QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
August 27, 2016
Clarifications:
August 23rd, 2016 (Click Here): Question 4 on Khel Ratna Award and Rio Olympics – The question is basically asking for who the medal winners at the Olympics were.
Answer will remain the same, option ‘c’ that is.
August 25th, 2016 (Click Here): Question 2 on communities mentioned in news and associated nations – The explanation in the solution clearly mentions the nations that are associated with the Kurds. The intention of the question was to make one aware of the many countries that the Kurds are spread across. The answer will remain the same.
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 6
1. Question
2 points. Consider the following pairs :
Community sometimes mentioned in the news: Associated nation
- Malaiha : Malaysia
- Chakma : China
- Hajongs : Bangladesh
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
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Solution: d.
Malaiha refers to Indian-origin Sri Lankans (Indian Tamils originally) who fled to Tamil Nadu as refugees.
Hajong people – Northeast India and Bengal region (West Bengal, Bangladesh)
Chakma – Bangladesh, Burma and East/Northeast India
“Immigrants, even those who are termed illegal, are entitled to equal protection before the law and the various rights that flow from Article 21. This was stressed by the Supreme Court in National Human Rights Commission v. State of Arunachal Pradesh while addressing the rights of Chakma refugees.”
Hajongs and Chakmas were in the news in 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/citizenship-without-bias/article9026942.ece
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Solution: d.
Malaiha refers to Indian-origin Sri Lankans (Indian Tamils originally) who fled to Tamil Nadu as refugees.
Hajong people – Northeast India and Bengal region (West Bengal, Bangladesh)
Chakma – Bangladesh, Burma and East/Northeast India
“Immigrants, even those who are termed illegal, are entitled to equal protection before the law and the various rights that flow from Article 21. This was stressed by the Supreme Court in National Human Rights Commission v. State of Arunachal Pradesh while addressing the rights of Chakma refugees.”
Hajongs and Chakmas were in the news in 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/citizenship-without-bias/article9026942.ece
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
2 pointsAsia’s oldest football tournament is
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Solution: c.
“Durand Cup is a prestigious football tournament conducted in the country. It was instituted in 1888 at Shimla by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. It is the oldest tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world after Football Association Cup of England and Scotland Football Association Cup. The Defence Services have been associated in organizing Durand Football Tournament right from its inception.”
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Solution: c.
“Durand Cup is a prestigious football tournament conducted in the country. It was instituted in 1888 at Shimla by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. It is the oldest tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world after Football Association Cup of England and Scotland Football Association Cup. The Defence Services have been associated in organizing Durand Football Tournament right from its inception.”
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
2 pointsIndia can sell its BrahMos missiles to any nation on the basis of India being
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Solution: c.
“Mr. Modi will reach Hangzhou after visiting Vietnam, which has expressed its interest in buying the BrahMos missiles. India is free to export these missiles as it has got the membership of the Missile Technology Control Regime.”
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Solution: c.
“Mr. Modi will reach Hangzhou after visiting Vietnam, which has expressed its interest in buying the BrahMos missiles. India is free to export these missiles as it has got the membership of the Missile Technology Control Regime.”
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following statements with references to the Habeas Corpus writ is/are correct?:
- This writ can be issued against both public authorities as well as private individuals.
- It cannot be issued in a situation wherein the proceeding is for contempt of a legislature or for contempt of a court
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: c.
Both statements are correct.
“However, the Bench refused to aid Ms. Jahan find her four minor children, whom she claims to have been “taken away” by her husband after talaq’. Instead, the Bench asked her to move a habeas corpus petition in the High Court concerned, at one point remarking that “she produced them [children]”. …”
“The writ of habeas corpus can be issued against both public authorities as well as private individuals. The writ, on the other hand, is not issued where the (a) detention is lawful, (b) the proceeding is for contempt of a legislature or a court, (c) detention is by a competent court, and (d) detention is outside the jurisdiction of the court.”
Fundamental Rights, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth
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Solution: c.
Both statements are correct.
“However, the Bench refused to aid Ms. Jahan find her four minor children, whom she claims to have been “taken away” by her husband after talaq’. Instead, the Bench asked her to move a habeas corpus petition in the High Court concerned, at one point remarking that “she produced them [children]”. …”
“The writ of habeas corpus can be issued against both public authorities as well as private individuals. The writ, on the other hand, is not issued where the (a) detention is lawful, (b) the proceeding is for contempt of a legislature or a court, (c) detention is by a competent court, and (d) detention is outside the jurisdiction of the court.”
Fundamental Rights, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- An example of a hill fort in desert terrain
- An extensive township contained within it from the outset and still inhabited today
- A UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Also known as “Sonar Quila”
- Contains a group of Jain temples within
The statements given above refer to which of the following forts?
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Solution: a.
“Jaisalmer is an example a hill fort in desert terrain. The extensive township contained within it from the outset, still inhabited today, and the group of Jain temples, make it an important (and in some respects even unique) example of a sacred and secular (urban) fort.”
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Solution: a.
“Jaisalmer is an example a hill fort in desert terrain. The extensive township contained within it from the outset, still inhabited today, and the group of Jain temples, make it an important (and in some respects even unique) example of a sacred and secular (urban) fort.”
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
2 pointsArrange the following list of nations in their order of occurrence from South to North:
- Kazakhstan
- Afghanistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
China’s decision to turn proactive along the turbulent AfPak-Central Asia corridor was anchored earlier this month. Top military commanders from China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan met in Urumqi, capital of China’s Xinjiang province on August 3, to form a “Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in Counter Terrorism.”
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Solution: b.
China’s decision to turn proactive along the turbulent AfPak-Central Asia corridor was anchored earlier this month. Top military commanders from China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan met in Urumqi, capital of China’s Xinjiang province on August 3, to form a “Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in Counter Terrorism.”
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