QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 23 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.
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsThe National Crisis Management Committee is chaired by
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Solution: c.
As per the National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009, the National Crisis Management Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary deals with major crises that have serious or national ramifications.
Improvisation: PIB;
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Solution: c.
As per the National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009, the National Crisis Management Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary deals with major crises that have serious or national ramifications.
Improvisation: PIB;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsFour crops provide two-thirds of the world’s food supply. These include wheat, rice and maize. The fourth crop is
Correct
Solution: a.
Some of the most widely grown crops (apart from the four already mentioned) – Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Cassava, sorghum, plantains and yam.
BBC;
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Solution: a.
Some of the most widely grown crops (apart from the four already mentioned) – Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Cassava, sorghum, plantains and yam.
BBC;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsWhich one of the following is promoted by groups/organisations such as ICRISAT, CFF and Bioversity International?
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Solution: a.
Other than Crops For the Future (CFF), which bills itself as the world’s first research centre dedicated solely to underutilised crops, there are other key groups championing agricultural diversity including Crop Trust, Slow Food, Icrisat and Bioversity International. Add to that more middle-income consumers searching for nutritious foods and others eager to try the unprocessed foods their grandparents once ate. There is a growing global momentum around forgotten foods.
Crops which have been farmed for centuries but are virtually unknown outside the places where they grow are known as forgotten crops (or orphan crops, or simple ‘under-used’ or ‘alternative’ crops). By investing in neglected local plants, countries can reduce their reliance on imported crops and their carbon-heavy supply chains. Reclaiming the variety of crops humans once ate also boosts food security at a time warming climates threaten existing crops.
BBC;
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Solution: a.
Other than Crops For the Future (CFF), which bills itself as the world’s first research centre dedicated solely to underutilised crops, there are other key groups championing agricultural diversity including Crop Trust, Slow Food, Icrisat and Bioversity International. Add to that more middle-income consumers searching for nutritious foods and others eager to try the unprocessed foods their grandparents once ate. There is a growing global momentum around forgotten foods.
Crops which have been farmed for centuries but are virtually unknown outside the places where they grow are known as forgotten crops (or orphan crops, or simple ‘under-used’ or ‘alternative’ crops). By investing in neglected local plants, countries can reduce their reliance on imported crops and their carbon-heavy supply chains. Reclaiming the variety of crops humans once ate also boosts food security at a time warming climates threaten existing crops.
BBC;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.India’s bilateral trade (in value) with Pakistan is a little more than half of India’s bilateral trade with Bhutan.
2.While India has accorded Pakistan the WTO-mandated ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status to Pakistan, the latter has not yet reciprocated.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b.
Statement 2 is correct.
India’s trade with much smaller Bhutan is over half that with Pakistan (In 2016, total India-Bhutan bilateral trade was Rs 8,723 crore; with Pakistan, it was around Rs 17,200 crore.)
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Solution: b.
Statement 2 is correct.
India’s trade with much smaller Bhutan is over half that with Pakistan (In 2016, total India-Bhutan bilateral trade was Rs 8,723 crore; with Pakistan, it was around Rs 17,200 crore.)
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe NOTA symbol is
