Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 6

1. Urban slums are settlements, neighborhoods, or city regions that cannot provide the basic living conditions necessary for their inhabitants, or slum dwellers, to live in a safe and healthy environment.

2. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: Access to improved water. Access to improved sanitation. Sufficient-living area.

The Satavahana kings mostly used lead as the material for their coins.

Most of their coins are in that metal. Silver coins are very rare. Next lo lead they used an alloy of silver and copper, called potin. 

Although the Satavahana coins are devoid of any beauty or artistic merit, they constitute a valuable source material for the dynastic history of the Satavahanas.

Kyushu Island (Japan) is not a Coral Reef Island.

• A coral island is a type of island formed from coral detritus and associated organic material. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas, typically as part of coral reefs which have grown to cover a far larger area under the sea.
• The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest Coral Reef System composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 km over an area of approximately 344,400 km². The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. 
• The Rainbow Reef is a reef in the Somosomo Strait between the Fijian islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu. It is one of the most famous dive sites in the South Pacific. 
• Swaraj Island is part of Ritchie's Archipelago, in India's Andaman Islands. It's known for its dive sites and beaches, like Elephant Beach, with its coral reefs.

The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall is Leh.

• The average annual precipitation in these regions is less than 50 cms. The cities like Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and Leh in Ladakh receive the least rainfall.
• India mainly receives rainfall from the Monsoons which lasts from June-September. Overall, India receives an average of 200-300 mm of rainfall over the country as a whole with the largest values observed during the monsoon season.
• The average annual rainfall in India is about 300–650 millimeters.
• The rainy season in India is affected by the humid southwest summer monsoon.
• The South of India typically receives more rainfall.

The legal approval to collective bargaining in India has been granted under The Indian Trade Unions Act.

Trade Unions in India are registered and file annual returns under the Trade Union Act (1926). Statistics on Trade Unions are collected annually by the Labour Bureau of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. As per the latest data, released for 2012, there were 16,154 trade unions that had a combined membership of 9.18 million (based on returns from 15 States - out of a total of 36 States). Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is the Largest Trade union in India.

Sri Lanka has received the first consignment of 3.1 million liters of high-quality non-harmful Nano Nitrogen liquid fertilizer from India.

This will help Sri Lanka in the cultivation of maize and paddy. The country’s President Rajapaksa had decided to impose a total ban on agrochemicals, to make Sri Lankan farming 100% organic. This decision to stop chemical fertilizer imports led to several protests among farmers.

The correct statement is the resistance of a metallic conductor depends on the length of the conductor.

The resistance of the conductor is directly proportional to the length. Thus the resistance of the conductor depends on the length. The property of the conductor due to which it opposes the current flowing through it is called resistance. It shows from 'R'. The SI unit of resistance is the "ohm". It is represented by the Greek letter "omega". Resistance is a "scalar amount".

Other Factors affecting the resistance of the conductor:

The resistance of the conductor is inversely proportional to the area (A) of ​​its transverse cut. That is, if the area of ​​the transverse cut of the conductor is doubled, then its resistance is halved.

Effect of heat on the resistance of the conductor:

The resistance increases when the temperature of all pure metals increases. Whereas the resistance increases very little when the temperature of the alloys increases.

The largest geographical area of India is covered by Inceptisols soils.

• These are usually the weakly developed young soil though they are more developed than entisols.
• Area (in Thousand Hectares): 130372.9
• Percentage of the total area of India: 39.74

The CVC is a multi-member body consisting of a Central Vigilance Commissioner (chairperson) and not more than two vigilance commissioners. They are appointed by the president by warrant under his hand and seal.

On the recommendation of a three-member committee consisting of

• The prime minister as its head,
• The Union minister of home affairs and
• The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

The president can remove the Central Vigilance Commissioner or any vigilance commissioner from the office. (So, Statement 2 is not correct)

The CVC is not controlled by any Ministry/Department. It is an independent body that is only responsible to the Parliament. (Therefore, Statement 1 is not correct)

The Central Vigilance Commission has amended the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the adoption of the “Integrity Pact” in government organizations for procurement activities. So, statement 3 is correct. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is the main agency for preventing corruption in the Central government. It was established in 1964 by an executive resolution of the Central government.

India has a bicameral parliament made of President, Rajya Sabha (Upper House / Council of States) and Lok Sabha (Lower House / House of People). While Rajya Sabha represents states and union territories, Lok Sabha represents people of India.