QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz- 130 – July 1

Solution: b)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tejas-aircraft-join-iaf/article8795690.ece

India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) together with its variants, is the smallest and lightest Multi-Role Supersonic Fighter Aircraft of its class. This single engine, Compound-Delta-Wing, Tailless Aircraft is designed and developed by ADA with HAL as the principal partner along with DRDO, CSIR, BEL, DGAQA, IAF & IN to meet diverse needs of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy (IN).

Solution: a)

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/chemicals-similar-to-brussels-bomb-seized-from-hyderabad-is-suspects/article8794187.ece

TATP and the other explosive forms of acetone peroxide belong to the few high explosives that do not contain nitrogen,[22] and so can pass undetected through explosive detection scanners designed to detect nitrogenous explosives.[23] Because of its high susceptibility to accidental detonation (and resulting “workplace accidents” in bomb-making shops), TATP has been referred to as the “Mother of Satan.”[22] It is used by terrorists for its ability to evade detection aimed at nitrogenous explosives, and due to its low cost and the ease with which its precursors can be obtained.[22] It has been described in popular media as easily prepared from readily available retail ingredients, such as hair bleach and nail polish remover.

Solution: b)

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/wb-offers-1-billion-aid-for-solar-projects/article8794179.ece

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/05/13/world-bank-approves-625-million-to-support-grid-connected-rooftop-solar-program-in-india

• It’s implemented by SBI

• India is the largest recipient of loans from the World Bank, amounting to $102.1 billion, between 1945 and 2015 (as on July 21, 2015), according to the Bank’s lending report.

Representational image. Reuters

While the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a part of the World Bank group, has lent $52.7 billion, the International Development Association (IDA), a multilateral concessional lender of World Bank, has loaned $49.4 billion to India over the last 70 years.

Solution: a)

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/aqBXOSWqMObUMUAffuGH6I/India-jumps-19-places-in-World-Banks-logistics-performance.html

India has improved its ranking in the World Bank Group’s bi-annual “Logistics Performance Index 2016”, jumping from 54th in 2014 to 35th in 2016. This was announced by the World Bank Group in its recent launch of the report. In the latest ranking India has gone past countries like New Zealand, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Latvia and Indonesia who were ahead of it in the index.

Solution: c)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/amarnath-yatra-begins-amid-tight-security/article8796491.ece

http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com/the-holy-shrine.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarnath_Temple#History

Solution: d)

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=146627

It’s the responsibility of state governments to implement Bill’s provisions