QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
August 13, 2016
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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Question 1 of 6
1. Question
2 pointsThe Government of India recently concluded a successful dialogue on the Naga political issue with which of the following groups?
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Solution: c.
“The Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) successfully concluded the dialogue on Naga political issue, which has existed for six decades, and signed an agreement today in the presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Government’s Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks, Shri R.N. Ravi, signed the Agreement on behalf of the Government of India. Shri Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman and Shri Th. Muivah, General Secretary were the signatories on behalf of the NSCN. The entire top leadership of the NSCN (IM), including all members of the “collective leadership”, has fully endorsed the agreement and was present during the ceremony.”
2015: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=124221
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Solution: c.
“The Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) successfully concluded the dialogue on Naga political issue, which has existed for six decades, and signed an agreement today in the presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Government’s Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks, Shri R.N. Ravi, signed the Agreement on behalf of the Government of India. Shri Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman and Shri Th. Muivah, General Secretary were the signatories on behalf of the NSCN. The entire top leadership of the NSCN (IM), including all members of the “collective leadership”, has fully endorsed the agreement and was present during the ceremony.”
2015: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=124221
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
2 pointsCrimea is surrounded by the waters of
- Black Sea
- Sea of Azov
- Mediterranean Sea
- Sea of Marmara
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
2 pointsThe primary objective of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is to
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Solution: d.
“The primary objective of the PMGSY is to provide Connectivity, by way of an All-weather Road (with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures, which is operable throughout the year), to the eligible unconnected Habitations in the rural areas, in such a way that all Unconnected Habitations with a population of 1000 persons and above are covered in three years (2000-2003) and all Unconnected Habitations with a population of 500 persons and above by the end of the Tenth Plan Period (2007).
In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal) and the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme) as well as the Tribal (Schedule V) areas, the objective would be to connect Habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cag-uncovers-roads-to-nowhere/article8982791.ece
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Solution: d.
“The primary objective of the PMGSY is to provide Connectivity, by way of an All-weather Road (with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures, which is operable throughout the year), to the eligible unconnected Habitations in the rural areas, in such a way that all Unconnected Habitations with a population of 1000 persons and above are covered in three years (2000-2003) and all Unconnected Habitations with a population of 500 persons and above by the end of the Tenth Plan Period (2007).
In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal) and the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme) as well as the Tribal (Schedule V) areas, the objective would be to connect Habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cag-uncovers-roads-to-nowhere/article8982791.ece
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
2 pointsThe term ‘Skimming’, sometimes seen in the news with regard to card transactions, refers to
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Solution: a.
“Skimming: An electronic method of capturing a victim’s personal information used by identity thieves. The skimmer is a small device that scans a credit card and stores the information contained in the magnetic strip. Skimming can take place during a legitimate transaction at a business.”
“Skimming can occur easily in a restaurant because your card is taken away when the bill is being settled. If your server is a skimming identity thief, he or she will, before giving the card back to you, scan the credit card with a hand-held electronic device, which takes only seconds. The electronically captured information is then used to by the thief or sold to other criminals.”
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Solution: a.
“Skimming: An electronic method of capturing a victim’s personal information used by identity thieves. The skimmer is a small device that scans a credit card and stores the information contained in the magnetic strip. Skimming can take place during a legitimate transaction at a business.”
“Skimming can occur easily in a restaurant because your card is taken away when the bill is being settled. If your server is a skimming identity thief, he or she will, before giving the card back to you, scan the credit card with a hand-held electronic device, which takes only seconds. The electronically captured information is then used to by the thief or sold to other criminals.”
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
2 pointsThe Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India’s premier nuclear research facility based in Trombay, Mumbai. It also conducts research in
- Power Generation
- Supercomputers
- Biotechnology
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Solution: c.
“BARC is a multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science, engineering and related areas. Its core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.”
“In addition to its nuclear research mandate, it also conducts research in other high technology areas like accelerators, micro electron beams, materials design, supercomputers, computer vision among the few.”
“It also conducts research in biotechnology at the Gamma Gardens, and has developed numerous disease resistant and high-yielding crop varieties, particularly groundnuts. It also conducts research in Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics for power generation.”
PIB: “BARC and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology sign MoU for joint development of Deep Brain Stimulator”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre#Civilian_research
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Solution: c.
“BARC is a multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science, engineering and related areas. Its core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.”
“In addition to its nuclear research mandate, it also conducts research in other high technology areas like accelerators, micro electron beams, materials design, supercomputers, computer vision among the few.”
“It also conducts research in biotechnology at the Gamma Gardens, and has developed numerous disease resistant and high-yielding crop varieties, particularly groundnuts. It also conducts research in Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamics for power generation.”
PIB: “BARC and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology sign MoU for joint development of Deep Brain Stimulator”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre#Civilian_research
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
2 pointsThe Jal Marg Vikas Project, being executed with assistance from the World Bank, will involve which of the following states?
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar
- Jharkhand
- West Bengal
- Assam
- Arunachal Pradesh
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Solution: b.
“NW-1 is a waterway of national significance passing through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.”
PIB, 2015: “The ‘Jal Marg Vikas’ (National Waterway-1) project envisages to develop a fairway with 3 meters depth between Allahabad to Haldia covering a distance of 1620 kms at an estimated cost of Rs. 4200 crore to be completed in six years. This would enable commercial navigation of at least 1500 ton vessels. For implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas Project, technical assistance and investment support is being provided by the World Bank.”
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Solution: b.
“NW-1 is a waterway of national significance passing through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.”
PIB, 2015: “The ‘Jal Marg Vikas’ (National Waterway-1) project envisages to develop a fairway with 3 meters depth between Allahabad to Haldia covering a distance of 1620 kms at an estimated cost of Rs. 4200 crore to be completed in six years. This would enable commercial navigation of at least 1500 ton vessels. For implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas Project, technical assistance and investment support is being provided by the World Bank.”
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