QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,23 October 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 pointsThe ‘India Remembers’ project, recently in the news, is an effort to raise awareness of certain individuals and events since
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Solution: c.
Big Ideas works in partnership with Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the United Service Institution of India to develop and deliver the India Remembers project. India Remembers is an India-wide initiative designed to raise awareness of the contribution and sacrifices made by India’s servicemen and women since 1914. The project encourages diverse groups across India to discover, explore and remember the stories of India’s war dead. As a result of India Remembers, the saffron marigold has been adopted as India’s new symbol of remembrance. It is hoped it will become as recognisable within India as the red poppy is in the United Kingdom.
In the news: TH;
Incorrect
Solution: c.
Big Ideas works in partnership with Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the United Service Institution of India to develop and deliver the India Remembers project. India Remembers is an India-wide initiative designed to raise awareness of the contribution and sacrifices made by India’s servicemen and women since 1914. The project encourages diverse groups across India to discover, explore and remember the stories of India’s war dead. As a result of India Remembers, the saffron marigold has been adopted as India’s new symbol of remembrance. It is hoped it will become as recognisable within India as the red poppy is in the United Kingdom.
In the news: TH;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe idea of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was first conceived in Malaya by
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Solution: c.
The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer of the British Indian Army, when he decided not to join the retreating British Army and instead turned to the Japanese for help.
Spectrum’s A brief history of Modern India;
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: c.
The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer of the British Indian Army, when he decided not to join the retreating British Army and instead turned to the Japanese for help.
Spectrum’s A brief history of Modern India;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following developments in India were associated with World War 1?
1.Income tax was introduced.
2.There was forced recruitment for the army in rural areas.
- Crop failure resulted in acute shortages of food.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: d.
Pg 54, ‘The 1st WW, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation’, India and the Contemporary World Class X: First of all, the war created a new economic and political situation. It led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and increasing taxes: customs duties were raised and income tax introduced. Through the war years prices increased – doubling between 1913 and 1918 – leading to extreme hardship for the common people. Villages were called upon to supply soldiers, and the forced recruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger. Then in 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortages of food. This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic. According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.
Improvisation: TH;
Incorrect
Solution: d.
Pg 54, ‘The 1st WW, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation’, India and the Contemporary World Class X: First of all, the war created a new economic and political situation. It led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and increasing taxes: customs duties were raised and income tax introduced. Through the war years prices increased – doubling between 1913 and 1918 – leading to extreme hardship for the common people. Villages were called upon to supply soldiers, and the forced recruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger. Then in 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortages of food. This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic. According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), is a nuclear arms-control accord that was reached in 1987 by
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Solution: a.
Britannica: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), is a nuclear arms-control accord reached by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 in which those two nations agreed to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range (or “medium-range”) land-based missiles (which could carry nuclear warheads). It was the first arms-control treaty to abolish an entire category of weapon systems. In addition, two protocols to the treaty established unprecedented procedures for observers from both nations to verify firsthand the other nation’s destruction of its missiles.
The INF Treaty defined intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) as those having ranges of 1,000 to 5,500 km (620 to 3,400 miles) and shorter-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) as those having ranges from 500 to 1,000 km.
In the news: USA announces withdrawal from INF treaty;
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Solution: a.
Britannica: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), is a nuclear arms-control accord reached by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 in which those two nations agreed to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range (or “medium-range”) land-based missiles (which could carry nuclear warheads). It was the first arms-control treaty to abolish an entire category of weapon systems. In addition, two protocols to the treaty established unprecedented procedures for observers from both nations to verify firsthand the other nation’s destruction of its missiles.
The INF Treaty defined intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) as those having ranges of 1,000 to 5,500 km (620 to 3,400 miles) and shorter-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) as those having ranges from 500 to 1,000 km.
In the news: USA announces withdrawal from INF treaty;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.India’s ethanol production has been lagging consumption for the past few years.
2.India’s ethanol production and consumption have consistently been rising for the past decade.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: a.
- For the past four years, India’s ethanol production has been lagging consumption.
- Both consumption (orange line, Left hand side graph) and production (purple line, right hand side graph) have not been following consistent trends over the past decade.
Image source: TH;
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Solution: a.
- For the past four years, India’s ethanol production has been lagging consumption.
- Both consumption (orange line, Left hand side graph) and production (purple line, right hand side graph) have not been following consistent trends over the past decade.
Image source: TH;
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