QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,31 January 2019
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 pointsWorld Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published by
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Solution: d)
The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published since 1978 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development. Past reports have considered such topics as agriculture, youth, equity, public services delivery, the role of the state, transition economies, labour, infrastructure, health, the environment, risk management, and poverty. The reports are the Bank’s best-known contribution to thinking about development.
The World Development Report 2019 studies the impact of technology on the nature of work.
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Solution: d)
The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published since 1978 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development. Past reports have considered such topics as agriculture, youth, equity, public services delivery, the role of the state, transition economies, labour, infrastructure, health, the environment, risk management, and poverty. The reports are the Bank’s best-known contribution to thinking about development.
The World Development Report 2019 studies the impact of technology on the nature of work.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements
- Established in the year 1936 as Hailey National Park
- It is the place where Project Tiger was first launched in 1973.
- Its whole area comprises of hills, marshy depressions, riverine belts, grasslands and large lake.
- The park has sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics.
The above statements refer to which of the following national parks?
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Solution: d)
Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
The park has sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics. An ecotourism destination.
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Solution: d)
Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment. The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
The park has sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics. An ecotourism destination.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsJustice Amitava Roy committee recently seen in news is constituted for the purpose of
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Solution: d)
The Supreme Court formed a Committee on Prison Reforms chaired by former apex court judge, Justice Amitava Roy, to examine the various problems plaguing prisons in the country, from overcrowding to lack of legal advice to convicts to issues of remission and parole.
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Solution: d)
The Supreme Court formed a Committee on Prison Reforms chaired by former apex court judge, Justice Amitava Roy, to examine the various problems plaguing prisons in the country, from overcrowding to lack of legal advice to convicts to issues of remission and parole.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsUNNATI programme recently seen in news is related to
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Solution: c)
UNNATI (Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) capacity-building programme on nanosatellite development.
Launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space (UNISPACE 50), the programme aims to provide opportunities to the participating developing countries to become stronger in assembling, integrating and testing nanosatellites
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Solution: c)
UNNATI (Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training) programme – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) capacity-building programme on nanosatellite development.
Launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space (UNISPACE 50), the programme aims to provide opportunities to the participating developing countries to become stronger in assembling, integrating and testing nanosatellites
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India.
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Solution: b)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) got accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India. In 2010 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had set Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries to finance clean energy projects, other mitigation efforts and adaptation to climate change.
Accordingly NABARD is the only national implementing entity in the country for undertaking climate change projects.
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Solution: b)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) got accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India. In 2010 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had set Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries to finance clean energy projects, other mitigation efforts and adaptation to climate change.
Accordingly NABARD is the only national implementing entity in the country for undertaking climate change projects.
