QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,21 May 2018

Solution: c

• The Bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible for citizenship.

• Under the Act, one of the requirements for citizenship by naturalisation is that the applicant must have resided in India during the last 12 months, and for 11 of the previous 14 years.  The Bill relaxes this 11 year requirement to six years for persons belonging to the same six religions and three countries.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/agp-confronts-amit-shah-on-citizenship-bill/article23941235.ece

Solution: b

Banihal is a mountain pass across the Pir Panjal Range at 2,832 m (9,291 ft) maximum elevation. This mountain range connects the Kashmir Valley in the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir to the outer Himalaya and plains to the south. In the Kashmiri language, “Banihāl” means blizzard.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/crucial-jk-tunnel-getting-ready/article23945234.ece

Solution: c

In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics.^[1] They are characterized by the following:

• Population exceeds 5,000
• At least 75% of main working population is employed outside the agricultural sector
• Minimum population densityof 400 persons per km
• They are administratively rural and governed by panchayats.

Sources: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/census-2021-likely-to-have-2231-new-census-towns/article23944620.ece

Solution: c

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/india-fourth-on-list-of-most-applications-for-schengen-visas/article23944881.ece

Schengen Area is an area comprising 26 European states that have officially abolished passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Twenty-two of the twenty-eight European Union (EU) member states participate in the Schengen Area.

Under the Schengen agreement, transiting from one country to another within the Schengen area is done without border controls. In fact, the Schengen visa makes it possible to visit all the countries in the Schengen area and to cross internal borders without further formalities.

Please be aware that the European Union and the Schengen area are two different zones! The list below will enable you to see the difference and check that the countries where you are planning to stay are all in the Schengen area.

Solution:  d

There are six main reasons for the slump in the value of India’s currency:

1. Huge trade deficit
2. Huge CAD
3. Low capital flows
4. Speculation
5. Low growth
6. High inflation

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/whats-roiling-the-rupee/article23943869.ece