QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,08 November 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 Agalega Islands is under the sovereign control of
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Solution: c.
TH: After facing resistance over placing its helicopters in the Maldives’ Addu atoll and the virtual cancellation of its project to develop the Assumption Island in the Seychelles earlier this year, New Delhi is moving swiftly but quietly to ensure its project in the Mauritius — to construct a jetty, rebuild and extend the runway, and build an airport terminal on the Agalega Islands — does not run into trouble.
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Solution: c.
TH: After facing resistance over placing its helicopters in the Maldives’ Addu atoll and the virtual cancellation of its project to develop the Assumption Island in the Seychelles earlier this year, New Delhi is moving swiftly but quietly to ensure its project in the Mauritius — to construct a jetty, rebuild and extend the runway, and build an airport terminal on the Agalega Islands — does not run into trouble.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsAs an ecological phenomenon, a trophic cascade is definitely caused when
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Solution: b.
Britannica: Trophic cascade, an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations of predator and prey through a food chain, which often results in dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling. In a three-level food chain, an increase (or decrease) in carnivores causes a decrease (or increase) in herbivores and an increase (or decrease) in primary producers such as plants and phytoplankton.
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Solution: b.
Britannica: Trophic cascade, an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations of predator and prey through a food chain, which often results in dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling. In a three-level food chain, an increase (or decrease) in carnivores causes a decrease (or increase) in herbivores and an increase (or decrease) in primary producers such as plants and phytoplankton.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following list of west Asian cities:
1.Damascus
2.Beirut
- Jerusalem
- Amman
Arrange them as they would appear on a map from north to south:
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Solution: b.
Region often in the news;
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Solution: b.
Region often in the news;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWith which one of the following countries does Turkey have a land border?
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.Like the Rajya Sabha, the US Senate consists of representatives of each state who have staggered six-year terms.
2.Like the Lok Sabha, the US House of Representatives consists of members elected directly by the people for a term of five years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: a.
In the United States Senate all states are represented equally. Regardless of size or population, each state has two senators, who serve six-year terms. Unlike the House of Representatives, where all members must stand for election every two years, only one-third of the Senate’s seats are filled with each general election.
In the news: US mid-term elections.
US Senate; US Senate2; US House of Representatives;
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Solution: a.
In the United States Senate all states are represented equally. Regardless of size or population, each state has two senators, who serve six-year terms. Unlike the House of Representatives, where all members must stand for election every two years, only one-third of the Senate’s seats are filled with each general election.
In the news: US mid-term elections.
US Senate; US Senate2; US House of Representatives;
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