 Hello everyone, welcome to Chanakya IS Academy current affair MCQs. Let's see today's questions. The exercise Harimau Shakti 2023, recently seen in news, is a joint bilateral training exercise between the India and which of the following countries army. The options are A. Nepal, B. Malaysia, C. Sri Lanka and D. Indonesia. The correct answer is B. Malaysia. It is a joint bilateral training exercise between the Indian and Malaysian Army. The Malaysian Army contingent comprises troops from 5th Royal Battalion of Malaysian Army. The Indian contingent is being represented by a battalion of the Rajput regiment. Its aim is to enhance military capability for conduct of multi-domain operations in a sub-conventional scenario. During the exercise, both contingents will establish a joint command post and establish an integrated surveillance grid along with the Joint Surveillance Centre. Both sites will rehearse employment of joint forces in jungle, semi-urban, urban environment. In addition, intelligence collection, collation and dissemination drills will also be rehearsed. The exercise will also witness employment of drones or UAVs and helicopters. Two sites will also practice casualty management and evacuation drills. Both the contingents will discuss logistic management and practice survival training at the battalion level. The training will focus primarily on high degree of physical fitness, conduct of drills at tactical level and sharing of best practices with each other. The exercise will culminate with a 48-hour long validation exercise in semi-urban area. Last addition of the exercise was conducted in Pulai, Luang, Malaysia in November 2022. Question number two. In reference to Indian history, Nandanar or Nandanar was a the options are a. Freedom fighter and leader of INC, b. Leader of Madras trade union, c. Nayanar saint and the author of a few Sangam literally work. The correct answer is c. Nayanar saint. Nandanar or Nandanar, also known as Thirunala Povar or Thirunala Povar, Nayanar was a Shaivite bhakti saint. He is the only parayar saint in the Nayanars. He is generally counted as the 18th in the list of 63 Nayanars. Question number three, which is the largest lignite producing state in India? The options are a. Odisha, b. Tamil Nadu, c. Jharkhand and d. Chhattisgarh. The correct answer is b. Tamil Nadu. Lignite deposits in India are primarily located in the territory sediments in the southern and western parts of the peninsular shield particularly in Tamil Nadu, Kuducherry, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. Lignite is also available in minor quantities in Odisha, Kerala and West Bengal. Question number four, which of the following group of state find mention in six schedule of constitution? The options are a. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, b. Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, c. Assam, Sikkim, Tripura and Mizoram and d. None of the above. The correct answer is a. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. The inclusion of the Hatti community in Himachal Pradesh schedule tribes list has led to confusion in the tribal development department. The Hattis are a close knit community who take their name from their traditional occupation of selling homegrown crops, vegetables, meat and wool at small town markets known as huts. The location is Himachal Uttarakhand border in the basin of the Giri and turns river both tributaries of the Yamuna. Let's see the constitutional status related to schedule tribes. The fifth schedule, it lays a provision for administering and controlling schedule areas as schedule tribes in 10 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana have fifth scheduled areas. The six schedule deals with the administration of STs in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Question number five, which one of the following is the context in which Operation Chakra 2 is sometimes mentioned in news. The options are a space research program, b. discovering lithium reserves, c. identification of cybercrimes and d. development program for missiles. The correct answer is c. identification of cybercrimes. The Center Bureau of Investigation has searched 76 locations across 11 states as part of the Chakra 2 operation launched against the organized cyber-enabled financial crimes. Operation Chakra 2 also led to the identification of a sophisticated cryptocurrency fraud. Five separate cases of cyber-enabled financial frauds were registered including one involving a cryptocurrency fraud worth rupees 100 crore. The CBI is working closely with international police cooperation with its international counterparts including the Federal Bureau of Investigation of USA, Cyber Crime Directorate and IFCACC of Interpol, the National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom, the Singapore Police Force and the BKA of Germany. We conclude today's session here. Tomorrow we will meet with a few more MCQs. Till then, please like, share and subscribe our channel.