QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 30 November 2018

Solution: b.

TH: “For scores of Sikh pilgrims from India who were at this shrine on the banks of the Ravi river in Pakistan as the foundation stone was laid for the Kartarpur corridor, the development is nothing short of a miracle… Despite the euphoria over the foundation-laying ceremonies in Dera Baba Nanak and Kartarpur this week, officials say they are apprehensive that the short distance of six kilometres between them cannot be spanned until there are direct talks between Indian and Pakistani delegations. Senior officials in New Delhi and Islamabad confirmed that no such talks have been held as yet, although both governments have been working separately for some months on plans to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary.”

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Solution: d.

• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1957 ( 107);
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 ( 169);

TH: “International policy has changed over the decades. While the Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957, of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) insisted on an integrationist approach towards tribal communities, the 1989 convention insisted on a policy of non-intervention, “recognising the aspirations of these peoples to exercise control over their own institutions, ways of life and economic development.” India ratified the 1957 convention but has not ratified the 1989 convention. However, despite not signing it, India tried to tread the path of non-interference. Therefore it it puzzling that in August the government relaxed the restricted area permit (RAP) for 29 islands in the Andaman and Nicobar, including North Sentinel Island.”

Solution: c.

The goal of tribal development in India were best summarised in Nehru’s

forward to Verrier Elwin’s Book on NEFA . It is otherwise known as “Tribal Panchsheel.”” The Nehru’s Panchsheel (five point) are:

• People should develop along lines of their own genius and we should avoid imposing anything on them. We should try to encourage in every – way their own traditional art and culture.
• Tribal right in land and forests should be respected.
• We should try to train and build up a team of their own people to do the work of administration and development. Some technical people from outside will no doubt be needed, especially in the beginning. But we should avoid introducing too many outsiders into tribal territory.
• We should not over-administer these areas or overwhelm them with multiplicity of schemes. We should rather work through and not in rivalry to their own social and cultural instructions, and
• We should guide results not by statistics or the amount of money spend but by the quality of human character that is involved.

Improvisation: TH:;

Shodhganga;

Solution: b.

TH: “…The protracted conflict has so far claimed about 10,000 lives and displaced millions, and no lasting resolution is in sight. The 2014-15 Minsk peace accords prohibited air strikes and heavy artillery firing. But the dispute has dragged on into a smouldering low-intensity combat…”

EMP;

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Solution: b.

Vikaspedia: PMMVY is being implemented in all districts of the country in accordance with provisions of the NFSA, 2013. Statements 2 and 3 are correct.

A beneficiary is eligible to receive benefits under the scheme only once. In case of miscarriage/still birth, the beneficiary would be eligible to claim the remaining instalment(s) in event of any future pregnancy. Thus, after receiving the 1st instalment, if the beneficiary has a miscarriage, she would only be eligible for receiving 2nd and 3rd instalment in event of future pregnancy subject to fulfilment of eligibility criterion and conditionalities of the scheme.

TH;

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