QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,17 July 2018

Solution: a.

“The BJP had earlier blamed Manipur’s boundary problem with Myanmar on Jawaharlal Nehru for not claiming the Kabaw Valley (in Myanmar) during demarcation in 1947.”

Moreh is a border town in Manipur; All other towns mentioned in the options belong to other northeastern states.

TH;

Solution: c.

The 340-km-long Purvanchal Expressway, stretches from the State capital to Ghazipur on the eastern fringes bordering Bihar. The six-lane road will pass through Barabanki, Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Sultanpur, Azamgarh and Mau before ending in Ghazipur.

PIB; TH;

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Solution: a.

Statement 1: The  president  nominates 12 members  to  the  Rajya  Sabha  from  people  who have  special  knowledge  or  practical  experience  in  art,  literature,  science  and  social  service. (Such eminent persons can be Anglo-Indians too.)

Statement 2: Under the Rules of Rajya Sabha, the Chairman nominates from amongst the members a panel of vice- chairpersons.  Any  one  of  them  can  preside  over  the  House  in  the  absence  of  the  Chairman  or  the Deputy Chairman. He has the same powers as the Chairman when so presiding. He holds office until a new panel of vice-chairpersons is nominated. When a member of the panel of vice-chairpersons is also not present, any other person as determined by the House acts as the Chairman.

It  must  be  emphasised  here  that  a  member  of  the  panel  of  vice-chairpersons  cannot  preside  over  the House,  when  the  office  of  the  Chairman  or  the  Deputy  Chairman  is  vacant.  During  such  time,  the Chairman’s duties are to be performed by such member of the House as the president may appoint for the purpose. The elections are held, as soon as possible, to fill the vacant posts.

Improvisation: TH1; TH2;

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Solution: c.

These towns/cities are of interest for India for the following reasons (a question could be asked in this manner too): Key Indian projects are located here – the proposed joint venture to run the Mattala airport (‘A’ in the image) in the island’s Southern Province; an LNG terminal near Colombo, and the joint development project of the oil storage facility in the eastern port town of Trincomalee.

TH;

Solution: a.

The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, took place at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland from 10th to 15th July 2018.

TH;