QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 10 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 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following pairs:
Water channel – between land masses
- Catalina Channel – Spain and Algeria
- North Channel – Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Tsugaru Strait – South Korea and North Korea
- Cook Strait – Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Correct
Solution: c.
Improvisation: Question from yesterday on Ocean Seven.
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Solution: c.
Improvisation: Question from yesterday on Ocean Seven.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe day of formation of the ‘National Productivity Council’ is celebrated every year as the ‘National Productivity Day’ and the following seven days as the ‘National Productivity Week’. Consider the following statements in this context:
1.NPC is an autonomous organisation under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- NPC is a constituent of the intergovernmental Asian Productivity Organisation, of which India is a founder member
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c.
NPC is a national-level autonomous organization under the administrative control of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion to promote productivity culture in India.
- Established as a registered society in 1958 by the Government of India, it is a tripartite non-profit organization with equal representation from the government, employers and workers’ organizations, apart from technical and professional institutions including members from local productivity councils and chamber of commerce on its Governing Body.
- Besides providing training, consultancy and undertaking research in the area of productivity, NPC also implements the productivity promotion schemes of the Government and carry out the programmes of the Tokyo based Asian Productivity Organization (APO), an inter-governmental body of which the Government of India is a founder member.
“Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India” was the theme for the National Productivity Week-2018.
Improvisation: Vikaspedia: February Current Affairs;
Incorrect
Solution: c.
NPC is a national-level autonomous organization under the administrative control of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion to promote productivity culture in India.
- Established as a registered society in 1958 by the Government of India, it is a tripartite non-profit organization with equal representation from the government, employers and workers’ organizations, apart from technical and professional institutions including members from local productivity councils and chamber of commerce on its Governing Body.
- Besides providing training, consultancy and undertaking research in the area of productivity, NPC also implements the productivity promotion schemes of the Government and carry out the programmes of the Tokyo based Asian Productivity Organization (APO), an inter-governmental body of which the Government of India is a founder member.
“Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India” was the theme for the National Productivity Week-2018.
Improvisation: Vikaspedia: February Current Affairs;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Neemrana Dialogue’, sometimes in the news, is a Track-2 dialogue that brings together former diplomats and military officials of India and
Correct
Solution: a.
India and Pakistan recently held the dialogue after a long gap, indicating a probable shift in views on both sides towards such an initiative. The initiative this time was taken by Pakistan, which wanted this dialogue to happen in Islamabad. These dialogues have for some time been happening in third countries.
ET;
Source: TH;
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Solution: a.
India and Pakistan recently held the dialogue after a long gap, indicating a probable shift in views on both sides towards such an initiative. The initiative this time was taken by Pakistan, which wanted this dialogue to happen in Islamabad. These dialogues have for some time been happening in third countries.
ET;
Source: TH;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWhich among the following cities does NOT open out to the oceans?
Correct
Solution: b.
2018 summits –
- SCO – Qingdao
- BRICS – Johannesburg
- G20 – Buenos Aires
2017 summits –
- SCO – Astana
- BRICS – Xiamen
- G20 – Hamburg
Improvisation: TH;
Incorrect
Solution: b.
2018 summits –
- SCO – Qingdao
- BRICS – Johannesburg
- G20 – Buenos Aires
2017 summits –
- SCO – Astana
- BRICS – Xiamen
- G20 – Hamburg
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC):
1.It updates regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases
2.It is India’s National Coordination Centre for ‘Pharmacovigilance’
3.It approves new testing methods for drug manufacturers
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d.
In the news (TH): In a step that would spare animals from suffering due to drug experiments, the IPC has approved modern, animal-free tests for drug manufacturers. In the 2018 edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia, that provides guidelines on tests for drugs manufactured and marketed in India, the IPC has replaced the pyrogen test carried out on rabbits and the abnormal toxicity test carried out on guinea pigs and mice with tests that can be done in test tubes.
About IPC: It is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. It’s basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region. It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP). It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India.
Justification for Statement 2 – PIB (from 2015): The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission is India’s National Coordination Centre for pharmacovigilance. Pharmacovigilance can be defined as the practice of monitoring the effects of medical drugs after they have been licensed for use, especially in order to identify and evaluate previously unreported adverse reactions.
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Solution: d.
In the news (TH): In a step that would spare animals from suffering due to drug experiments, the IPC has approved modern, animal-free tests for drug manufacturers. In the 2018 edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia, that provides guidelines on tests for drugs manufactured and marketed in India, the IPC has replaced the pyrogen test carried out on rabbits and the abnormal toxicity test carried out on guinea pigs and mice with tests that can be done in test tubes.
About IPC: It is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. It’s basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region. It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP). It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India.
Justification for Statement 2 – PIB (from 2015): The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission is India’s National Coordination Centre for pharmacovigilance. Pharmacovigilance can be defined as the practice of monitoring the effects of medical drugs after they have been licensed for use, especially in order to identify and evaluate previously unreported adverse reactions.
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