QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 08 February 2018

Solution: a.

“…adding to the limitations is the fact that the Maldives has left the Commonwealth, and the SAARC is not meeting, and neither multilateral fora has much leverage over the Maldivian government at present.”

BIMSTEC members include Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/india-disturbed-by-emergency/article22672636.ece;

Solution: a.

The same appeared in the Hindu: https://www.graphicnews.com/en/pages/36207/EU_Balkans_expansion_(1);

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/oil-tanker-22-indians-freed/article22672747.ece;

Solution: c.

Lord Gomateshwara, also known as Bahubali, was the son of the first Jain Teerthankara, Lord Adinatha. He is said to have meditated motionless for one year in a standing posture (kayotsarga) and that during this time, climbing plants grew around his legs.

Chavundaraya, prime minister and commander-in-chief of the (Western) Ganga Kingdom, consecrated the statue of Bahubali in in 981 AD.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ceremonies-for-mega-event-begin-today/article22672197.ece;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahubali;

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Solution: b.

An IDS means higher duty on intermediate as opposed to final/finished goods. Take for example, the fertilizer industry – if import of key raw materials such as phosphoric acid, ammonia and sulphur attracts 18 per cent GST while the final product is taxed at 5 per cent, it would lead to large-scale closure of potash-based fertiliser-manufacturing companies and expose the country to the monopoly of international suppliers.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-manufacturing-muddle/article22671001.ece

Solution: b.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is an institution independent of any sports organization which provides for services in order to facilitate the settlement of sports-related disputes through arbitration or mediation by means of procedural rules adapted to the­ specific needs of the sports world. The CAS was created in 1984 and is placed under the administrative and financial authority of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).

The CAS has the task of resolving legal disputes in the field of sport through arbitration. It does this pronouncing arbitral awards that have the same enforceability as judgements of ordinary ­courts. It can also help parties solve their disputes on an amicable basis through mediation, when this procedure is allowed.

The CAS sets up non-permanent tribunals, which it does for the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games or other similar major events. To take into account the circumstances of such events, special procedural rules are established on each occasion.

Any disputes directly or indirectly linked to sport may be submitted to the CAS. These may be disputes of a commercial nature (e.g. a sponsorship contract), or of a disciplinary nature following a decision by a sports organisation (e.g. a doping case).

http://www.tas-cas.org/en/general-information/frequently-asked-questions.html;

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/winter-cheer/article22670999.ece