QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,15 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 pointsWhich one of the following events led eventually to the formation of what today is sometimes referred to as the ‘Quad’ grouping?
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Solution: d.
TH: “… despite the potential for cooperation, the Quad remains a mechanism without a defined strategic mission. In 2007, when the grouping was first formed following cooperation after the 2004 tsunami, the idea was to better coordinate maritime capabilities for disaster situations..”
For additional reading: Insights;
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Solution: d.
TH: “… despite the potential for cooperation, the Quad remains a mechanism without a defined strategic mission. In 2007, when the grouping was first formed following cooperation after the 2004 tsunami, the idea was to better coordinate maritime capabilities for disaster situations..”
For additional reading: Insights;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsSince the beginning of commercial oil extraction, which one of the following countries has held pricing power over oil for the longest period?
Correct
Solution: c.
Investopedia: Since the 1860s, until the middle of the 20th century, the United States was the largest producer of oil and controlled oil prices.. American reliance on imported oil began during the Vietnam war and the economic boom period of the 1950s and 1960s. In turn, this provided Arab countries and OPEC (which had been formed in 1960 to counter the hegemony of Western oil companies) with increased leverage to influence oil prices. The 1973 oil shock swung the pendulum in OPEC’s favor. That year, in response to U.S. support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War, OPEC and Iran stopped oil supplies to the United States. The crisis had far-reaching effects on oil prices. They have remained at high levels since.
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: c.
Investopedia: Since the 1860s, until the middle of the 20th century, the United States was the largest producer of oil and controlled oil prices.. American reliance on imported oil began during the Vietnam war and the economic boom period of the 1950s and 1960s. In turn, this provided Arab countries and OPEC (which had been formed in 1960 to counter the hegemony of Western oil companies) with increased leverage to influence oil prices. The 1973 oil shock swung the pendulum in OPEC’s favor. That year, in response to U.S. support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War, OPEC and Iran stopped oil supplies to the United States. The crisis had far-reaching effects on oil prices. They have remained at high levels since.
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsUru making is a centuries old tradition that was established since India began its maritime trade with Mesopotamia. Which state is home to this tradition?
Correct
Solution: b.
TNM: Uru making in Beypore is a centuries old tradition that was established since India began its maritime trade with Mesopotamia. There are stories that some traders from Yemen, who had settled in Kerala centuries ago, had practised uru making and passed on the craft to the local carpenters.
These ships are made without any work plan, blueprints or prior sketches. The maistry gives instructions to his workers on a daily basis on how to go about the construction. These ships are purely made of wood, without using any modern techniques, and traditional methods are used to launch this ship into the water. The carpenters manually join each piece of wood to build the large boat.
Improvisation: PIB;
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Solution: b.
TNM: Uru making in Beypore is a centuries old tradition that was established since India began its maritime trade with Mesopotamia. There are stories that some traders from Yemen, who had settled in Kerala centuries ago, had practised uru making and passed on the craft to the local carpenters.
These ships are made without any work plan, blueprints or prior sketches. The maistry gives instructions to his workers on a daily basis on how to go about the construction. These ships are purely made of wood, without using any modern techniques, and traditional methods are used to launch this ship into the water. The carpenters manually join each piece of wood to build the large boat.
Improvisation: PIB;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe e-Incremental Learning Approach is an online system where programme functionaries will become more effective by learning to plan and execute each task correctly and consistently through methodical and ongoing capacity building. Which one of the following programmes is e-ILA a component of?
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhat is the relevance of the town of Villers Guislain, recently in the news, for India?
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Solution: b.
The Vice President of India recently inaugurated the First World War Memorial constructed by the Government of India at the town of Villers Guislain in France. This is the first such memorial built by the government of India in France and the historic occasion was witnessed by the representatives of Indian French armed forces and locals amidst severe rain.
It was almost 100 years back on this same soil that the Indian Cavalry comprising of the Deccan Horse, Hodson’s Horse, Poona Horse, Central India Horse and 18 Cavalry had charged at German positions during the Battle.
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Solution: b.
The Vice President of India recently inaugurated the First World War Memorial constructed by the Government of India at the town of Villers Guislain in France. This is the first such memorial built by the government of India in France and the historic occasion was witnessed by the representatives of Indian French armed forces and locals amidst severe rain.
It was almost 100 years back on this same soil that the Indian Cavalry comprising of the Deccan Horse, Hodson’s Horse, Poona Horse, Central India Horse and 18 Cavalry had charged at German positions during the Battle.
