Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 115
17 May 2016
Clarifications:
Question 2, Quiz 114, 16th May (Click Here): The directive is, “Which of the above statements are correct?” It instead should have been, “Select the correct answer using the code given below”.
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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1. Question
2 pointsThe following Ramsar Sites – Sasthamkotta Lake, Kole Wetlands and Ashtamudi Lake – can be found in which Indian State?
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2. Question
2 pointsConsider the following statements:
- India can make an extradition request only to countries with which it has signed an extradition treaty
- India has an extradition treaty/arrangement with the United Kingdom
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
“India can make an extradition request to any country. While India’s treaty partners have treaty obligations to consider India’s requests, in the absence of a treaty, it is a matter for the foreign country to consider, in accordance with its domestic laws and procedures, whether the country can agree to India’s extradition request on the basis of an assurance of reciprocity, the Ministry of External Affairs says on its web site. Just as India can request any country for an extradition, any country can make a similar extradition request to India. The legal basis for extradition with states with whom India does not have an extradition treaty — described as “non-Treaty States” — is provided by Section 3(4) of the Indian Extradition Act, 1962.”
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Solution: b.
“India can make an extradition request to any country. While India’s treaty partners have treaty obligations to consider India’s requests, in the absence of a treaty, it is a matter for the foreign country to consider, in accordance with its domestic laws and procedures, whether the country can agree to India’s extradition request on the basis of an assurance of reciprocity, the Ministry of External Affairs says on its web site. Just as India can request any country for an extradition, any country can make a similar extradition request to India. The legal basis for extradition with states with whom India does not have an extradition treaty — described as “non-Treaty States” — is provided by Section 3(4) of the Indian Extradition Act, 1962.”
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2 pointsNASA’s ‘Kepler Mission’, sometimes seen in the news, serves what purpose?
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Solution: a.
“The Kepler Mission, NASA Discovery mission #10, is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone and determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planets.”
Page 11, May 16th, Indian Express
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Solution: a.
“The Kepler Mission, NASA Discovery mission #10, is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone and determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planets.”
Page 11, May 16th, Indian Express
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 pointsIn the context of India’s bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
- The NSG is a body that was set up specifically in response to India’s Pokhran-II test
- India is neither a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- The New Agenda Coalition, of which India is not a member, seeks to relax the preconditions for admission into the NSG
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
The NSG was set up in response to India’s Pokhran-I test.
Today, the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) is a ministerial-level group of states within the framework of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) focused on building international consensus to make progress on nuclear disarmament, as legally called for in the Nonproliferation Treaty.
http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/india-and-the-nuclear-suppliers-group/
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/nsgs-annual-plenary-session-fee-india-needs-to-pay-for-ngs-membership/article8607952.ece
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Solution: b.
The NSG was set up in response to India’s Pokhran-I test.
Today, the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) is a ministerial-level group of states within the framework of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) focused on building international consensus to make progress on nuclear disarmament, as legally called for in the Nonproliferation Treaty.
http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/india-and-the-nuclear-suppliers-group/
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/nsgs-annual-plenary-session-fee-india-needs-to-pay-for-ngs-membership/article8607952.ece
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2 pointsWhich of the following nations have never signed the NPT?
- India
- Israel
- Pakistan
- North Korea
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
North Korea was a party to the treaty but withdrew later. In addition to India, Israel and Pakistan, South Sudan too has not yet signed it.
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/nsgs-annual-plenary-session-fee-india-needs-to-pay-for-ngs-membership/article8607952.ece
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Solution: a.
North Korea was a party to the treaty but withdrew later. In addition to India, Israel and Pakistan, South Sudan too has not yet signed it.
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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/nsgs-annual-plenary-session-fee-india-needs-to-pay-for-ngs-membership/article8607952.ece
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