QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 October 2016

Solution: b.

West Bengal does not participate in meetings of the North Eastern Council.

“The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v) Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are not included in the Zonal Councils and their special problems are looked after by the North Eastern Council, set up under the North Eastern Council Act, 1972. The State of Sikkim has also been included in the North Eastern Council vide North Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 notified on 23rd December, 2002.”

http://mha.nic.in/zonal_council

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Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151862

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Solution: d.

“On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the economic liberalisation programme, many of the accounts looking back have tended to work at placing the Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao, at the centre of the rewriting of economic policy. Is this historically valid?”

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/c-rammanohar-reddy-on-narasimha-rao-1991-economic-reforms-and-the-1984-and-1992-horrors/article9252390.ece

Solution: d.

• India has been vocal in its opposition to measures that would increase costs. The proposed global market-based measures (GMBM) by ICAO must be aligned with the relevant provisions of the Paris Agreement, it has demanded with some other emerging countries, including Brazil and South Africa.
• These provisions relate to the common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC) principle, which ask the rich nations to cut emission on priority because they have been historically bigger polluters.
• The 15-year agreement will not force airlines to cut pollution. Instead, companies will compensate for emissions growth from 2020 by buying credits that back renewable energy development, forest preservation and other similar measures. (Such) an offset programme….could impose an economic burden on developing countries trying to expand their aviation sectors.

Primary Source: http://thewire.in/69669/india-should-cap-aviation-carbon-emits-to-adhere-to-paris-pact/

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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/indias-dissent-over-capping-aviation-emissions-baffles-iata/article9252268.ece

Solution: d.

“Appropriate measures to be adopted were also given. Issues relating to setting up of Regional Development Authority for development of infrastructure in the region, setting up of international museum of Indus – Valley Civilization at Dholavira in Kutch District was also discussed.”
Primary Source: Map 3 on Page 33, Our Pasts – I, Class 6, NCERT

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151873

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Solution: a.

“The Centre’s cyber security arm has issued a fresh warning to all banks cautioning them that cyber criminals from Pakistan may target their information infrastructure, The Hindu has learnt. The alert issued on October 7, came from the Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Electronics and IT.”

http://www.cert-in.org.in

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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/centre-warns-banks-of-pakistan-cyber-attacks/article9252453.ece

Solution: c.

“The Ministry of Civil Aviation took a major step today towards making flying a reality for the small town common man. The Civil Aviation Minister Shri P Ashok Gajapathi Raju launched the Ministry’s much awaited Regional Connectivity Scheme “UDAN” (“Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik”) in New Delhi today. UDAN is an innovative scheme to develop the regional aviation market. It is a market-based mechanism in which airlines bid for seat subsidies. This first-of-its-kind scheme globally will create affordable yet economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes affordable to the common man even in small towns.”

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151850

Solution: a.

• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has invited public comments on an expert sub-committee report on “Assessment of Food and Environmental Safety for Environmental Release of Genetically Engineered Mustard”. The last date for submission of comments is October 5, 2016.
• The sub-committee was constituted by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The GEAC is responsible for the approval of proposals related to release of genetically engineered organisms and products into the environment, including conducting field trials. Field trials refer to a controlled release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment (e.g., through reproductive isolation and site monitoring).

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