QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
24 September, 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
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The state with the longest coastline in the country is Andhra Pradesh.
- The coast of India falls within the tropical as well as the subtropical region.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
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Solution: a.
Gujarat has the longest coastline.
According to GKtoday, “entire coast of India falls within tropics”, which is not technically correct. Boundaries of the tropics – The Tropic of Cancer marks the northern edge, whereas the Tropic of Capricorn marks the southern edge. Kori creek and Sir creek (both, Gujarat) area fall in the subtropical region, viz. beyond the Tropic of Cancer.Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151074
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Solution: a.
Gujarat has the longest coastline.
According to GKtoday, “entire coast of India falls within tropics”, which is not technically correct. Boundaries of the tropics – The Tropic of Cancer marks the northern edge, whereas the Tropic of Capricorn marks the southern edge. Kori creek and Sir creek (both, Gujarat) area fall in the subtropical region, viz. beyond the Tropic of Cancer.Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151074
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 points‘Panjnad’ is the name given to a few rivers of the Punjab region. Which of the following are among these rivers?
- Indus
- Satluj
- Beas
- Ravi
- Chenab
- Jhelum
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: c.
“The Indus flows southward and receives ‘Panjnad’ a little above Mithankot. The Panjnad is the name given to the five rivers of Punjab, namely the Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum.”
Page 24, India Physical Environment, Class XI NCERT
Improvisation: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-pakistan-relation-indus-water-treaty-terrorism-3044967/
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Solution: c.
“The Indus flows southward and receives ‘Panjnad’ a little above Mithankot. The Panjnad is the name given to the five rivers of Punjab, namely the Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum.”
Page 24, India Physical Environment, Class XI NCERT
Improvisation: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-pakistan-relation-indus-water-treaty-terrorism-3044967/
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following rivers of the Indus River system originate in China?
- Indus
- Satluj
- Brahmaputra
- Beas
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
“The Treaty, which came after a decade of World Bank-brokered negotiations, classified the six rivers of the Indus system into ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ rivers. Sutlej, Beas and Ravi were eastern; Jhelum, Chenab and Indus itself were western. The categorisation was relative — the western rivers flow almost parallel to the west of the eastern ones. Indus, the largest river, originates in China, so does the Sutlej. The other four rise in India; all enter Pakistan from India.”
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Solution: b.
“The Treaty, which came after a decade of World Bank-brokered negotiations, classified the six rivers of the Indus system into ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ rivers. Sutlej, Beas and Ravi were eastern; Jhelum, Chenab and Indus itself were western. The categorisation was relative — the western rivers flow almost parallel to the west of the eastern ones. Indus, the largest river, originates in China, so does the Sutlej. The other four rise in India; all enter Pakistan from India.”
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements with reference to some provisions in the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty:
- With the Eastern Indus Rivers, India is entitled to do as it pleases – dam the waters, produce electricity, among other possible activities.
- India can make use also of the waters of the Western Indus Rivers for irrigation, storage, and even for producing electricity.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
Both statements are correct. Statement 2 though, is incomplete. Read the following extract:
“The Treaty gave India full rights over the waters of the eastern rivers, while it had to let the western rivers flow “unrestricted” to Pakistan. India could use the waters of western rivers as well, but only in a “non-consumptive” manner. It could use it for domestic purposes, and even for irrigation and hydropower production, but only in the manner specified in the Treaty. With the eastern rivers, India could do as it pleased.”
“We have never used our rights on the western rivers. Under the Treaty, we can make use of the waters of the western rivers for irrigation, storage, and even for producing electricity, in the manner specified. If we just do what we are entitled to under the Treaty, it would be enough to send jitters through Pakistan. It would be a strong signal without doing anything drastic,” Sinha said.
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Solution: c.
Both statements are correct. Statement 2 though, is incomplete. Read the following extract:
“The Treaty gave India full rights over the waters of the eastern rivers, while it had to let the western rivers flow “unrestricted” to Pakistan. India could use the waters of western rivers as well, but only in a “non-consumptive” manner. It could use it for domestic purposes, and even for irrigation and hydropower production, but only in the manner specified in the Treaty. With the eastern rivers, India could do as it pleased.”
“We have never used our rights on the western rivers. Under the Treaty, we can make use of the waters of the western rivers for irrigation, storage, and even for producing electricity, in the manner specified. If we just do what we are entitled to under the Treaty, it would be enough to send jitters through Pakistan. It would be a strong signal without doing anything drastic,” Sinha said.
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 points“Friendship 2016” is a military exercise which will see the participation of which of the following nations?
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Solution: a.
“Shortly after Russian news agency Tass reported that the first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and Pakistan (dubbed, “Friendship 2016”) will open at Rattu in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Russian Embassy in Delhi issued a strong denial calling the reports “erroneous” and “mischievous”….”
“The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’ has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on ‘Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United Nations Mandate’.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/russiapakistan-joint-war-games-begin-today/article9141394.ece
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Solution: a.
“Shortly after Russian news agency Tass reported that the first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and Pakistan (dubbed, “Friendship 2016”) will open at Rattu in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Russian Embassy in Delhi issued a strong denial calling the reports “erroneous” and “mischievous”….”
“The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’ has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on ‘Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United Nations Mandate’.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/russiapakistan-joint-war-games-begin-today/article9141394.ece
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 points‘Aleppo’, seen often in the news, is a city in
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