Daily Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Practice 2027
- The project is located within the Kukrail Reserve Forest, which is a tributary of the Gomti River notified as a protected area in 1950.
- Kukrail will be the world's fifth night safari, following Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia.
- The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and conducted site inspections of the Kukrail project.
- The night safari's key engineering feature is a specialised lighting system designed to replicate the intensity and quality of natural moonlight.
Statements 2 and 4 are correct. Kukrail will be the world's fifth night safari, after Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia. Its defining engineering feature is a lighting system that mimics natural moonlight, letting visitors observe nocturnal animals during active hours without behavioural stress. Statement 1 is incorrect — while the Kukrail Reserve Forest was indeed notified in 1950, it is the Kukrail stream, not the forest itself, that is the tributary of the Gomti River; the forest is merely named after the stream. Statement 3 is incorrect — the CEC is a Supreme Court-appointed body reviewing forest and wildlife diversion cases under judicial direction, not a statutory body under MoEFCC.
- 1. Jnanpith Award — India's highest literary honour; conferred for an author's lifetime contribution since 1982; prize includes a bronze statuette of Vagdevi
- 2. Sahitya Akademi Award — Awarded annually for outstanding contribution to literature in 24 recognised languages; administered by an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture
- 3. Jnanpith Award — First conferred in 1965 to G. Sankara Kurup for Kannada literature
Pairs 1 and 2 are correctly matched. The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary honour, recognising lifetime contribution since 1982, with a prize including a bronze statuette of Vagdevi (Saraswati). The Sahitya Akademi Award is given annually by the autonomous Sahitya Akademi under the Ministry of Culture for outstanding works in 24 recognised languages. Pair 3 is incorrect — the first Jnanpith Award (1965) went to G. Sankara Kurup for Malayalam literature, not Kannada.
- QDENGA is a live-attenuated tetravalent vaccine providing protection against all four dengue serotypes.
- Unlike the earlier Dengvaxia (CYD-TDV) vaccine, QDENGA does not require pre-vaccination serological screening for prior dengue exposure.
- QDENGA is approved in India for individuals aged 6 years and above, and is administered in three doses six months apart.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. QDENGA (TAK-003) is a live-attenuated tetravalent vaccine protecting against all four dengue serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4), and unlike the earlier Dengvaxia (CYD-TDV), it does not require pre-vaccination serological screening, since Dengvaxia could paradoxically worsen disease in dengue-naïve individuals. Statement 3 is incorrect — QDENGA is actually approved for ages 4 to 60 years, not "6 and above," and administered in two doses three months apart, not three doses six months apart.
Option (a) is correct — the Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, shared between India (West Bengal, ~9,630 sq km) and Bangladesh, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, a Ramsar Wetland, and a Biosphere Reserve. Option (b) is wrong — the Mahanadi–Brahmani delta describes Bhitarkanika, Odisha, not the Sundarbans, and the Sundarbans is both a Heritage Site and a Ramsar site. Option (c) is wrong — the delta is formed by the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna, not the Hooghly, and the Heritage designation year is 1987, not 1975. Option (d) is wrong — the Sundarbans is transboundary, not entirely within Indian territory.
- 1. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. Union of India — Supreme Court judgment reaffirming Jantar Mantar as Delhi's designated protest site and holding Section 144 CrPC cannot be a permanent prohibition mechanism
- 2. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) enacted, replacing the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
- 3. Himat Lal K. Shah v. Commissioner of Police — Supreme Court distinguished reasonable regulation of public meetings from arbitrary exclusion
- 4. Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police (Shaheen Bagh case) — Supreme Court held protests cannot block public roads indefinitely
The correct sequence is Himat Lal K. Shah v. Commissioner of Police (1973, establishing that the State may regulate but not arbitrarily exclude assembly on public streets) → Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan v. Union of India (2018, upholding Section 144 CrPC as an emergency power but barring permanent bans, reinstating Jantar Mantar as protest site) → Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police, the Shaheen Bagh case (2020, holding protests cannot indefinitely block public roads) → the BNSS enactment (2023, in force 2024), with Section 163 BNSS succeeding Section 144 CrPC.
