QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 03 May 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 6
1. Question
1 points‘Electricity’, under the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution, is on the
Correct
Solution: c.
Entry 38, Concurrent List.
Improvisation: In the news, 100% village electrification.
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Solution: c.
Entry 38, Concurrent List.
Improvisation: In the news, 100% village electrification.
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)’ helps create an enabling trading environment for developing countries. It has been instituted under the aegis of
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Solution: c.
The GSP, instituted in 1971 under the aegis of UNCTAD, has contributed over the years to creating an enabling trading environment for developing countries. The following 13 countries grant GSP preferences: Australia, Belarus, Canada, the European Union, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America.
Following the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Decision in 2005 in which members agreed that developed countries and developing countries in a position to do so would grant duty-free and quota-free market access for exports of LDCs, improvements were made to various GSP schemes and/or new schemes for LDCs were launched.
The objective of UNCTAD’s support on GSP is to help developing countries – particularly LDCs – to increase utilization of GSP and other trade preferences and in turn promote productive capacity development and increased trade.
In the news (TH): The USTR is currently reviewing India’s eligibility under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which allows duty-free imports of certain goods. India was the largest GSP beneficiary at $5.6 billion, the USTR said in April.
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Solution: c.
The GSP, instituted in 1971 under the aegis of UNCTAD, has contributed over the years to creating an enabling trading environment for developing countries. The following 13 countries grant GSP preferences: Australia, Belarus, Canada, the European Union, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States of America.
Following the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Decision in 2005 in which members agreed that developed countries and developing countries in a position to do so would grant duty-free and quota-free market access for exports of LDCs, improvements were made to various GSP schemes and/or new schemes for LDCs were launched.
The objective of UNCTAD’s support on GSP is to help developing countries – particularly LDCs – to increase utilization of GSP and other trade preferences and in turn promote productive capacity development and increased trade.
In the news (TH): The USTR is currently reviewing India’s eligibility under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which allows duty-free imports of certain goods. India was the largest GSP beneficiary at $5.6 billion, the USTR said in April.
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsNASA’s “Orion” is
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Solution: a.
Orion (named after one of the largest constellations in the night sky) will take us farther than we’ve gone before, including to the vicinity of the Moon and Mars.
It will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain astronauts during their missions and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion missions will launch from NASA’s modernized spaceport at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the agency’s new, powerful heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
BBC;
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Solution: a.
Orion (named after one of the largest constellations in the night sky) will take us farther than we’ve gone before, including to the vicinity of the Moon and Mars.
It will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain astronauts during their missions and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion missions will launch from NASA’s modernized spaceport at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the agency’s new, powerful heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System.
BBC;
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsThe World Press Freedom Index is published annually by
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Solution: d.
The Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. India’s ranking has fallen two places to 138th position in the latest report.
TH;
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Solution: d.
The Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. India’s ranking has fallen two places to 138th position in the latest report.
TH;
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 points“Armstrong’s mixture”, recently in the news, is related to
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Solution: a.
TH: In a dampener for celebrants, the Central Pollution Control Board has banned party poppers — a popular decorative used at parties and celebrations, including at IPL matches — on the grounds that the devices posed a health risk.
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Solution: a.
TH: In a dampener for celebrants, the Central Pollution Control Board has banned party poppers — a popular decorative used at parties and celebrations, including at IPL matches — on the grounds that the devices posed a health risk.
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsThe International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) is a collaboration between
1.CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Secretariat
2.TRAFFIC (The Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network)
3.INTERPOL
4.World Customs Organisation
5.World Bank
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
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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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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