QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,02 May 2018

Solution: a.

Definition: A village would be declared as electrified, if :

• Basic infrastructure such as Distribution Transformer and Distribution lines are provided in the inhabited locality as well as the Dalit Basti hamlet where it exists.
• Electricity is provided to public places like Schools,Panchayat Office,Health Centers,Dispensaries,Community centers etc.
• The number of households electrified should be at least 10% of the total number of households in the village.

Improvisation: TH;

Solution: d.

Statements are self-explanatory.

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Improvisation: TH;

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Solution: c.

He mastered the western art of oil painting and realistic life study, but painted themes from Indian mythology. He dramatised on canvas, scene after scene from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

In Bengal, a new group of nationalist artists gathered around Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951). They rejected the art of Ravi Varma as imitative and westernised, and declared that such a style was unsuitable for depicting the nation’s ancient myths and legends. They felt that a genuine Indian style of painting had to draw inspiration from non-Western art traditions, and try to capture the spiritual essence of the East. So they broke away from the convention of oil painting and the realistic style, and turned for inspiration to medieval Indian traditions of miniature painting and the ancient art of mural painting in the Ajanta caves. They were also influenced by the art of Japanese artists who visited India at that time to develop an Asian art movement.

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Solution: b.

Lake Victoria, also called Victoria Nyanza, largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya.

• Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America.
• Its waters fill a shallow depression in the centre of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys.

Solution: d.

All statements are correct.

Created in 1948, IUCN has evolved into the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. Our experts are organised into six commissions dedicated to

• species survival,
• environmental law,
• protected areas,
• social and economic policy,
• ecosystem management, and
• education and communication.

Through their affiliation with IUCN, Member organisations are part of a democratic process, voting Resolutions which drive the global conservation agenda. They meet every four years at the IUCN World Conservation Congress to set priorities and agree on the Union’s work programme. IUCN congresses have produced several key international environmental agreements including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the World Heritage Convention, and the Ramsar Convention on wetlands.

https://www.iucn.org/about;

Improvisation: TH;

Solution: b.

Not in the news; a general but relevant question.

ICCWC is the collaborative effort of five inter-governmental organizations working to bring coordinated support to the national wildlife law enforcement agencies and to the sub-regional and regional networks that, on a daily basis, act in defense of natural resources. The ICCWC partners are

• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat,
• INTERPOL,
• the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
• the World Bank and
• the World Customs Organization.

This powerful alliance was formally established in 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia during the International Tiger Forum.

ICCWC’s mission is to strengthen criminal justice systems and provide coordinated support at national, regional and international level to combat wildlife and forest crime to ensure perpetrators of serious wildlife and forest crime will face a formidable and coordinated response.

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