 1 Option C is correct Explanation
• The government is launching Operation Ajay to evacuate its citizens who wish to return from conflict-hit Israel.
• This will be the second evacuation this year after Operation Kaveri brought back several thousand Indian citizens from conflict-torn Sudan in April-May.

Ans. 2 Option C is the correct Explanation
• The two countries intend to increase bilateral investment to US$50 billion and bilateral trade to US$30 billion by 2025.
• Major items of export from India include pharmaceuticals, miscellaneous manufactures, iron & steel, apparel, tea, coffee, and tobacco.
• Major items of import from Russia include defense and nuclear power equipment, fertilizers, electrical machinery, steel, and diamonds.
• Indian and Russian railways have also signed agreements on high-speed rails in India and modernization of railways.

Ans. 3 Option C is the correct Explanation
• Under the Act, a pregnancy may be terminated up to 20 weeks by a married woman in the case of failure of
a contraceptive method or device.
• It allows unmarried women to also terminate a pregnancy for this reason.
• Opinion of one Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) for termination of pregnancy up to 20 weeks of gestation.

Ans. 4 Option C is the correct Explanation
• Establishment: The CIC was established by the Central Government in 2005, under the provisions of the Right to Information Act (2005). It is not a constitutional body.
• Members: It consists of a Chief Information Commissioner and not more than ten Information Commissioners.
• Appointment: They are appointed by the President on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.

Ans. 5 Option D is correct Explanation
• Top six countries with the largest lithium reserves in the world
• Bolivia – 21 million tonnes
• Argentina – 17 million tonnes
• Chile – 9 million tonnes
• United States – 6.8 million tonnes
• Australia – 6.3 million tonnes
• China – 4.5 million tonnes

Ans. 6 Option D is the correct Explanation
• The “Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act” (FCRA) regulates foreign donations and ensures that such contributions do not adversely affect internal security.
• First enacted in 1976, it was amended in 2010 in which a slew of new measures was adopted to regulate foreign donations.
• The FCRA act is implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Under the new rules notified by MHA in 2015, NGOs are required to give an undertaking that
• the acceptance of foreign funds is not likely to prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India
• impact friendly relations with any foreign state and does not disrupt communal harmony.
• The FCRA is applicable to all associations, groups, and NGOs which intend to receive foreign donations.

Ans. 7 Option C is correct Explanation
• The platform is meant to offer suitable opportunities for youngsters to engage in voluntary work in the field of their choice and look for such opportunities across the country.
• It will act as a one-stop shop for young people and various central government ministries, and will also create a centralized youth database.
• However, there will be no financial remuneration involved.
• The Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) will be launched on 31st October 2023 on National Unity Day.

Ans. 8 Option D is correct Explanation
• IORA is an inter-governmental organization that was established in March 1997.
• It was formerly known as the Indian Ocean Rim Initiative and the Indian Ocean Rim Association for  Regional Cooperation (IOR- ARC).
• The IORA Secretariat is based in Mauritius. It became an observer to the UN General Assembly and the African Union in 2015.

Ans. 9 Option A is the correct Explanation
• The function of heavy water in a nuclear reactor is to Slow down the speed of neutrons.
• Heavy water is used in certain types of nuclear reactors, where it acts as a neutron moderator to slow down neutrons so that they are more likely to react with the fissile uranium-235 than with uranium-238, which captures neutrons without fissioning.

Ans. 10 Option D is correct Explanation
• Battery cell assembly draws upon a complex supply chain of largely unrelated product groups, within which nonferrous metals and minerals play a major role.
• Important materials groups include cathode materials, anode materials, electrolytes, separators, and current collectors
• Nonferrous metals and minerals featuring highly in Li-ion batteries are lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite, copper, and aluminum.
• The first four of these are used primarily as active cathode material, although lithium is also used in electrolytes.
• As such, developments specific to cathodes and collectors are particularly relevant for nonferrous metal material use, while anodes dictate graphite use.