QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 29 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 points‘Repeal the 8th’ and ‘Save the 8th’, phrases that recently appeared in the news, are related to
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Solution: c.
The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to overturn the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%. A referendum held recently resulted in a landslide win for the repeal side. Currently, abortion is only allowed when a woman’s life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. The Eighth Amendment, which grants an equal right to life to the mother and unborn, will be replaced.
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Solution: c.
The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to overturn the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%. A referendum held recently resulted in a landslide win for the repeal side. Currently, abortion is only allowed when a woman’s life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. The Eighth Amendment, which grants an equal right to life to the mother and unborn, will be replaced.
BBC;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsHe took the view that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against the British colonial rule. He believed in a democratic and secular state where every individual has the same rights irrespective of caste, creed, race or religion. He also had been the President of the Hindu Mahasabha. These statements refer to which one of the following personalities?
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Solution: b.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, byname Vir or Veer, was a Hindu and Indian nationalist and leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha (“Great Society of Hindus”), a Hindu nationalist organization and political party.
While a student of law in London (1906–10), Savarkar helped to instruct a group of Indian revolutionaries in methods of sabotage and assassination that associates of his had apparently learned from expatriate Russian revolutionaries in Paris. During this period he wrote The Indian War of Independence, 1857 (1909), in which he took the view that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule.
He is often recognized as an early exponent of militant Hindu nationalism. Many also continue to hold him responsible for the assassination of Gandhi despite his acquittal in the case.. But Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue, had a tenuous relationship at best with the Hindu religion.. Gandhi’s challenge to outdated religious practices was much more muted than Savarkar’s… . Savarkar believed in a democratic and secular state where every individual has the same rights irrespective of caste, creed, race or religion, as he mentioned in his several presidential speeches at the Hindu Mahasabha. But Savarkar entered contentious territory while defining Hindutva. To him, Hindutva, which helped forge a uniform national identity, was predicated on individuals locating both their pitrabhu (fatherland) and punyabhu (holy land) within the territorial confines of the Indian state. Savarkar could never reconcile his idea of a secular nation with his definition of Hindutva.
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: b.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, byname Vir or Veer, was a Hindu and Indian nationalist and leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha (“Great Society of Hindus”), a Hindu nationalist organization and political party.
While a student of law in London (1906–10), Savarkar helped to instruct a group of Indian revolutionaries in methods of sabotage and assassination that associates of his had apparently learned from expatriate Russian revolutionaries in Paris. During this period he wrote The Indian War of Independence, 1857 (1909), in which he took the view that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule.
He is often recognized as an early exponent of militant Hindu nationalism. Many also continue to hold him responsible for the assassination of Gandhi despite his acquittal in the case.. But Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue, had a tenuous relationship at best with the Hindu religion.. Gandhi’s challenge to outdated religious practices was much more muted than Savarkar’s… . Savarkar believed in a democratic and secular state where every individual has the same rights irrespective of caste, creed, race or religion, as he mentioned in his several presidential speeches at the Hindu Mahasabha. But Savarkar entered contentious territory while defining Hindutva. To him, Hindutva, which helped forge a uniform national identity, was predicated on individuals locating both their pitrabhu (fatherland) and punyabhu (holy land) within the territorial confines of the Indian state. Savarkar could never reconcile his idea of a secular nation with his definition of Hindutva.
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Taiwan:
1.India maintains economic, commercial and people-to-people links with the country, but not diplomatic relations
2.Most of the world’s countries recognise and maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: a.
(From 2016) BBC: Over the last two decades, India-Taiwan relations have progressed considerably despite not having diplomatic status to their ties. Their trade and economic contacts have improved. Taiwanese investments have been promoted in India and educational linkages have also expanded between the two.
Source (there is no need to go through this): IDSA Report;
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: a.
(From 2016) BBC: Over the last two decades, India-Taiwan relations have progressed considerably despite not having diplomatic status to their ties. Their trade and economic contacts have improved. Taiwanese investments have been promoted in India and educational linkages have also expanded between the two.
Source (there is no need to go through this): IDSA Report;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsA Report titled ‘A 21st century institutional architecture for India’s water reforms: Restructuring the CWC and CGWB’ was prepared recently by
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Solution: b.
The report was prepared by Mihir Shah Committee. For details, refer to Insightsonindia.
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Solution: b.
The report was prepared by Mihir Shah Committee. For details, refer to Insightsonindia.
In the news: TH;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsOf which celebration is India the host this year, whose theme is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’?
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Solution: b.
India is the global host of 2018 World Environment Day which will take place on June 5, 2018. With “Beat Plastic Pollution” as the theme for this year’s edition, the world is coming together to combat single-use plastic pollution.
The Government of India has committed to organizing and promoting the World Environment Day celebrations through a series of engaging activities and events generating strong public interest and participation. From pan-Indian plastic clean-up drives in public areas, national reserves and forests to simultaneous beach clean-up activities – India will lead the initiative by setting an example.
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Solution: b.
India is the global host of 2018 World Environment Day which will take place on June 5, 2018. With “Beat Plastic Pollution” as the theme for this year’s edition, the world is coming together to combat single-use plastic pollution.
The Government of India has committed to organizing and promoting the World Environment Day celebrations through a series of engaging activities and events generating strong public interest and participation. From pan-Indian plastic clean-up drives in public areas, national reserves and forests to simultaneous beach clean-up activities – India will lead the initiative by setting an example.
WED;
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