Current Affairs Quiz – 30th March 2022

1. Consider the following statements regarding the City of Literature tag:

1. It comes under the aegis of UNICEF’s creative cities network initiative.
2. In India, no city has been given the city of literature tag.
3. Edinburugh was the first city of literature in a network of creative cities.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements regarding UNESCO’s tentative heritage list:

1. It is mandatory to place a monument on the tentative list for one year, before it is considered for the final nominations.
2. It is mandatory for member states to include the selected site in their own tentative list.
3. Meghalaya root bridges and the river island of Majuli are the only two sites in the tentative heritage list of North East India.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements regarding Walker Circulation:

1. It is caused by the low pressure system over the western Pacific Ocean, and a high pressure system over Indonesia.
2. It depicts the model of the air flow in the stratosphere, over the oceans, caused by differences in heat distribution.
3. During El Nino years, Walker circulations get weakened or reversed.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

4. Consider the following statements regarding the West African Monsoon (WAM):

1. The West African monsoon is the alternation of the south westerly wind and the harmattan at the surface.
2. Intensification of West African Monsoon (WAM) leads to lower rainfall over the western Indian Ocean and higher rainfall over the Amazon.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements regarding BIMSTEC:

1. The BIMSTEC has seven member states lying in the littoral and adjacent area of the Indian Ocean.
   
2. It was established on 6 June 1997 through the Bangkok Declaration.
3. Kaladan Multimodal Project under BIMSTEC links India and Myanmar.

Which of the statements given above are correct?