QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 27 January 2020
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2019
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Forest Advisory Committee.
- Forest Advisory Committee can adjudicate the requests by the industry to destroy forest land for commercial ends.
- Recently Forest Advisory Committee approved a scheme that could allow forests to be traded as a commodity.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
The Forest Advisory Committee, an apex body tasked with adjudicating requests by the industry to raze forest land for commercial ends, has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity. If implemented, it allows the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies.
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Solution: c)
The Forest Advisory Committee, an apex body tasked with adjudicating requests by the industry to raze forest land for commercial ends, has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity. If implemented, it allows the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe term Pauk-Phaw is exclusively devoted to denote the relationship between
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
- India has successfully achieved the complete phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing enterprises.
- Before the phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, India was one of the major producers of HCFC-141b.
- The complete phase out of HCFC 141 b from the country is as agreed under Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: d)
India has successfully achieved the complete phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing enterprises and one of the most potent ozone depleting chemical after Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). (HCFC)-141 b is used mainly as a blowing agent in the production of rigid polyurethane (PU) foams.
HCFC-141b is not produced in the country and all the domestic requirements are met through imports. With this notification, prohibiting the import of HCFC-141 b, the country has completely phased out the important ozone depleting chemical. Simultaneously, the use of HCFC-141 b by foam manufacturing industry has also been closed as on 1st January, 2020 under the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Amendment Rules, 2014.
Nearly, 50 % of the consumption of ozone depleting chemicals in the country was attributable to HCFC-141 b in the foam sector.
The complete phase out of HCFC 141 b from the country in foam sector is among the first at this scale in Article 5 parties (developing countries) under the Montreal Protocol.
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Solution: d)
India has successfully achieved the complete phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing enterprises and one of the most potent ozone depleting chemical after Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). (HCFC)-141 b is used mainly as a blowing agent in the production of rigid polyurethane (PU) foams.
HCFC-141b is not produced in the country and all the domestic requirements are met through imports. With this notification, prohibiting the import of HCFC-141 b, the country has completely phased out the important ozone depleting chemical. Simultaneously, the use of HCFC-141 b by foam manufacturing industry has also been closed as on 1st January, 2020 under the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Amendment Rules, 2014.
Nearly, 50 % of the consumption of ozone depleting chemicals in the country was attributable to HCFC-141 b in the foam sector.
The complete phase out of HCFC 141 b from the country in foam sector is among the first at this scale in Article 5 parties (developing countries) under the Montreal Protocol.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding BRICS grouping.
- Not all BRICS members are the members of G20.
- Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits.
- New Development Bank (NDB) is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS countries with each country contributing equally to its equity.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: b)
BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs; all are members of G20. Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits.
The main achievement of BRICS is the New Development Bank, with each country contributing equally to its equity.
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Solution: b)
BRICS is the acronym coined for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The BRICS members are known for their significant influence on regional affairs; all are members of G20. Since 2009, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits.
The main achievement of BRICS is the New Development Bank, with each country contributing equally to its equity.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding PUNCH mission.
- European Space Agency’s PUNCH mission will image regions beyond the Sun’s outer corona.
- The mission will track the solar wind and also the coronal mass ejections – which are huge masses of plasma that get thrown out of the Sun’s atmosphere.
- India’s planned satellite Aditya-L1 will also study the Sun’s corona.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
NASA’s PUNCH mission will image the Sun. This is a landmark mission that will image regions beyond the Sun’s outer corona. PUNCH, which stands for “Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere,” is focused on understanding the transition of particles from the Sun’s outer corona to the solar wind that fills interplanetary space.
India is planning to send up its own satellite Aditya-L1, a mission to study the Sun’s corona.
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Solution: c)
NASA’s PUNCH mission will image the Sun. This is a landmark mission that will image regions beyond the Sun’s outer corona. PUNCH, which stands for “Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere,” is focused on understanding the transition of particles from the Sun’s outer corona to the solar wind that fills interplanetary space.
India is planning to send up its own satellite Aditya-L1, a mission to study the Sun’s corona.
