QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 26 October, 2016
QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
26 October, 2016
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
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1 pointsThe ‘Ease of Doing Business’ reports were introduced in 2004, in order to review business regulations and their enforcement across countries. These reports are issued by
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Solution: a.
“Word Bank Doing Business reports, introduced in 2004, review business regulations and their enforcement across countries —190 this year. The latest edition takes into account developments in one year up until June 1, 2016.”
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“Word Bank Doing Business reports, introduced in 2004, review business regulations and their enforcement across countries —190 this year. The latest edition takes into account developments in one year up until June 1, 2016.”
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsApart from issuing the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking, the same institution in question issues along with it a ‘Distance to Frontier’ score. What is this?
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Solution: b.
“The distance to frontier score helps assess the absolute level of regulatory performance over time. It measures the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the best performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies in the Doing Business sample since 2005. One can both see the gap between a particular economy’s performance and the best performance at any point in time and assess the absolute change in the economy’s regulatory environment over time as measured by Doing Business.”
Primary Source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/distance-to-frontier/dtf-map/overall
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/what-will-we-tell-the-pm-we-are-often-asked-hence-the-matrix-dtf/article9268020.ece
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Solution: b.
“The distance to frontier score helps assess the absolute level of regulatory performance over time. It measures the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the best performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies in the Doing Business sample since 2005. One can both see the gap between a particular economy’s performance and the best performance at any point in time and assess the absolute change in the economy’s regulatory environment over time as measured by Doing Business.”
Primary Source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/distance-to-frontier/dtf-map/overall
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/what-will-we-tell-the-pm-we-are-often-asked-hence-the-matrix-dtf/article9268020.ece
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3. Question
1 pointsA recent report showed that India – along with Iraq – reported the highest number of incidents involving government mandated shutdown of internet access. Under what provisions have governments in India effected such shutdowns?
- Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- The Telegraph Act, 1885
- Information Technology Act, 2000
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: d.
- Most of these disruptions are being carried out by state government agencies, often under the terms of broad legal powers — such as Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure — derived from 19th century British Raj era provisions meant to empower police units and district administration officials to enforce curfew and confiscate property.
- The Telegraph Act — via Section 5(2) — provides for a more specific legal power to restrict or otherwise interfere with the transmission of messages on the direction of the Union or state governments. But this provision lacks defined procedure when it comes to internet shutdowns.
- The Information Technology Act, India’s principal information technology sector law, has provided for another tool, even if not a perfect one. Instead of a larger suspension of the internet itself, it provides for a proportional, limited power in favour of the Central government — and state government officials in emergency cases — to issue individual web content blocking orders when certain grounds are met.
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Solution: d.
- Most of these disruptions are being carried out by state government agencies, often under the terms of broad legal powers — such as Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure — derived from 19th century British Raj era provisions meant to empower police units and district administration officials to enforce curfew and confiscate property.
- The Telegraph Act — via Section 5(2) — provides for a more specific legal power to restrict or otherwise interfere with the transmission of messages on the direction of the Union or state governments. But this provision lacks defined procedure when it comes to internet shutdowns.
- The Information Technology Act, India’s principal information technology sector law, has provided for another tool, even if not a perfect one. Instead of a larger suspension of the internet itself, it provides for a proportional, limited power in favour of the Central government — and state government officials in emergency cases — to issue individual web content blocking orders when certain grounds are met.
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4. Question
1 pointsQuetta, often seen in the news, is located in the geographical region represented by which of the following groups?
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe Rajasthan Government recently launched a district-level campaign, “Sajha Abhiyan”, in association with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the UN Population Fund. This campaign has been launched in a bid to
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Solution: a.
Under the banner of “Sajha Abhiyan” of the Rajasthan government, UNFPA and UNICEF, a district-level Abhiyan Yatra was flagged off in Dausa on Tuesday for complete elimination of child marriages in the State. Child marriage in Rajasthan continues to be much higher than the national average. In order to address the issue, the State government, with the support of UNFPA and UNICEF, has taken the lead in developing a comprehensive strategy and action plan for doing away with the marriages of minor boys and girls.
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Solution: a.
Under the banner of “Sajha Abhiyan” of the Rajasthan government, UNFPA and UNICEF, a district-level Abhiyan Yatra was flagged off in Dausa on Tuesday for complete elimination of child marriages in the State. Child marriage in Rajasthan continues to be much higher than the national average. In order to address the issue, the State government, with the support of UNFPA and UNICEF, has taken the lead in developing a comprehensive strategy and action plan for doing away with the marriages of minor boys and girls.
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