QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 20 August 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 pointsUntil the 1990s, the World Bank was heavily involved in supporting dam construction projects around the world. With the World Bank turning away from the sector, which one of the following entities/countries has filled the gap, and now dominates the dam construction industry?
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Solution: c.
Until the 1990s, the World Bank was heavily involved in supporting dam construction projects.
However, public pressure and mounting controversies surrounding some high profile dam-building projects led to increasing concerns. In 1993, it withdrew funding from a multi-million dollar project along the Narmada river in India.
The Bank, “once the biggest force behind big dams”, had “grown skittish”, said the Economist.
A report by the World Commission on Dams in 2000, commissioned by the World Bank, highlighted the social and environmental damage that was being caused by large dams.
With the World Bank turning away from the sector, China has filled the gap and now dominates the industry. Since the turn of the century, China has accounted for over half of worldwide hydropower growth, according to the IHA. It has capacity to produce twice as much as the US.
And China not only became the largest producer, it also started taking its business abroad.
Chinese construction companies and financiers were encouraged to go global as part of the government’s attempt to do more business overseas. This is why many experts believe that Chinese companies now control at least half of the hydropower dam-building market worldwide.
BBC;
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Incorrect
Solution: c.
Until the 1990s, the World Bank was heavily involved in supporting dam construction projects.
However, public pressure and mounting controversies surrounding some high profile dam-building projects led to increasing concerns. In 1993, it withdrew funding from a multi-million dollar project along the Narmada river in India.
The Bank, “once the biggest force behind big dams”, had “grown skittish”, said the Economist.
A report by the World Commission on Dams in 2000, commissioned by the World Bank, highlighted the social and environmental damage that was being caused by large dams.
With the World Bank turning away from the sector, China has filled the gap and now dominates the industry. Since the turn of the century, China has accounted for over half of worldwide hydropower growth, according to the IHA. It has capacity to produce twice as much as the US.
And China not only became the largest producer, it also started taking its business abroad.
Chinese construction companies and financiers were encouraged to go global as part of the government’s attempt to do more business overseas. This is why many experts believe that Chinese companies now control at least half of the hydropower dam-building market worldwide.
BBC;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe English East India Company’s monopoly in tea imports from China ended with the passage by the British Parliament of the
Correct
Solution: c.
British Library: In 1833, the jealously-protected monopoly of the East India Company was finally abolished and the China trade was opened to the competition of dozens of British companies, who had been petitioning the government and lobbying members of Parliament for free trade for years.
TH;
Incorrect
Solution: c.
British Library: In 1833, the jealously-protected monopoly of the East India Company was finally abolished and the China trade was opened to the competition of dozens of British companies, who had been petitioning the government and lobbying members of Parliament for free trade for years.
TH;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.Paithani sarees and fabrics have been accorded the GI tag.
2.Paithan is located in Madhya Pradesh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: a.
Paithan is located in Maharashtra.
In the news (TH): Yeola is one of Maharashtra’s biggest handloom centres, known particularly for its richly motifed silk-and-gold Paithani saris — part of a 200-year-old weaving tradition patronised by the Peshwas. The 2,300 looms in Yeola reportedly outnumber those in Paithan village, the birthplace of the Paithani sari.
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Solution: a.
Paithan is located in Maharashtra.
In the news (TH): Yeola is one of Maharashtra’s biggest handloom centres, known particularly for its richly motifed silk-and-gold Paithani saris — part of a 200-year-old weaving tradition patronised by the Peshwas. The 2,300 looms in Yeola reportedly outnumber those in Paithan village, the birthplace of the Paithani sari.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsRiver Brahmaputra flows through which of the following National Parks?
1.Kaziranga NP
2.Intanki NP
3.Balphakram NP
- Namdapha NP
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: b.
Intanki NP – Nagaland;
Balphakram NP – Meghalaya;
Namdapha NP (River Noa-Dihing, a tributary of R.Brahmaputra flows through this NP) – Arunachal Pradesh;
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: b.
Intanki NP – Nagaland;
Balphakram NP – Meghalaya;
Namdapha NP (River Noa-Dihing, a tributary of R.Brahmaputra flows through this NP) – Arunachal Pradesh;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsMonumentality, majesty and grandeur, integral aspects of the architectural experience in India, are associated with buildings of this medieval capital city. An unfinished structure here symbolises the magnificence and splendour of Indo-Islamic architecture, and is a fine convergence of many styles located in medieval India. Commissioned by Muhammad Adil Shah, this structure is
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Solution: a.
The Gol Gumbad (Deccani style of Indo-Islamic Architecture) is situated in Bijapur, Karnataka. It is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah (1626-1656) of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur (1489-1686). Built by the ruler himself, it is a striking edifice in spite of being unfinished.
Gol Gumbad is a fine convergence of many styles located in medieval India. Monumentality, majesty and grandeur, integral aspects of the architectural experience in India, are associated with buildings of Bijapur. While its structural particularities of dome, arches, geometric proportions and load bearing techniques suggest Timurid and Persian styles, it is made of local material and is decorated with surface embellishments popular in the Deccan. Four towers at the corners are reminiscent of turrets attached to mosques such as the Puranila Qila in Delhi.
TH;
Chapter 8 – Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, An Introduction to Indian Art, Class XI NCERT;
Incorrect
Solution: a.
The Gol Gumbad (Deccani style of Indo-Islamic Architecture) is situated in Bijapur, Karnataka. It is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah (1626-1656) of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur (1489-1686). Built by the ruler himself, it is a striking edifice in spite of being unfinished.
Gol Gumbad is a fine convergence of many styles located in medieval India. Monumentality, majesty and grandeur, integral aspects of the architectural experience in India, are associated with buildings of Bijapur. While its structural particularities of dome, arches, geometric proportions and load bearing techniques suggest Timurid and Persian styles, it is made of local material and is decorated with surface embellishments popular in the Deccan. Four towers at the corners are reminiscent of turrets attached to mosques such as the Puranila Qila in Delhi.
TH;
Chapter 8 – Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture, An Introduction to Indian Art, Class XI NCERT;
