QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 10 November, 2016
QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
10 November, 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
1. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements are true and lend support to cultivation of the pigeon pea variety ‘Pusa Arhar16’ – developed at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute – in paddy-growing regions of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh ?
- It has a yield greater than existing varieties of Arhar.
- The size of the pea is uniform, making it amenable to mechanical harvesting.
- Its straw, unlike paddy straw, has greater silica content and consequently can be ploughed back into the soil due to the ease of mixing.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
Question framed with a mains perspective (but this is worthy of knowing for preliminaries).
- In the Subramanian Committee report on pulses that was submitted last month to the ministers of finance, agriculture and consumer affairs, the possibilities created by a new variety of arhar (pigeon pea) developed by K.V. Prabhu and his colleagues at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) were discussed.
- This variety (Pusa Arhar16) has the potential to be grown in the paddy-growing regions of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and eventually in all of India.
- Its yield (about 2000 kg/hectare) will be significantly greater than those of the existing varieties and because its size will be uniform, it will be amenable to mechanical harvesting, an attractive feature for farmers in northern India who currently use this technology for paddy.
- Most important, arhar straw, unlike paddy straw, is green and can be ploughed back into the soil. In paddy straw, the problem is the high silica content, which does not allow for easy decomposition. In the case of arhar, the farmer, even after combine harvesting, just needs to run a rotovator to cut the left-over straw into pieces, which can be ploughed back and will decompose very fast. All this is difficult with left-over paddy stalks that cannot be easily salvaged or ploughed back (it is very firm). Farmers, therefore, choose the easiest option of simply burning it.
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Solution: b.
Question framed with a mains perspective (but this is worthy of knowing for preliminaries).
- In the Subramanian Committee report on pulses that was submitted last month to the ministers of finance, agriculture and consumer affairs, the possibilities created by a new variety of arhar (pigeon pea) developed by K.V. Prabhu and his colleagues at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) were discussed.
- This variety (Pusa Arhar16) has the potential to be grown in the paddy-growing regions of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and eventually in all of India.
- Its yield (about 2000 kg/hectare) will be significantly greater than those of the existing varieties and because its size will be uniform, it will be amenable to mechanical harvesting, an attractive feature for farmers in northern India who currently use this technology for paddy.
- Most important, arhar straw, unlike paddy straw, is green and can be ploughed back into the soil. In paddy straw, the problem is the high silica content, which does not allow for easy decomposition. In the case of arhar, the farmer, even after combine harvesting, just needs to run a rotovator to cut the left-over straw into pieces, which can be ploughed back and will decompose very fast. All this is difficult with left-over paddy stalks that cannot be easily salvaged or ploughed back (it is very firm). Farmers, therefore, choose the easiest option of simply burning it.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The current methodology of setting Minimum Support Prices used by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices does not incorporate social costs and benefits.
- Because of guaranteed Minimum Support Prices in paddy, it is less risky to grow than pulses.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
Question framed with a mains perspective.
- Agricultural research institutions must be free from political interference, must be accorded autonomy, and must reward proven talent.
- Making the fruits of science commercially viable will require price incentives to be re-evaluated.
- The Subramanian Committee estimated that pulses production was about six times riskier than paddy production.
- Pricing in India must increasingly take account of externalities, positive and negative. In the case of agriculture, that means adapting the current methodology of setting MSPs used by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) that focuses exclusively on private costs and benefits. This tends to encourage socially wasteful production and specialisation such as excessive paddy production in north India with all the attendant consequences to which we are grim witnesses.
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Solution: c.
Question framed with a mains perspective.
- Agricultural research institutions must be free from political interference, must be accorded autonomy, and must reward proven talent.
- Making the fruits of science commercially viable will require price incentives to be re-evaluated.
- The Subramanian Committee estimated that pulses production was about six times riskier than paddy production.
- Pricing in India must increasingly take account of externalities, positive and negative. In the case of agriculture, that means adapting the current methodology of setting MSPs used by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) that focuses exclusively on private costs and benefits. This tends to encourage socially wasteful production and specialisation such as excessive paddy production in north India with all the attendant consequences to which we are grim witnesses.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe Centre recently decided to extend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh due to “extortion and intimidation” by the cadres of which organisation?
Correct
Solution: a.
This is relevant, because: The government signed a ‘framework agreement’ with the NSCN-IM in September 2015 to find a final solution to the six-decade-old Naga issue. Yet, it is due to the NSCN-IM that AFSPA is being extended in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Solution: a.
This is relevant, because: The government signed a ‘framework agreement’ with the NSCN-IM in September 2015 to find a final solution to the six-decade-old Naga issue. Yet, it is due to the NSCN-IM that AFSPA is being extended in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWhich Indian state officially celebrates Tipu Jayanthi?
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Solution: d.
Not exactly a preliminary-type question because the protests associated with, and the celebration itself are intertwined with politics. A question requiring one to critically analyse whether Tipu was a tyrant or not, could be asked in the main examination. Or something like this – click HERE.
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Solution: d.
Not exactly a preliminary-type question because the protests associated with, and the celebration itself are intertwined with politics. A question requiring one to critically analyse whether Tipu was a tyrant or not, could be asked in the main examination. Or something like this – click HERE.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements with reference to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949:
- A major part of what is known as International Humanitarian Law is contained in them.
- India and Pakistan have neither signed nor ratified the convention.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
- A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Nearly every State in the world has agreed to be bound by them.
- The Conventions have been developed and supplemented by two further agreements: the Additional Protocols of 1977 relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts.
- India and Pakistan are both parties to the Geneva Conventions. While Pakistan has signed but not ratified the 1977 Additional Protocol of these conventions, which strengthens the protection of victims of international armed conflict, India has neither signed nor ratified it.
International Committee of the Red Cross;
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/life-along-the-line-of-control/article9325137.ece
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Solution: a.
- A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Nearly every State in the world has agreed to be bound by them.
- The Conventions have been developed and supplemented by two further agreements: the Additional Protocols of 1977 relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts.
- India and Pakistan are both parties to the Geneva Conventions. While Pakistan has signed but not ratified the 1977 Additional Protocol of these conventions, which strengthens the protection of victims of international armed conflict, India has neither signed nor ratified it.
International Committee of the Red Cross;
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/life-along-the-line-of-control/article9325137.ece
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