QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
August 1, 2016
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2016. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 pointsWith the advent of the monsoon, animals from the Kaziranga National Park move to higher grounds. Which among the following hills do they head to?
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Solution: b.
“Elephants and other animals migrate before the monsoon southwards into the Mikir Hills and beyond them to avoid the annual flooding of the National Park (Sinha, 1981).”
http://assamforest.in/knp-osc/pdfreport/unep_wcmc_kaziranga.pdf
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/floods-ravage-eastern-india-killing-many/article8922031.ece
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Solution: b.
“Elephants and other animals migrate before the monsoon southwards into the Mikir Hills and beyond them to avoid the annual flooding of the National Park (Sinha, 1981).”
http://assamforest.in/knp-osc/pdfreport/unep_wcmc_kaziranga.pdf
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/floods-ravage-eastern-india-killing-many/article8922031.ece
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 pointsThe next financial statement will see “plan” and “non-plan” expenditure eliminated. It will be replaced by
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Solution: a.
“For eliminating the distinction between plan and non-plan and replacing it with revenue and capital expenditures, a decision is already in place. A very elaborate exercise is going on for both the procedural as well as the formatting aspects. Soon we should be in a position to lay down the new structure of the budget.”
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Solution: a.
“For eliminating the distinction between plan and non-plan and replacing it with revenue and capital expenditures, a decision is already in place. A very elaborate exercise is going on for both the procedural as well as the formatting aspects. Soon we should be in a position to lay down the new structure of the budget.”
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following nations do not open out to the Red Sea?
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Solution: c.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-airlift-jobless-workers-from-saudi-arabia/article8924738.ece
Similar question has been asked here before.Incorrect
Solution: c.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-airlift-jobless-workers-from-saudi-arabia/article8924738.ece
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 pointsIt is said that the real concern today is not prices of arhar dal, but chana or chickpea. Prices of the former are softening in contrast to the rising trend of the latter. What may be the reason for this?
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Solution: b.
“Arhar, urad (black gram) and moong (green gram) are basically kharif pulses. They are mostly sown in June-July with the onset of the southwest monsoon rains. This year, farmers have hugely expanded acreages under kharif pulses, encouraged by the high prices prevailing in the markets. And with the monsoon also turning out to be very good so far, we can expect a bumper kharif crop that should take care of arhar prices at least.”
“Things are somewhat different with chana, which is a rabi season crop planted in October-November and harvested in March-April. The last two years’ crops have been poor. The very fact it is due only in March-April means that the respite on the chana prices front may still be some months away.”
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Solution: b.
“Arhar, urad (black gram) and moong (green gram) are basically kharif pulses. They are mostly sown in June-July with the onset of the southwest monsoon rains. This year, farmers have hugely expanded acreages under kharif pulses, encouraged by the high prices prevailing in the markets. And with the monsoon also turning out to be very good so far, we can expect a bumper kharif crop that should take care of arhar prices at least.”
“Things are somewhat different with chana, which is a rabi season crop planted in October-November and harvested in March-April. The last two years’ crops have been poor. The very fact it is due only in March-April means that the respite on the chana prices front may still be some months away.”
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 pointsChina’s claims in waters of East Asia are enclosed by what it refers to and has come to be known as the ‘Nine-Dash Line’. This line encompasses which all seas?
- South China Sea
- Sulu Sea
- Celebes Sea
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
Trick question. Though there is some confusion regarding the extent of China’s claims, their “nine-Dash line” claim lies in the South China Sea and definitely do not enclose the Sulu Sea or Celebes Sea.
http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/interview-xue-li-on-the-south-china-sea/
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/all-at-the-south-china-sea/article8925134.ece
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Solution: a.
Trick question. Though there is some confusion regarding the extent of China’s claims, their “nine-Dash line” claim lies in the South China Sea and definitely do not enclose the Sulu Sea or Celebes Sea.
http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/interview-xue-li-on-the-south-china-sea/
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/all-at-the-south-china-sea/article8925134.ece
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