QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz- 103

Solution: c.

“Andhra Pradesh is set to become the first State in the country to make all of its urban areas ‘Open Defecation Free’ by October 2nd this year, marking the two years of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.”

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=142599

Solution: b.

“It is likely that as part of election campaign party leaders and candidates may travel to overseas countries for the purposes of canvassing in their favour to seek votes of the overseas electors residing in those countries. In this context, the Commission clarifies that though seeking votes of overseas electors by going abroad by the candidates or their agents or party leaders is not prohibited under the law, all expenditure incurred by those candidates, their agents or party leaders on their travel, boarding, lodging, etc., in those countries would be deemed to be the expenditure incurred or authorized by the candidates concerned in connection with their election.”

“The Commission further clarifies that any inducement to overseas electors by way of Air tickets or any other allurements to them, in cash or kind, to come to India for the purpose of voting at the aforesaid elections would amount to the electoral offence of ‘bribery’….”

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=142602

Solution: c.

“In 2015-16, direct taxes contributed only 51 per cent of the tax revenue, lower than in recent years (and even the government’s expectations) and the lowest since 2007-08. An increasing share of indirect taxes in total revenue collection is cause for alarm because indirect taxes affect all Indians alike, rich and poor. Indeed, given that the poor generally spend a greater fraction of their income on essentials than the rich do, with wider indirect taxation, they end up paying a higher individual tax rate than people considerably wealthier.”

Chapter 7, Economic Survey 2015-16, Volume 1

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/where-are-indias-taxpayers/article8544335.ece

Solution: d.

Article 29 – Protection of Interests of Minorities

Article 30 – Rights of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions

Page 7.16, Indian Polity 4^th Edition by M Laxmikanth

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/aligarh-muslim-university-amu-minority-institution-2779703/

Solution: a.

The question mentions, “Which of the above operational Navigation Satellite Systems…”, hence option 5 gets eliminated.

“The U.S.’s GPS navigation system, which became operational in 1993, offers good coverage and service globally; other countries and regions already have or are building their own systems. Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System too is global in coverage. In 2012, China got its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System operational, but unlike the GPS and Russia’s GLONASS, it is currently more regional in coverage; it intends to expand the system for global coverage by 2020. The European Satellite Navigation System, Galileo, with global coverage, will be operational only by 2019-2020. Japan too is establishing its own global system.”

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/selfreliance-is-the-key/article8544336.ece

Solution: a.

“Researchers recently spotted 101 species of spiders belonging to 65 genera from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki, Kerala, when documenting spider diversity in the Sanctuary.”

“Mi-17 chopper of the IAF has been stationed near Bhimtal and it will spray water from the Bhimtal lake”

‘Nation’ Page: “An elephant is watched by a keeper as it bathes at Sepahijala wildlife sanctuary, on the outskirts of Agartala”