UPSC Quiz – 2020: IAS Daily Current Affairs Quiz Day 153

Solution (a)

Ayn al Asad is an Iraqi Armed Forces and United States armed forces base located in Al Anbar Governorate of western Iraq. The base is also used by British armed forces in Iraq.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/iran-attacks-us-al-asad-air-base-in-iraq-6205548/

Solution (b)

‘Naseem-Al-Bahr’ (or sea breeze) is a naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the RNO, being conducted since 1993.

Source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/royal-navy-of-oman-ships-arrive-in-goa-for-naval-exercise-naseem-al-bahr-120010601169_1.html

Solution (a)

As part of its endeavour to unify different tribes of Mizo, the Mizoram government will organise a grand Zo festival under the banner ‘Zo Kutpui’ in at least 10 different cities across the globe starting from January 9.

Solution (a)

NetSCoFAN, a network of research & academic institutions working in the area of food & nutrition was recently launched.

The NetSCoFAN would comprise of eight groups of institutions working in different areas viz. biological, chemical, nutrition & labelling, food of animal origin, food of plant origin, water & beverages, food testing, and safer & sustainable packaging.

Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1597673

Solution (a)

It is a type of subaltern literature that existed from the mid-19th Century to the 1950s. Written by the common man, they recorded important news events — be it the first train that rolled out in Royapuram, the introduction of the tram network, or the Madras famine.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/gujili-paatu-the-forgotten-songs-of-madras/article30320526.ece