QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 20 April 2018
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 pointsThe “Open Heritage Project”, recently in the news, is a joint effort of
Correct
Solution: c.
Google has partnered with 3D laser scanning nonprofit CyArk to help preserve historical sites around the world that are at risk of irreversible damage or total erasure due to human conflict and natural disasters. The joint effort, called the Open Heritage project, will use CyArk’s laser-scanning technology to create high resolution 3D scans of historical sites to re-create them virtually, so they can be preserved and explored online either on a computer, through a mobile device, or while wearing a virtual reality headset.
A short video: BBC;
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Solution: c.
Google has partnered with 3D laser scanning nonprofit CyArk to help preserve historical sites around the world that are at risk of irreversible damage or total erasure due to human conflict and natural disasters. The joint effort, called the Open Heritage project, will use CyArk’s laser-scanning technology to create high resolution 3D scans of historical sites to re-create them virtually, so they can be preserved and explored online either on a computer, through a mobile device, or while wearing a virtual reality headset.
A short video: BBC;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.They are responsible for about half of earth’s oxygen
- They are the only known organisms that always swim against the ocean current
Which of the statements given above about planktons is/are true?
Correct
Solution: a.
Plankton, marine and freshwater organisms that, because they are nonmotile or too small or weak to swim against the current, exist in a drifting state. The term plankton is a collective name for all such organisms—including certain algae, bacteria, protozoans, crustaceans, mollusks, and coelenterates, as well as representatives from almost every other phylum of animals.
Plankton are responsible for 50% of earth’s oxygen. They are an essential part of the food chain. And billions of billions of ancient plankton have given their bodies to form the crude oil that powers modern society.
Plankton is the productive base of both marine and freshwater ecosystems, providing food for larger animals and indirectly for humans, whose fisheries depend upon plankton.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150608-what-plankton-have-done-for-us;
https://www.britannica.com/science/plankton;
Improvisation: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43796939;
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Incorrect
Solution: a.
Plankton, marine and freshwater organisms that, because they are nonmotile or too small or weak to swim against the current, exist in a drifting state. The term plankton is a collective name for all such organisms—including certain algae, bacteria, protozoans, crustaceans, mollusks, and coelenterates, as well as representatives from almost every other phylum of animals.
Plankton are responsible for 50% of earth’s oxygen. They are an essential part of the food chain. And billions of billions of ancient plankton have given their bodies to form the crude oil that powers modern society.
Plankton is the productive base of both marine and freshwater ecosystems, providing food for larger animals and indirectly for humans, whose fisheries depend upon plankton.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150608-what-plankton-have-done-for-us;
https://www.britannica.com/science/plankton;
Improvisation: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43796939;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsAfter Petroleum Oil and Lubricants, which among the following items accounted for the largest share of imports in the financial year 2016-17?
Correct
Solution: a.
POL: 22.6%
Gold: 7.2%
Fertilisers: 1.3%
Electronic goods: 10.9%
Table 6, Page 90 Economic Survey 2017-18 Volume 2;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/is-the-indian-economy-really-that-strong/article23590030.ece
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Solution: a.
POL: 22.6%
Gold: 7.2%
Fertilisers: 1.3%
Electronic goods: 10.9%
Table 6, Page 90 Economic Survey 2017-18 Volume 2;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/is-the-indian-economy-really-that-strong/article23590030.ece
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
1.Is administered by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
2.Monitors the chemical industry among member states to prevent new chemical weapons from re-emerging
3.Provides assistance and protection to state parties against chemical threats
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: b.
The UN recognises that the OPCW, by virtue of the Chemical Weapons Convention, shall function as an independent, autonomous international organisation in the working relationship with the UN.
The mission of the OPCW is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention contains four key provisions:
- destroying all existing chemical weapons under international verification by the OPCW;
- monitoring chemical industry to prevent new weapons from re-emerging;
- providing assistance and protection to States Parties against chemical threats; and
- fostering international cooperation to strengthen implementation of the Convention and promote the peaceful use of chemistry.
The OPCW, established in 1997, has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.
Israel has signed the agreement but is yet to ratify it. The countries that have not signed it are Egypt, South Sudan and North Korea.
https://www.opcw.org/about-opcw/
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/still-using-chemical-weapons/article23596986.ece;
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Solution: b.
The UN recognises that the OPCW, by virtue of the Chemical Weapons Convention, shall function as an independent, autonomous international organisation in the working relationship with the UN.
The mission of the OPCW is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention contains four key provisions:
- destroying all existing chemical weapons under international verification by the OPCW;
- monitoring chemical industry to prevent new weapons from re-emerging;
- providing assistance and protection to States Parties against chemical threats; and
- fostering international cooperation to strengthen implementation of the Convention and promote the peaceful use of chemistry.
The OPCW, established in 1997, has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.
Israel has signed the agreement but is yet to ratify it. The countries that have not signed it are Egypt, South Sudan and North Korea.
https://www.opcw.org/about-opcw/
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/still-using-chemical-weapons/article23596986.ece;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 points“Currency chests”, recently in the news, is/are
Correct
Solution: c.
Currency chests are select branches of scheduled banks, which are authorised by the RBI to facilitate distribution of notes and coins. In these branches, notes and coins are stocked on behalf of the RBI. These currency chests are expected to distribute notes and coins to other bank branches in their area of operation. There are around 4,000 currency chests across the country. Public Sector Banks run most of these currency chests.
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Solution: c.
Currency chests are select branches of scheduled banks, which are authorised by the RBI to facilitate distribution of notes and coins. In these branches, notes and coins are stocked on behalf of the RBI. These currency chests are expected to distribute notes and coins to other bank branches in their area of operation. There are around 4,000 currency chests across the country. Public Sector Banks run most of these currency chests.
