QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 05 September 2017

Solution: b.
North Korea acceded to the NPT in 1985.

NPT: http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/npt;
CTBT: https://www.ctbto.org/the-treaty/status-of-signature-and-ratification/;
TPNW: https://www.un.org/disarmament/ptnw/participants.html;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/sabre-rattling/article19621245.ece;
Glossary of terms relating to treaty actions: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/Overview.aspx?path=overview/glossary/page1_en.xml
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Solution: c.
• A common belief, even among economists, is that inequality is greater in individualistic societies than in collectivist ones. Individualistic societies are generally considered to be selfish and uncaring towards fellow human beings, which, it is believed, should cause them to suffer greater economic inequality. society. For the same reason, individualistic societies prefer a smaller government that imposes lower taxes and regulations on everyone, while collectivist societies prefer a larger government to impose a greater burden on the rich. The creation of a larger government in theory is supposed to redistribute wealth and uphold social justice. In reality however, it provides greater opportunities for special interest groups to capture it and forward their own agenda. This results in fewer economic opportunities for the wider population, which results in lower competition and greater economic inequality.
• In countries that provide higher-quality secondary education across the economic spectrum, there is much less income disparity.
• Family and social interactions impact earning potential. Social and emotional skills critical to leading a quality life are not sufficiently developed in economically distressed areas with a high percentage of unstable families.
• Increased demand for high-skilled workers adds to a widening wage gap. Companies are investing more heavily in developing a high-skilled workforce, driving wages up for high-skilled workers. This leads to de-emphasising or automating low-skilled functions, pushing wages for low-skilled workers down.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-selfish-way-to-combat-inequality/article19620891.ece;
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/income-inequality.asp;
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Solution: d.
IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1500 km from its boundary, which is its primary service area. IRNSS will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) which is provided to all the users and Restricted Service (RS), which is an encrypted service provided only to the authorised users. Some important applications of NavIC (the IRNSS constellation) include:
• Fisheries (Using the messaging capabilities o NavIC, fishermen can receive alerts related to bad weather and high waves)
• Shipping
• Transport (NavIC helps monitor the movement of school vans and facilitates better traffic management in cities, towns and highways)
• Railways
• Resource Management (The position information derived from NavIC helps Government agencies to manage resources efficiently using Geo-tagging and Geo-fencing techniques. The position of an object is linked with the virtual maps and alert messages are generated when there is a movement of object beyond permissible limits)
• Location-based Services
• Survey and Alignment
• Time-synchronised Services

Refer to pages 5 and 6 of the brochure for details regarding applications: http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c39-irnss-1h-mission/pslv-c39-irnss-1h-brochure;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/down-but-not-out/article19621247.ece;
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Solution: c.
Though the trilateral highway includes Thailand, the KMTTP does not. KMTTP is restricted to Myanmar and India.

KMTTP: http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/introduction-1;
About Trilateral Highway: http://www.mdoner.gov.in/node/1505;
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/making-up-for-lost-time/article19621257.ece;

Ans: c.
A thermonuclear bomb – colloquially known as a hydrogen bomb – is essentially a two-stage explosion: one a nuclear fission reaction, the other a nuclear fusion reaction. The primary explosion is the fission reaction – think, a conventional nuclear bomb – that emits x-rays that cause the secondary explosion, triggered by the fusion of tritium and deuterium, two hydrogen isotopes. These two isotopes naturally repel each other, but the x-rays weaken this repellent force, causing the pair to fuse together. It is the fusion of these two isotopes that triggers the enormous energy release that makes thermonuclear explosions so destructive.

Indian Express Explained Page, 5th September;
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/world/asia/north-korea-hydrogen-bomb.html;
From 2016: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/north-korea-test-what-is-a-miniaturised-hydrogen-bomb;
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Solution: d.
The Cell for IPR Promotions & Management (CIPAM) under the aegis of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has launched a social media campaign to promote Indian Geographical Indications (GIs) with #LetsTalkIP which is an ongoing movement initiated by CIPAM to make more people aware about the importance of Intellectual Property Rights. In the recent past, the government had launched similar initiatives such as #IWearHandloom and #CottonIsCool to promote and revive traditional handwoven textiles.

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170492;
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