HomeDaily QuizUPSC Daily Quiz | 6 May 2024 UPSC Daily Quiz | 6 May 2024Daily Quiz, May 2024 | By admin /5 Daily Quiz - 6 May Tarun IAS offers a variety of courses and resources for UPSC aspirants, including a section for daily current affairs and quizzes. The institute was established with the goal of providing high-quality education and preparing students for the IAS exams. They aim to offer education that is up to date, challenging, and accessible regardless of the student's location or the time of dayTarun IAS emphasizes the importance of Current Affairs in both the prelims and mains of the UPSC exams, offering extensive materials and notes on the subject. Her For the most current and specific daily MCQs related to current affairs or any other subject, please click on the link below. 1 / 5 1. Where is the Shaksgam Valley located, which recently made headlines due to illegal construction activities conducted by China? Pakistan occupied Kashmir Aksai Chin Arunachal Pradesh Assam Explanation:ย ย India has issued a strong objection to China for conducting construction activities in the Shaksgam valley in a โillegalโ attempt to change the situation on the ground.ย The Shaksgam valley is a strategically key region that is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). 2 / 5 2. Who is the individual described as a leader of the Self Respect movement in the Madras Presidency and known for advocating for the rights of backward classes, particularly for his resolution to grant a national holiday on Labour Day for everyone?Codes: Singaravelu Chettiar Ukkirapandi MuthuramalingaThevar Dheeran Chinnamalai V. O. Chidambaram Pillai Explanation:ย ย In India, May Day was first celebrated on May 1, 1923, after the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was initiated and Comrade Singaravelar (Singaravelu Chettiar) helmed the celebrations.ย In two meetings โ one at Triplicane Beach and the second at the beach opposite Madras High Court โ the Comrade, known for being one of the leaders of the Self Respect movement in the Madras Presidency and for his fight for the rights of backward classes, passed a resolution stating the government should allow everybody a national holiday on Labour Day. 3 / 5 3. Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani are the disputed territories between: India-China Nepal-Bhutan Nepal-China India-Nepal Explanation:ย ย Nepal has announced the production of a new Rs 100 currency note with a map of the controversial areas of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura, and Kalapani, which India has already labelled as โartificial enlargementโ and โuntenable.โย Nepal completed the process of updating its political map on June 18, 2020, by modifying its Constitution to include three strategically vital areas: Lipulekh, Kalapani, and Limpiyadhura.ย India maintains Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belongs to it.Nepal shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states โ Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 4 / 5 4. Consider the following minerals:1) Copper2) Lithium3) Nickel4) CobaltHow many of the above are classified as critical minerals? Only one Only two Only three All four Explanation:ย The government will put on sale around 20 critical mineral blocks in the fourth round of auction by the end of June.Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of todayโs rapidly growing clean energy technologies โ- from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles. 5 / 5 5. Which of the following is associated with the "Egg skull rule" recently mentioned in the news: Monetary policy Cricket Elections None of the above Explanation:Underlining that the state and central consumer courts incorrectly applied the โeggshell skullโ legal principle, the Supreme Court on recently restored the compensation of Rs 5 lakhs awarded by the district consumer forum in a medical negligence case.ย The eggshell skull rule is a common law principle applied in civil litigation. Essentially, when the offender would be liable for all injuries that might be intensified due to the peculiar conditions of the injured person that the offender might not have known.ย Simply put, the defendant would be held responsible for injuries caused to a person when he hit him on the head, even if the victim had a particularly delicate skull or an โeggshellโ for a skull.The rule is applied for claiming an enhanced compensation ,for damage that is more than what could have been ordinarily anticipated to be caused by the defendant. Your score is 0% Restart quiz