Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 18

Venus planet in our solar system has no moon (satellite).

• The Solar System consists of the Sun and eight planets.
• The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
• A planet is a large celestial body that revolves around the sun in fixed orbits.
• The Sun is the center of the Solar system.

Goods and Service Tax Council (GST) of India is headed by Finance Minister.

GST Council is the governing body of GST with 33 members. The GST Council's first chairman was Arun Jaitley. The GST council is currently chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The GST council is established under Article 279 A of the Indian constitution.

Keetham lake, also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra of Uttar Pradesh has been added to the list of Ramsar sites.

More than 106 species of migratory birds rest in Sur Sarovar lake. The water of the lake is obtained from Agra Canal. The canal originates from Okhla barrage on River Yamuna in Delhi.

China sharing the maximum number of neighboring countries in Asia.

The 14 neighboring countries of China are Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

The right matching is (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i).

Chernobyl Disaster

​The Chernobyl nuclear accident took place on 26 April 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The most terrible nuclear accident ever. This broke a plant and triggered a series of uncontrolled nuclear explosions. In this incident, radioactive materials quickly spread to nearby areas. There was a huge loss of life and property.

Bhopal tragedy

It was a terrible industrial accident on 3 December 1984 in Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh. This is known as the Bhopal Gas Tragedy or Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The cause of the tragedy was a poisonous gas leak from the factory of the company named 'Union Carbide'. This gas tragedy had a poisonous gas leak called 'methyl isocyanate'. Which was used to make pesticides.​

Ozone hole

Ozone gas is composed of three atoms of oxygen (O₃). It is found naturally in small quantities in the atmosphere. The ozone layer extends from about 10 km to 40 km in the atmosphere (this system is called the stratosphere). This layer protects the Earth from ultraviolet rays coming from the Sun.

Photochemical smog​

It is visible as a brown haze and is most prominent during the morning and afternoon. Photochemical smog— It is a mixture of ozone, nitric acid, aldehydes, peroxyacetyl nitrates (PANs), and other secondary pollutants.

A Minister who is a member of the house of Parliament has the right to speak and take part in proceedings of the other house of Parliament but can vote only in the house in which he is a member. Under Article 75 it is clearly stated that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. 

The ministers can hold office during the pleasure of the President which means that the President can remove a Minister even at a time when the Council of Ministers enjoys the confidence of the Lok Sabha. There is no legal responsibility of a Minister in India.

United States is the largest export destination for India.

The United States was the largest export destination for Indian exports in the fiscal year 2020, accounting for nearly 17 percent. The United Arab Emirates followed at over nine percent of India's exports that same year.

In Madhya Pradesh, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has decided to set up a tax plan for“Cow Welfare in the State".

He announced this during a review meeting of the ‘Madhya Pradesh Gaupalan and Livestock Promotion Board’. The government is planning to impose a surcharge on products such as liquor and services provided by local bodies to generate ₹100 crores to meet the expenses of cow shelters.

Vande Bharat Express (Train 18) is the fastest (as per trial runs), as of April 2022. It runs at a speed of 180 km/hr.

From the given alternatives, Mohammad as the only prophet of God is the correct option for the question.

Din-i Ilahi, “the religion of God,” was a system of religious beliefs introduced by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 CE. His idea was to combine Islam and Hinduism into one faith, but also to add aspects of Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Jainism.

Akbar's Din-i-llahi's major principles include:

• God is great (Allah-o-Akbar)
• Initiations would be performed on Sunday.
• The novice would place his head at the emperor's feat.
• The emperor would raise him up and give him the formula (Shast).
• The initiates would abstain from meat as far as possible and give a sumptuous feast and alms on their birthday.
• There would be no sacred scriptures, place of worship, or rituals (except initiation).
• Every adherent should take an oath of doing good to everybody.
• Followers should show respect to all religions.
• The emperor was ahead of his time in creating such a cult but this cult eventually died with him.