Current Affairs Questions 13th October 2020 4 Exam Going to Covered in One Year In Just 450 Rs per month CG CHSL L PHAS JE E 8 STEN PRE/MAINS GD O ALL SUBJECTS MTS Question of the day World Migratory Bird Day is विश्व प्रवासी पक्षी दिवस हर साल observed every year on _______. ________ पर मनाया जाता है। A. 09 October A. 09 अक्टूबर B. 10 October B. 10 C. 11 October अक्टूबर D. 12 October C. 11 अक्टूबर D. 12 अक्टूबर ● The World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated twice a year, that is, on the second Saturdays of May and October. ● The Day will celebrate the biannual migration on 10 October. ● Earlier in May, the day was celebrated on May 9, 2020. ● 2020 theme: Birds Connect Our World ● विश्व प्रवासी पक्षी दिवस वर्ष में दो बार मनाया जाता है, मई और अक्टूबर के दूसरे शनिवार को। ● 10 अक्टूबर को दिवस द्विवर्षीय प्रवास का जश्न मनाएगा। ● इससे पहले मई में, 9 मई 2020 को दिन मनाया गया था। ● 2020 की थीम: Birds Connect Our World 7 Migratory Birds in India • Migratory species are those animals that move from one habitat to another during different times of the year, due to various factors such as food, sunlight, temperature, climate, etc. • India has three flyways (flight paths used by birds): the Central Asian flyway, East Asian flyway and East Asian–Australasian flyway. • In India and South Asia, out of over 2000 species and sub-species, about 350 are migrants. • These includes Siberian Cranes are snowy white color birds and migrate during winter to India. Amur Falcon. Greater Flamingo. Demoiselle Crane. Bluethroat 8 9 10 Aarey Forest is recently in news. आरे वन हाल ही में खबरों में है। यह वन This forest is a part of which of the निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य का हिस्सा following state? है? A. Madhya Pradesh A. B. Gujarat मध्य प्रदेश C. Karnataka B. गुजरात D. Maharashtra C. कर्नाटक D. महाराष्ट्र ● Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey have been declared a reserve forest. ● Also the construction of the controversial car shed in this area for a Metrorail project in the area would be shifted to Kanjurmarg. ● मुंबई के आरे में लगभग 800 एकड़ भूमि को आरक्षित वन घोषित किया गया है। ● इसके अलावा, इस क्षेत्र में एक मेट्रो रेल परियोजना के लिए विवादास्पद कार शेड का निर्माण कांजुरमार्ग में स्थानांतरित कर दिया जाएगा। 12 Reserved Forests ● A reserve forest denotes forests accorded a certain degree of protection. ● The term was first introduced in the Indian Forest Act, 1927 in British India, to refer to certain forests granted protection under the British crown in British India, but not associated suzerainty. ● Unlike national parks or wildlife sanctuaries of India, reserved forests are declared by the respective state governments. ● In protected areas, rights to activities like hunting and grazing are sometimes given to communities living on the fringes of the forest, who sustain their livelihood partially or wholly from forest resources or products. ● The Indian Forests Act 1927 defines the procedure to be followed for declaring an area to be a reserved forest, a protected forest or a village forest. General Facts about Maharashtra ● Maharashtra is the wealthiest state by all major economic parameters and also the most industrialized state in India. ● Maharashtra is the home land of Maratha Empire of 18th century. This Maratha Empire included Peshwas of Pune, Bhonsle clan of Nagpur, Gaekwad of Baroda, Holkars of Indore and Scindia of Gwalior. ● Victoria Terminus which was later renamed as Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a proud historic railway station of Maharashtra and also a UNESCO world heritage site. It was built in year 1897 by Architect Frederick William Stevens. ● It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity. ● Pune is known as the 'Oxford of the East' due to the presence of several well-known educational institutions. ● Nashik is known as the 'Wine Capital of India' as it has the largest number of wineries and vineyards in the country. Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Maharashtra ● Chandoli National Park ● Gugamal National Park ● Nawegaon National Park ● Pench National Park ● Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park ● Tadoba National Park Dances of Maharashtra ● Lavani ● Tamasha ● Koli ● Povadas ● Dhangari Gaja Maharashtra in Recent News ● In Maharashtra, the committee appointed to control the price of masks and sanitizers, has submitted a report to the State Government. ● The Maharashtra government announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar. ● Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressed confidence that the recently launched campaign of My family - my responsibility by his government would strengthen the fight against COVID-19 in the state. ● Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that e- Peek Pahani mobile application of the State Government will reduce hardships of farmers and help them get the right price and good market for their produce. ● Maharashtra State Government has accorded ambulance status to the vehicles carrying medical oxygen for one year. 17 The Vice President of India paid भारत के उपराष्ट्रपति ने महान समाजसेवी tributes to the great social worker and visionary leader Nanaji Deshmukh on और दूरदर्शी नेता नानाजी देशमुख को his birth anniversary. Nanaji उनकी जयंती पर श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की। Deshmukh was awarded Bharat Ratna नानाजी देशमुख को वर्ष ________ में in the year ________. भारत रत्न से सम्मानित किया गया था। A. 2015 A. 2015 B. 2018 B. 2018 C. 2017 C. 2017 D. 2019 D. 2019 ● The Vice President of India paid rich tributes to the great social worker and visionary leader Nanaji Deshmukh on his birth anniversary. ● Nanaji Deshmukh was a long-time RSS member and a founding member of the Jan Sangh. He later became a part of the Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party. ● He was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 1999 and was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019. ● भारत के उपराष्ट्रपति ने महान समाजसेवी और दूरदर्शी नेता नानाजी देशमुख को उनकी जयंती पर श्रद्धांजलि दी। ● नानाजी देशमुख लंबे समय तक आरएसएस के सदस्य और जनसंघ के संस्थापक सदस्य थे। बाद में वह जनता पार्टी और भारतीय जनता पार्टी का हिस्सा बन गए। ● उन्हें 1999 में पद्म विभूषण से सम्मानित किया गया था और उन्हें मरणोपरांत 2019 में भारत रत्न से सम्मानित किया गया था। 19 Nanaji Deshmukh ● Nanaji Deshmukh (1916 – 2010) was a social activist and political leader. ● Nanaji Deshmukh was a long-time RSS member and a founding member of the Jan Sangh. ● He was considered one of the architects of the Jai Prakash Narain movement against Emergency in 1974, and was also instrumental in the formation of Janata Party government in 1977. ● He was a member of the sixth Lok Sabha between 1977 and 1979, and nominated to Rajya Sabha by the then NDA government in 1999. ● He set up the Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in Madhya Pradesh, which is considered the country's first rural university. ● He started a chain of Saraswati Vidya Mandir schools throughout India. Which of the following state निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य सरकार ने गरबा government has has branded Garba को 'विश्व का सबसे लंबा नृत्य महोत्सव' का as the ‘Longest Dance Festival of the नाम देकर ब्रांड किया है। World’. A. मध्य प्रदेश A. Madhya Pradesh B. उत्तर प्रदेश B. Uttar Pradesh C. राजस्थान C. Rajasthan D. गुजरात D. Gujarat ● Gujarat government has ruled out commercial or traditional street garbas in the state for the current year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. ● Garba is a form of dance which originated in Traditional garbas are performed around centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti. ● The Gujarat government has branded Garba as the ‘Longest Dance Festival of the World’. ● गुजरात सरकार ने COVID-19 महामारी के कारण वर्तमान वर्ष के लिए राज्य में वाणिज्यिक या पारंपरिक स्ट्रीट गरबा को खारिज कर दिया है। ● गरबा नृत्य का एक रूप है, जो पारंपरिक वेशभूषा में उत्पन्न होता है, जो एक दीप या देवी शक्ति की एक तस्वीर या मूर्ति के साथ केन्द्रित होता है। ● गुजरात सरकार ने गरबा को 'विश्व का सबसे लंबा नृत्य महोत्सव' कहा है। Garba vs Dandiya Raas ● Dandiya Raas is played with pair of colourfully decorated sticks, while Garba consists of various hand and feet movements. ● Most of the Dandiya steps require even number of people while in Garba there is no such requirement on number of people. ● The circular movements of Dandiya Raas are much more complex than that of Garba. ● While Garba is performed by women, men and women join in for Dandiya. Festivals & Fairs of Gujarat ● Rann Utsav: Rann of Kutch in the Kutch district ● International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) : Ahmedabad ● Shamlaji Fair: Samalaji, Aravalli district ● Bhavnath Mahadev Mela: Bhavnath Temple, Junagadh ● Modhera Dance Festival: Sun Temple, Modhera Dances of Gujarat ● Bhavai ● Dandiya ● Garba ● Padhar ● Tippani Gujarat in recent news ● Gujarat Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding -MoU with Denmark in the water sector.