Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 61
04 March 2016
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 2016. 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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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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The following Quiz is based on the Hindu, PIB and other news sources. It is a current events based quiz. Solving these questions will help retain both concepts and facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services exam.
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2 pointsWith reference to the pardoning power of the President of India, consider the following statements:
- Remission denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form
- Reprieve implies a stay of the execution of a sentence for a temporary period
- Respite denotes awarding a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded due to some special fact
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Commutation denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form. Remission implies reducing the period of sentence without changing its character (if you have not yet read polity but had read today’s Hindu editorial, you would have been able to eliminate options a, c and d).
President, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth
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Commutation denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form. Remission implies reducing the period of sentence without changing its character (if you have not yet read polity but had read today’s Hindu editorial, you would have been able to eliminate options a, c and d).
President, Indian Polity 4th Edition by M Laxmikanth
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2 points‘Bhuvan’, an Indian government portal, is a
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“ISRO’s BHUVAN (www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in) is a well-known national geo-portal, which is being widely, used by the Government, public, NGOs and Academia. Bhuvan is developed with a clear focus of addressing Indian requirements of satellite Images and theme-oriented services to enable planning, monitoring and evaluation of stakeholder’s activities in governance and development.”
“Bhuvan is designed, developed, deployed and managed by a small team of scientists within ISRO. It primarily focuses on societal-benefits and is not a commercial venture.”
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Solution: a.
“ISRO’s BHUVAN (www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in) is a well-known national geo-portal, which is being widely, used by the Government, public, NGOs and Academia. Bhuvan is developed with a clear focus of addressing Indian requirements of satellite Images and theme-oriented services to enable planning, monitoring and evaluation of stakeholder’s activities in governance and development.”
“Bhuvan is designed, developed, deployed and managed by a small team of scientists within ISRO. It primarily focuses on societal-benefits and is not a commercial venture.”
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2 points‘Force 18’ is
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