QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
04 October, 2016
Clarifications:
Q5, October 1st Quiz (Click Here): Copy-pasting the statement as given in the question – “A High Court may refuse to exercise its writ jurisdiction, whereas the Supreme Court may not”. Copy-pasting the extract from Laxmikanth’s Indian Polity, which has also been provided in the explanation to the question – “A remedy under article 32 is in itself a fundamental right and hence, the supreme court may not refuse to exercise its writ jurisdiction. On the other hand, a remedy under article 226 is discretionary and hence, a high court may refuse to exercise its writ jurisdiction. Article 32 does not merely confer power on the supreme court as article 226 does on a high court to issue writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights or other rights as part of its general jurisdiction. The supreme court is thus constituted as a defender and guarantor of the fundamental rights.”
Explanation for Q7, October 2nd and 3rd Quiz (Click Here): If you got the answer right, you may have skipped reading the correct statements (which is essentially an explanation for the question). If you got the answer wrong, you may have only bothered to see the answer (correct option). Hence, we are providing the explanation here for that question – “The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention, including institutional and administrative arrangements. A key task for the COP is to review the national communications and emission inventories submitted by Parties. The COP meets every year, unless the Parties decide otherwise. The first COP meeting was held in Berlin, Germany in March, 1995. The COP meets in Bonn, the seat of the secretariat, unless a Party offers to host the session.”
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
1 pointsThe Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene (DBTK) initiative of the government is aimed at rationalising subsidy, based on the approach to cut subsidy leakages but not subsidy per se. Which among the following states became the first in the country to implement DBTK?
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Solution: b.
“Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four identified districts namely, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara from 1st October, 2016. Under the DBTK Scheme, PDS kerosene is being sold at non-subsidised price, and, subsidy, as admissible, is being transferred to consumers directly into their bank accounts.”
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Solution: b.
“Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four identified districts namely, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara from 1st October, 2016. Under the DBTK Scheme, PDS kerosene is being sold at non-subsidised price, and, subsidy, as admissible, is being transferred to consumers directly into their bank accounts.”
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Liquified Petroleum Gas subsidy was the first subsidy, preferred over Kerosene subsidy, under which Direct Benefits Transfer was introduced.
Reasons (R): Coordination between ministries and state government departments in introducing subsidies under DBT is easier in the case of LPG than Kerosene.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
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Solution: a.
R is one of the reasons why DBT in LPG was preferred over Kerosene. The following is an extract from the section, ‘Where next to spread JAM?’ on Page 61, Volume 1, Economic Survey, 2015-16.
“Within-government coordination: ministries and state government departments share authority in administering subsidies and transfers. Some subsidies have more streamlined administrative arrangements than others. The LPG subsidy, for instance, merely requires coordination between the Union Petroleum Ministry, the 3 Oil Marketing Companies and the network of distributors it manages. Coordination in this setting is significantly easier than in kerosene, where the Union Petroleum Ministry must coordinate with the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and all the states’ Public Distribution Departments. It is thus no accident that LPG was the first subsidy where DBT was introduced!”
Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151396
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Solution: a.
R is one of the reasons why DBT in LPG was preferred over Kerosene. The following is an extract from the section, ‘Where next to spread JAM?’ on Page 61, Volume 1, Economic Survey, 2015-16.
“Within-government coordination: ministries and state government departments share authority in administering subsidies and transfers. Some subsidies have more streamlined administrative arrangements than others. The LPG subsidy, for instance, merely requires coordination between the Union Petroleum Ministry, the 3 Oil Marketing Companies and the network of distributors it manages. Coordination in this setting is significantly easier than in kerosene, where the Union Petroleum Ministry must coordinate with the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and all the states’ Public Distribution Departments. It is thus no accident that LPG was the first subsidy where DBT was introduced!”
Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151396
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese Cell Biologist, for his discoveries with regard to a concept and process known as ‘Autophagy’, a Greek term for “self-eating”. How does autophagy as a cellular process help an organism?
- During starvation, breaking down proteins and nonessential components and reusing them for energy.
- Getting rid of damaged structures.
- Destroying invading viruses and bacteria.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: d.
“The process is thought to go awry in cancer, infectious diseases, immunological diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Disruptions in autophagy are also thought to play a role in aging. But little was known about how autophagy happens, what genes were involved, or its role in disease and normal development until Dr. Ohsumi began studying the process in baker’s yeast.”
4th October, Explained Page, Indian Express
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/yoshinori-ohsumi-nobel-prize-medicine.html?_r=0
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Solution: d.
“The process is thought to go awry in cancer, infectious diseases, immunological diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Disruptions in autophagy are also thought to play a role in aging. But little was known about how autophagy happens, what genes were involved, or its role in disease and normal development until Dr. Ohsumi began studying the process in baker’s yeast.”
4th October, Explained Page, Indian Express
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/yoshinori-ohsumi-nobel-prize-medicine.html?_r=0
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWho of the following founded the institution ‘Asiatic Society’ in the year 1784?
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Solution: a.
Our Pasts III Part 2, NCERT Class 8 mentions, “Jones discovered that his interests were shared by many British officials living in Calcutta at the time. Englishmen like Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed were also busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage, mastering Indian languages and translating Sanskrit and Persian works into English. Together with them, Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and started a journal called Asiatick Researches.”
The Asiatic Society website though, has this to say: “While others were thinking in terms of individual study and research, Sir William Jones was the first man to think in terms of a permanent organisation for Oriental studies and researches on a grand scale in this country. He took the initiative and in January 1784 sent out a circular letter to selected persons of the elite with a view to establishing a Society for this purpose. In response to his letter, thirty European gentlemen of Calcutta including Mr. Justice John Hyde, John Carnac, Henry Vansittart, John Shore, Charles Wilkins, Francis Gladwin, Jonathan Duncan and others gathered on 15 January 1784 in the Grand Jury Room of the old Supreme Court of Calcutta. The Chief Justice Sir Robert Chambers presided at the first meeting and Jones delivered his first discourse in which he put forward his plans for the Society.”
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Solution: a.
Our Pasts III Part 2, NCERT Class 8 mentions, “Jones discovered that his interests were shared by many British officials living in Calcutta at the time. Englishmen like Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed were also busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage, mastering Indian languages and translating Sanskrit and Persian works into English. Together with them, Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and started a journal called Asiatick Researches.”
The Asiatic Society website though, has this to say: “While others were thinking in terms of individual study and research, Sir William Jones was the first man to think in terms of a permanent organisation for Oriental studies and researches on a grand scale in this country. He took the initiative and in January 1784 sent out a circular letter to selected persons of the elite with a view to establishing a Society for this purpose. In response to his letter, thirty European gentlemen of Calcutta including Mr. Justice John Hyde, John Carnac, Henry Vansittart, John Shore, Charles Wilkins, Francis Gladwin, Jonathan Duncan and others gathered on 15 January 1784 in the Grand Jury Room of the old Supreme Court of Calcutta. The Chief Justice Sir Robert Chambers presided at the first meeting and Jones delivered his first discourse in which he put forward his plans for the Society.”
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Rajamannar Committee’ was set up to study which one of the following matters?
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Solution: b.
“Over succeeding decades, and contingent on issues and the balance of political forces, the debate over the operational modalities of the centre-state relations has developed. An early advocate of decentralization was C. Rajagopalachari who thought that ‘the solution to centrifugal forces was to concede greater autonomy to the states.’ The same line of argument was adopted by Tamil Nadu’s Rajmannar Commission in its 1971 Report of the Centre-State Relations Inquiry Committee. Some years later, the Sarkaria Committee noted that ‘while the Union-State relations were intended to be worked on the basis of co-operative federalism and consensus in all areas of common interest, they have not been so worked and the forums envisaged by the Constitution for that purpose have not been established.’..”
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151370
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Solution: b.
“Over succeeding decades, and contingent on issues and the balance of political forces, the debate over the operational modalities of the centre-state relations has developed. An early advocate of decentralization was C. Rajagopalachari who thought that ‘the solution to centrifugal forces was to concede greater autonomy to the states.’ The same line of argument was adopted by Tamil Nadu’s Rajmannar Commission in its 1971 Report of the Centre-State Relations Inquiry Committee. Some years later, the Sarkaria Committee noted that ‘while the Union-State relations were intended to be worked on the basis of co-operative federalism and consensus in all areas of common interest, they have not been so worked and the forums envisaged by the Constitution for that purpose have not been established.’..”
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151370
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