Current Affairs Quiz: 05 June 2024- Tele Manas Cell

Current Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as World Environment Day 2024 etc.

1. With whom has the Defence Ministry joined hands to set up a dedicated Tele Manas Cell for the armed forces?

(a) Policy Commission

(b) World Health Organisation

(c) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(d) World Bank

2. In which state has a new species of blue ant been discovered recently?

(a) Assam

(b) Sikkim

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Meghalaya

3. Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first woman elected President of which country?

(a) Panama

(b) Mexico

(b) Brazil

(d) Argentina

4. Which country has recently officially launched its space agency?

(a) South Korea

(b) Brazil

(c) Pakistan

(d) Kenya

5. When is World Environment Day celebrated every year?

(a) 3 June

(b) 4 June

(c) 5 June

(d) 6 June

6. Which country has recently banned the entry of Israeli passport holders?

(a) Maldives

(b) India

(c) Nepal

(d) Bhutan

Answer:-

1. (c) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Defence have signed MoU to set up dedicated Tele Manas Cell for Armed Forces. The special Tele Manas Cell will function as a dedicated mental health support helpline for all the armed forces of the country. There are total 51 Tele Manas cells functioning in all the States and Union Territories.

2. (c) Arunachal Pradesh

Indian researchers have recently discovered a unique blue ant species in Siang Valley, a "biodiversity hotspot" in Arunachal Pradesh. It has been discovered by researchers at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). According to ATREE researchers, the species has been named Paraparatrechina neela for its "distinctness from common red, black or brown ants.

3. Mexico

Claudia Sheinbaum becomes the first woman elected President of Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the ruling Morena party, was declared the winner of Mexico's presidential election by the National Electoral Institute. Sheinbaum, 61, is the former mayor of Mexico City.   

4. (a) South Korea

South Korea has recently officially launched its space agency. It aims to promote policy and industrial development in the aerospace sector. South Korea has named it Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA). South Korea plans its first lunar mission in 2032.  

5. (c) 5 June

World Environment Day is celebrated across the world every year on 5 June to raise and maintain awareness about the preservation of the environment. The United Nations General Assembly declared June 5 as World Environment Day during the Stockholm Conference in 1972. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the nodal agency for environmental protection.  

6. (a) Maldives

Recently, Maldives has banned the entry of Israeli passport holders into its country. Maldives has taken this decision amid growing public anger over the ongoing war in Gaza. Let us tell you that Maldives had lifted the ban on Israeli citizens in the early 1990s and restored diplomatic relations in 2010.