QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 15 March 2017

Solution: c.

Extracts from a TH BusinessLine article dated May, 2016:

• It is possible to achieve most of India’s solar ambitions without using up much land. How? By putting solar plants on water. Enter floatovoltaics.
• According to India’s National Register of Large Dams, the country has 4,862 large dams. Can floating solar power plants be put in them? It is technically possible.
• In January (2016), Japan’s Kyocera announced it would build the world’s largest floating solar system — 13.2 MW — on the reservoir of the Yamakura dam, with technical support from a French company.

Improvisation: Insightsonindia: Current Affairs;

ET: NTPC installs India’s largest floating solar PV plant (at Kayamkulam, Kerala);

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Solution: b.

“The government brought the amendment in the wake of a claim laid by the heirs of Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan, known as Raja of Mahmudabad, on his properties spread across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The matter is before the Supreme Court. Five ordinances were promulgated on the bill. The last one is due to expire on Tuesday.”

January, 2017: IE – the ordinance overreach;

TH: Parliament passes enemy property bill;

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Solution: d.

• Before the Parliament, in 1988, inserted Section 61A in the RP Act and Rules, legitimising them, EVMs were used in select constituencies by the EC by invoking its emergency powers under Article 324.
• Some parties had suggested that in order to increase transparency, the EC should explore the possibility of introducing VVPAT, in which a voter immediately gets a printout of her vote, which is then deposited in the ballot box. So, every voter can see whether her vote has been registered correctly. VVPAT does not record the voter id.

IE: How EVMs work, why many suspect they can be rigged;

Solution: c.

The same question was posted here earlier.

“The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has conceptualised the “Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)” as a nation-wide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility that will enable persons with disabilities to gain access for equal opportunity and live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. The campaign targets at enhancing the accessibility of built environment, transport system and Information & communication eco-System.”

Vikaspedia;

Improvisation: TH – Not so accessible after all;

Solution: b.

The 91^st Amendment Act modified the Tenth Schedule and made certain other amendments that strengthened the Anti-Defection Law.

Improvisation: TH: Competing to make up the numbers;

Ch-67, Indian Polity 4^th Edition by M Laxmikanth;

Solution: b.

Statement ‘c’ refers to phosphorescence; Statement ‘d’ refers to bioluminescence. All these are forms of luminescence.

Improvisation: TH: Glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina;

Wikipedia: Fluorescence;

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