QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 29 June 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.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Kolhapuris, the ethnic leather chappal.
- These leather chappals are hand-crafted and made only in Maharashtra.
- The GI tag is valid for a period of 5 years following which it can be renewed.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
Correct
Solution: d)
Kolhapuri chappal gets GI boost.
The approval for GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka and Maharashtra recently for making these chappals. There is a perception that these artisans are from Maharashtra alone, but a large number of them are from Karnataka, and have been making these chappals for centuries.
These leather chappals are hand-crafted and tanned using vegetable dyes. The art of making them is passed down one generation to another.
The tag is valid for a period of 10 years following which it can be renewed.
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Solution: d)
Kolhapuri chappal gets GI boost.
The approval for GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka and Maharashtra recently for making these chappals. There is a perception that these artisans are from Maharashtra alone, but a large number of them are from Karnataka, and have been making these chappals for centuries.
These leather chappals are hand-crafted and tanned using vegetable dyes. The art of making them is passed down one generation to another.
The tag is valid for a period of 10 years following which it can be renewed.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding summer solstice.
- It occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.
- It happens once in a year when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight.
- At the summer solstice, the Sun travels the shortest path through the sky and that day therefore has the most daylight.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
The summer solstice occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight.
The summer solstice occurs during summer. This is the June solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the December solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
At the summer solstice, the Sun travels the longest path through the sky, and that day therefore has the most daylight.
Incorrect
Solution: b)
The summer solstice occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight.
The summer solstice occurs during summer. This is the June solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the December solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
At the summer solstice, the Sun travels the longest path through the sky, and that day therefore has the most daylight.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project.
- It is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Telangana.
- This is world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project.
- The Kaleshwaram project is an off-shoot of the original Pranahitha-Chevella Lift Irrigation Scheme.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d)
The world’s largest irrigation and drinking water system—Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift Irrigation Project—was recently inaugurated.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Telangana.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project starts at the confluence point of Pranahita River and Godavari River.
The Kaleshwaram project is an off-shoot of the original Pranahitha-Chevella Lift Irrigation Schemetaken up by the Congress government in 2007 when Andhra Pradesh was not divided.
Incorrect
Solution: d)
The world’s largest irrigation and drinking water system—Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift Irrigation Project—was recently inaugurated.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Telangana.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project starts at the confluence point of Pranahita River and Godavari River.
The Kaleshwaram project is an off-shoot of the original Pranahitha-Chevella Lift Irrigation Schemetaken up by the Congress government in 2007 when Andhra Pradesh was not divided.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsGlobal Findex Database, sometime in news, is brought out by
Correct
Solution: d)
The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. World Bank launched this initiative with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the database has been published every three years since 2011.
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Solution: d)
The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. World Bank launched this initiative with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the database has been published every three years since 2011.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
- FATF was established by the G-7 Summit that was held in Paris in 1989.
- FATF is an inter-governmental body.
- If country is placed in grey list of FATF, it would become easier to tap international loans from different financial institutions.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: c)
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in July 1989 by a Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Paris, initially to examine and develop measures to combat money laundering. It is an inter-governmental body.
In October 2001, the FATF expanded its mandate to incorporate efforts to combat terrorist financing, in addition to money laundering.
Since its inception, the FATF has operated under a fixed life-span, requiring a specific decision by its Ministers to continue. The current mandate of the FATF (2012-2020) was adopted at a Ministerial meeting in April 2012.
The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
Starting with its own members, the FATF monitors countries’ progress in implementing the FATF Recommendations; reviews money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and counter-measures; and, promotes the adoption and implementation of the FATF Recommendations globally.
If country is placed in grey list of FATF, it would become harder to tap international loans from different financial institutions.
Incorrect
Solution: c)
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in July 1989 by a Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Paris, initially to examine and develop measures to combat money laundering. It is an inter-governmental body.
In October 2001, the FATF expanded its mandate to incorporate efforts to combat terrorist financing, in addition to money laundering.
Since its inception, the FATF has operated under a fixed life-span, requiring a specific decision by its Ministers to continue. The current mandate of the FATF (2012-2020) was adopted at a Ministerial meeting in April 2012.
The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
Starting with its own members, the FATF monitors countries’ progress in implementing the FATF Recommendations; reviews money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and counter-measures; and, promotes the adoption and implementation of the FATF Recommendations globally.
If country is placed in grey list of FATF, it would become harder to tap international loans from different financial institutions.