QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 31 DECEMBER 2017
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsWhich among the following provinces of China opens out to the seas of the Pacific Ocean?
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Solution: d.
Tibet is known as ‘Xizang’. These provinces of China have been in the news in recent times (Xinjiang and Tibet are frequently in the news; Liaoning was in the news last week and Qinghai in today’s newspaper).
Additional Information (See map): Two provinces of China share their borders with India – Xinjiang and Xizang.
http://www.china-mike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chinese_provinces_map1.jpg;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece;
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Solution: d.
Tibet is known as ‘Xizang’. These provinces of China have been in the news in recent times (Xinjiang and Tibet are frequently in the news; Liaoning was in the news last week and Qinghai in today’s newspaper).
Additional Information (See map): Two provinces of China share their borders with India – Xinjiang and Xizang.
http://www.china-mike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chinese_provinces_map1.jpg;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.India has a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the country that has the world’s largest Lithium reserves
- India has a PTA with Australia
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: a.
Electric car batteries need lithium, which is plentiful in Qinghai. In fact, China holds the second-largest reserves of the mineral, with Chile standing on the top of the tree.
- Lithium today is primarily used in pharmaceuticals, ceramics and glass, metallurgy and lubrication industry, though in much smaller quantities than what is required for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries. The resource endowment is limited to only nine countries and 95% of global lithium production comes from Argentina, Australia, Chile and China.
- India has long-term trade relations with lithium-producing countries in Latin America through preferential trade agreements (PTAs). A recent extension of the PTA with Chile provides India some tariff concessions for lithium carbonate imports. India needs to further diversify the supply risk by including lithium in existing PTAs or establishing new PTAs with other lithium-producing countries.
- India and Australia are currently discussing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, and no PTA is in force between them.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/getting-charged-up/article19519844.ece;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece;
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Solution: a.
Electric car batteries need lithium, which is plentiful in Qinghai. In fact, China holds the second-largest reserves of the mineral, with Chile standing on the top of the tree.
- Lithium today is primarily used in pharmaceuticals, ceramics and glass, metallurgy and lubrication industry, though in much smaller quantities than what is required for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries. The resource endowment is limited to only nine countries and 95% of global lithium production comes from Argentina, Australia, Chile and China.
- India has long-term trade relations with lithium-producing countries in Latin America through preferential trade agreements (PTAs). A recent extension of the PTA with Chile provides India some tariff concessions for lithium carbonate imports. India needs to further diversify the supply risk by including lithium in existing PTAs or establishing new PTAs with other lithium-producing countries.
- India and Australia are currently discussing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, and no PTA is in force between them.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/getting-charged-up/article19519844.ece;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe Coco Channel separates an Indian island from
Correct
Solution: a.
Coco channel separates North Andaman and Myanmar’s Coco Islands (where the Chinese have military presence).
Additional Information: Narcondam is a small volcanic island located in the Andaman Sea. It is part of the Andaman Islands. It home to the endangered Narcondam Hornbill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Islands#Geography;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/narcondam-hornbills-edge-back-from-the-brink/article22334830.ece;
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Solution: a.
Coco channel separates North Andaman and Myanmar’s Coco Islands (where the Chinese have military presence).
Additional Information: Narcondam is a small volcanic island located in the Andaman Sea. It is part of the Andaman Islands. It home to the endangered Narcondam Hornbill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Islands#Geography;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/narcondam-hornbills-edge-back-from-the-brink/article22334830.ece;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe nomadic Agariyas are commonly associated with which one of the following regions?
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Solution: d.
The Agariya tribe derives its name from the word agar, meaning salt farms. They start arriving by October, when the monsoon leaves behind the Little Rann of Kutch as a mud desert. They keep coming till April to mine salt in this 5,000-sq. km marsh in the west of Gujarat, the State which produces roughly three-fourths of the salt that India consumes.
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Solution: d.
The Agariya tribe derives its name from the word agar, meaning salt farms. They start arriving by October, when the monsoon leaves behind the Little Rann of Kutch as a mud desert. They keep coming till April to mine salt in this 5,000-sq. km marsh in the west of Gujarat, the State which produces roughly three-fourths of the salt that India consumes.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe National Medical Commission Bill, 2017 recently introduced in the Lok Sabha,
1.Seeks to replace the Medical Council of India with a new body
2.Calls for a joint sitting of the National Medical Commission and bodies that regulate the Indian Systems of Medicine at least once a year
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: c.
Both statements are correct. The bill:
- calls for a joint sitting of the National Medical Commission, the Central Council of Homoeopathy and the Central Council of Indian Medicine at least once a year “to enhance the interface between homoeopathy, Indian Systems of Medicine and modern systems of medicine.”
- has also proposed that specific educational modules or programmes for developing bridges across the various systems of medicine and promotion of medical pluralism, can be done with the approval of all the members present in the joint sitting.
Bodies that regulate the Indian Systems of Medicine:
- The Central Council of Indian Medicine is the statutory body constituted under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. It has been framing and implementing various regulations relating to the Indian Systems of Medicine of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa.
- Under the Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973, the Central Council of Homeopathy was constituted to regulate the Indian system of medicine of Homeopathy.
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Incorrect
Solution: c.
Both statements are correct. The bill:
- calls for a joint sitting of the National Medical Commission, the Central Council of Homoeopathy and the Central Council of Indian Medicine at least once a year “to enhance the interface between homoeopathy, Indian Systems of Medicine and modern systems of medicine.”
- has also proposed that specific educational modules or programmes for developing bridges across the various systems of medicine and promotion of medical pluralism, can be done with the approval of all the members present in the joint sitting.
Bodies that regulate the Indian Systems of Medicine:
- The Central Council of Indian Medicine is the statutory body constituted under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. It has been framing and implementing various regulations relating to the Indian Systems of Medicine of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa.
- Under the Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973, the Central Council of Homeopathy was constituted to regulate the Indian system of medicine of Homeopathy.
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