Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 93 & 94
20 & 21 April 2016
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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Question 1 of 9
1. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The average number of earthquakes per year has been consistently increasing
- Earthquakes that occur along the Western Coast of South America are largely the result of the Pacific plate sliding under the South American plate
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Solution: d.
“In the case of the Ecuadorean quake, the Nazca, a heavy oceanic plate, is sliding under the South American, a lighter continental plate, at a rate of about two inches a year; The geological survey, which monitors earthquakes around the world, says the average number of quakes per year is remarkably consistent.”
April 19, 2016 – Page 16, Indian Express
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/world/americas/earthquake-epidemic-scientists-say-no.html
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Solution: d.
“In the case of the Ecuadorean quake, the Nazca, a heavy oceanic plate, is sliding under the South American, a lighter continental plate, at a rate of about two inches a year; The geological survey, which monitors earthquakes around the world, says the average number of quakes per year is remarkably consistent.”
April 19, 2016 – Page 16, Indian Express
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/world/americas/earthquake-epidemic-scientists-say-no.html
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Question 2 of 9
2. Question
2 pointsWith reference to the ‘International Panel on Fissile Materials’, which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
- It is a subsidiary organ to and set up by participants at the First Nuclear Security Summit, 2010
- Its members include nuclear experts from India
- It releases the annual ‘Global Fissile Material Report’
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
“…Since 2006, the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), an independent group of arms-control and non-proliferation experts from 17 countries, has been keeping track of HEU and plutonium around the world. In Global Fissile Material Report 2015, IPFM’s most recent annual assessment of stockpiles, it was estimated that there is about 1,370 tons of HEU in the world, “enough for more than 76,000 simple, first-generation fission implosion weapons” with about 99 per cent of this material held by nuclear weapon states, mostly Russia and the United States.”…”
“The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) is co-chaired by Dr. R. Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus, of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Professor Frank von Hippel of Princeton University. Its members include nuclear experts from eighteen countries” including India.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/nuclear-security-summits-the-road-not-taken/article8490498.ece
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Solution: a.
“…Since 2006, the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), an independent group of arms-control and non-proliferation experts from 17 countries, has been keeping track of HEU and plutonium around the world. In Global Fissile Material Report 2015, IPFM’s most recent annual assessment of stockpiles, it was estimated that there is about 1,370 tons of HEU in the world, “enough for more than 76,000 simple, first-generation fission implosion weapons” with about 99 per cent of this material held by nuclear weapon states, mostly Russia and the United States.”…”
“The International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) is co-chaired by Dr. R. Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus, of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Professor Frank von Hippel of Princeton University. Its members include nuclear experts from eighteen countries” including India.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/nuclear-security-summits-the-road-not-taken/article8490498.ece
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Question 3 of 9
3. Question
2 pointsThe Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement between
- All member states of ASEAN
- Japan
- South Korea
- Australia
- New Zealand
- India
- China
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Question 4 of 9
4. Question
2 pointsThe Special 301 report associated with the United States Trade Representative and often seen in the news is a report
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Question 5 of 9
5. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The Fourteenth Finance Commission recommended the creation of a ‘Municipal Finance List’, by amending the Constitution, which should specify taxes that are exclusively in the domain of local governments
- Funding under AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) is linked to reforms in institutions that govern the planning and management of cities
Which of the statements above is/are incorrect?
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Solution: a.
The FFC made no such recommendation.
“The experience of the JNNURM highlights the importance of reforms if Indian cities are to be transformed. The government of India’s financial support under the JNNURM was made conditional on both the state government and the urban local government committing to specific reforms in urban planning, finance and management. While some cities made serious effort at reform, the wider canvas remains bleak. Amrut, a successor of the JNNURM, with funding conditional on reforms, is effectively a Centrally sponsored scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore over a five-year period. Its challenge will lie in enforcing the conditionality of reforms, precisely the area where the JNNURM failed.”
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-smart-city-project-amrut-mission-2761155/
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Solution: a.
The FFC made no such recommendation.
“The experience of the JNNURM highlights the importance of reforms if Indian cities are to be transformed. The government of India’s financial support under the JNNURM was made conditional on both the state government and the urban local government committing to specific reforms in urban planning, finance and management. While some cities made serious effort at reform, the wider canvas remains bleak. Amrut, a successor of the JNNURM, with funding conditional on reforms, is effectively a Centrally sponsored scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore over a five-year period. Its challenge will lie in enforcing the conditionality of reforms, precisely the area where the JNNURM failed.”
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-smart-city-project-amrut-mission-2761155/
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Question 6 of 9
6. Question
2 pointsWith a view to improve the governance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs), the Government recently set up an autonomous ‘Banks Board Bureau’. Its chairperson is
Correct
Solution: d.
Shri Vinod Rai (Former CAG of India) is the present chairperson. “Mr Rai, was been appointed as the chairman of BBB in February. The main task of the BBB is to appoint chief executives and board members in public sector banks and also guiding them with strategies.”
http://www.thehindu.com/business/all-defaulter-are-not-wilful-says-vinod-rai/article8498337.ece
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Solution: d.
Shri Vinod Rai (Former CAG of India) is the present chairperson. “Mr Rai, was been appointed as the chairman of BBB in February. The main task of the BBB is to appoint chief executives and board members in public sector banks and also guiding them with strategies.”
http://www.thehindu.com/business/all-defaulter-are-not-wilful-says-vinod-rai/article8498337.ece
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Question 7 of 9
7. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- Bhimrao Ambedkar set up the ‘Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha’ or the ‘Outcastes Welfare Association’
- According to the Poona Pact, in addition to the agreement on electoral constituencies, reservations were provided for untouchables in Government jobs
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c.
- In 1923, he set up the ‘Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha (Outcastes Welfare Association), which was devoted to spreading education and culture amongst the downtrodden, improving the economic status and raising matters concerning their problems in the proper forums to focus attention on them and finding solutions to the same.
- In 1927, he led the Mahad March at the Chowdar Tank at Colaba, near Bombay, to give the untouchables the right to draw water from the public tank where he burnt copies of the ‘Manusmriti’ publicly.
- On 24th September 1932, Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji reached an understanding, which became the famous Poona Pact. According to this Pact, in addition to the agreement on electoral constituencies, reservations were provided for untouchables in Government jobs and legislative assemblies. The provision of separate electorate was dispensed with.
- Ambedkar attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London
13th April, PIB Features: http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/efeatures.aspx
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Solution: c.
- In 1923, he set up the ‘Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha (Outcastes Welfare Association), which was devoted to spreading education and culture amongst the downtrodden, improving the economic status and raising matters concerning their problems in the proper forums to focus attention on them and finding solutions to the same.
- In 1927, he led the Mahad March at the Chowdar Tank at Colaba, near Bombay, to give the untouchables the right to draw water from the public tank where he burnt copies of the ‘Manusmriti’ publicly.
- On 24th September 1932, Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji reached an understanding, which became the famous Poona Pact. According to this Pact, in addition to the agreement on electoral constituencies, reservations were provided for untouchables in Government jobs and legislative assemblies. The provision of separate electorate was dispensed with.
- Ambedkar attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London
13th April, PIB Features: http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/efeatures.aspx
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Question 8 of 9
8. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following statements with reference to Mithun – an animal of the bovine family – is/are correct?
- It is endemic to the North-eastern States of India
- The IUCN has classified it as an endangered species
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: a.
“Mithun is a unique large semi-domesticated animal of the bovine family, endemic to the North-eastern States of India.”
“The Mithun, Bos frontalis, often referred to as ‘the cattle of the mountains’ and ‘ship of the highland’, is considered a descendent of the wild Indian gaur or bison. Mithuns prefer cold and mild climates, and feed on forest leaves, shrubs and grass.”
“The All India Livestock Census of 2007 put India’s mithun population at 2.64 lakh of which 82 per cent were in Arunachal alone.”
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Solution: a.
“Mithun is a unique large semi-domesticated animal of the bovine family, endemic to the North-eastern States of India.”
“The Mithun, Bos frontalis, often referred to as ‘the cattle of the mountains’ and ‘ship of the highland’, is considered a descendent of the wild Indian gaur or bison. Mithuns prefer cold and mild climates, and feed on forest leaves, shrubs and grass.”
“The All India Livestock Census of 2007 put India’s mithun population at 2.64 lakh of which 82 per cent were in Arunachal alone.”
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Question 9 of 9
9. Question
2 pointsWith reference to ‘Jal Gram Yojana’, which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
- It is a scheme under ‘Jal Kranti Abhiyan’
- Under this scheme, two villages will be selected from every district in the country for all round development of water resources
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: d.
“Jal Gram Yojana is one of the most important activity of the Jal Kranti Abhiyan under which two villages in every district (preferably being a part of dark block or facing acute water scarcity) are being selected as Jal Grams. An integrated water security plan for water conservation, water management and allied activities are being prepared to ensure optimum and sustainable utilization of water.”
“100 villages dominated by SCs in the country will be selected under Jal Gram Scheme for water conservation. Jal Gram is a schemes under Jal Kranti Abhiyan of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in which two water starved villages will be selected from every district in the country for all round development of water resources.”
Incorrect
Solution: d.
“Jal Gram Yojana is one of the most important activity of the Jal Kranti Abhiyan under which two villages in every district (preferably being a part of dark block or facing acute water scarcity) are being selected as Jal Grams. An integrated water security plan for water conservation, water management and allied activities are being prepared to ensure optimum and sustainable utilization of water.”
“100 villages dominated by SCs in the country will be selected under Jal Gram Scheme for water conservation. Jal Gram is a schemes under Jal Kranti Abhiyan of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in which two water starved villages will be selected from every district in the country for all round development of water resources.”
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