QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 19 October, 2016
QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
20 October, 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 5
1. Question
1 pointsThe town of ‘Tamu’ in Myanmar is located closest to which Indian state on the India-Myanmar border?
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Solution: d.
The same question was posted here in August. “We have offered to scale up power supply from Moreh in Manipur to Tamu in Myanmar.”
“India, Myanmar to ‘stay connected’..”, The Hindu, 20th October, 2016
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Solution: d.
The same question was posted here in August. “We have offered to scale up power supply from Moreh in Manipur to Tamu in Myanmar.”
“India, Myanmar to ‘stay connected’..”, The Hindu, 20th October, 2016
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a part of the Indian Nuclear Triad?
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Solution: c.
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Kalvari” is a class of submarines being built in India and was in the news recently.http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/goa-periscope-a-russian-sub-leased/article9241593.ece
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Solution: c.
“
Kalvari” is a class of submarines being built in India and was in the news recently.http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/goa-periscope-a-russian-sub-leased/article9241593.ece
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe first ever Global Conference on Voter Education titled “Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation” is being organised by the Election Commission of India in association with the
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Solution: b.
“The first ever Global Conference on Voter Education titled “Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation” is being organized by the Election Commission of India in association with UNDP from 19th to 21st October, 2016 at New Delhi. The main purpose of the conference is to learn from the experiences of Election Management Bodies”.
Primary Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151732
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/compulsory-voting-is-not-practical-in-india-says-zaidi/article9241597.ece
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Solution: b.
“The first ever Global Conference on Voter Education titled “Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation” is being organized by the Election Commission of India in association with UNDP from 19th to 21st October, 2016 at New Delhi. The main purpose of the conference is to learn from the experiences of Election Management Bodies”.
Primary Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151732
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/compulsory-voting-is-not-practical-in-india-says-zaidi/article9241597.ece
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe recommendation,“A permanent Inter-State Council called the Inter-Governmental Council should be set up under Article 263”, was made by
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Solution: c.
Same question was posted here in July.
Page 192, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth;
Improvisation: “Smriti, Gowda out in Inter-state Council shake up”, The Hindu, 20th October 2016;
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Solution: c.
Same question was posted here in July.
Page 192, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth;
Improvisation: “Smriti, Gowda out in Inter-state Council shake up”, The Hindu, 20th October 2016;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 points‘Schiaparelli’ – an entry, descent and landing demonstrator module – is a vehicle destined for Mars. It is a project by
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Solution: a.
“There are growing fears a European probe that attempted to land on Mars on Wednesday has been lost. Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot’s radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet’s surface.”
- The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) satellite is really the key part of the mission formally called ExoMars 2016 – a joint endeavour with the Russian space agency (Roscosmos).
- The TGO is going to spend the coming years studying the behaviour of gases such as methane, water vapour and nitrogen dioxide in the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
- “…officials here have underlined the fact that Schiaparelli was always viewed within the agency as a technology demonstrator – a project to give Europe the learning experience and the confidence to go ahead and land a more ambitious six-wheeled rover on Mars in 2021.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37707776
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Solution: a.
“There are growing fears a European probe that attempted to land on Mars on Wednesday has been lost. Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot’s radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet’s surface.”
- The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) satellite is really the key part of the mission formally called ExoMars 2016 – a joint endeavour with the Russian space agency (Roscosmos).
- The TGO is going to spend the coming years studying the behaviour of gases such as methane, water vapour and nitrogen dioxide in the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
- “…officials here have underlined the fact that Schiaparelli was always viewed within the agency as a technology demonstrator – a project to give Europe the learning experience and the confidence to go ahead and land a more ambitious six-wheeled rover on Mars in 2021.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37707776
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