QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 19 October 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 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a new human rights treaty, that outlines the civil, economic, social, political and cultural rights of children.
- Nations that ratify this convention are bound to it by international law.
- India is a party to the convention.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a 30-year-old human rights treaty, that outlines the civil, economic, social, political and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under national legislation.
India ratified UNCRC on 11 December 1992, agreeing in principles all articles except with certain reservations on issues relating to child labor.
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Solution: c)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a 30-year-old human rights treaty, that outlines the civil, economic, social, political and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under national legislation.
India ratified UNCRC on 11 December 1992, agreeing in principles all articles except with certain reservations on issues relating to child labor.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 points‘One country, two systems’ recently seen in news is the policy of which country
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Solution: c)
“One country, two systems” is a constitutional principle formulated by Deng Xiaoping, the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for the reunification of China during the early 1980s. He suggested that there would be only one China, but distinct Chinese regions such as Hong Kong and Macau could retain their own economic and administrative systems, while the rest of the PRC (or “Mainland China”) uses the socialism with Chinese characteristics system.
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Solution: c)
“One country, two systems” is a constitutional principle formulated by Deng Xiaoping, the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for the reunification of China during the early 1980s. He suggested that there would be only one China, but distinct Chinese regions such as Hong Kong and Macau could retain their own economic and administrative systems, while the rest of the PRC (or “Mainland China”) uses the socialism with Chinese characteristics system.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Geothermal Energy.
- India is in Low Geothermal Potential Region.
- The National Building Code 2016 has included geo-thermal cooling and heating as one of the energy efficient options.
- Philippines, Turkey, and New Zealand are some of the leading countries availing commercial exploitation of Geothermal Energy.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d)
Geothermal Energy is heat stored in earth crust and being used for electric generation and also for direct heat application worldwide since beginning of last century. USA, Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, and New Zealand are leading countries availing commercial exploitation.
Geothermal electricity generation is site and technology specific and India is in Low Geothermal Potential Region with low/medium heat enthalpy.
The National Building Code 2016 has included new and energy efficient options of air conditioning, heating and mechanical ventilation, such as variable refrigerant flow system, inverter technology, district cooling system, hybrid central plant using chilled beams, radiant floor components, and geo-thermal cooling and heating.
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Solution: d)
Geothermal Energy is heat stored in earth crust and being used for electric generation and also for direct heat application worldwide since beginning of last century. USA, Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, and New Zealand are leading countries availing commercial exploitation.
Geothermal electricity generation is site and technology specific and India is in Low Geothermal Potential Region with low/medium heat enthalpy.
The National Building Code 2016 has included new and energy efficient options of air conditioning, heating and mechanical ventilation, such as variable refrigerant flow system, inverter technology, district cooling system, hybrid central plant using chilled beams, radiant floor components, and geo-thermal cooling and heating.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- National Institute of Solar Energy is the apex National R&D institution in the field of Solar Energy.
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Non-Banking Financial Institution engaged in extending financial assistance for setting up projects relating to new and renewable sources of energy.
- Solar Energy Corporation of India is the only CPSU dedicated to the solar energy sector.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
Correct
Solution: d)
National Institute of Solar Energy, an autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE), is the apex National R&D institution in the field Solar Energy.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). IREDA is a Public Limited Government Company established as a Non-Banking Financial Institution in 1987 engaged in promoting, developing and extending financial assistance for setting up projects relating to new and renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency/conservation with the motto: “ENERGY FOR EVER”
“Solar Energy Corporation of India ltd” (SECI) is a CPSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), set up on 20th Sept, 2011. It is the only CPSU dedicated to the solar energy sector. It is responsible for implementation of a number of schemes of MNRE, major ones being the VGF schemes for large-scale grid-connected projects under JNNSM, solar park scheme and grid-connected solar rooftop scheme, alongwith a host of other specialised schemes such as defence scheme, canal-top scheme, Indo-Pak border scheme etc.
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Solution: d)
National Institute of Solar Energy, an autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE), is the apex National R&D institution in the field Solar Energy.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). IREDA is a Public Limited Government Company established as a Non-Banking Financial Institution in 1987 engaged in promoting, developing and extending financial assistance for setting up projects relating to new and renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency/conservation with the motto: “ENERGY FOR EVER”
“Solar Energy Corporation of India ltd” (SECI) is a CPSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), set up on 20th Sept, 2011. It is the only CPSU dedicated to the solar energy sector. It is responsible for implementation of a number of schemes of MNRE, major ones being the VGF schemes for large-scale grid-connected projects under JNNSM, solar park scheme and grid-connected solar rooftop scheme, alongwith a host of other specialised schemes such as defence scheme, canal-top scheme, Indo-Pak border scheme etc.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
- ERSS is one of the key projects of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- Under ERSS there is a single emergency response number across the country.
- In India, the decision to launch the ERSS system was taken in the wake of the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d)
ERSS is one of the key projects of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under Nirbhaya Fund. In India, the decision to launch the ERSS system was taken in the wake of the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case.
There is a pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS.
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Solution: d)
ERSS is one of the key projects of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under Nirbhaya Fund. In India, the decision to launch the ERSS system was taken in the wake of the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case.
There is a pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS.
