Insights Current Affairs Quiz (2016) – 132
04 July 2016
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2016
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Question 1 of 7
1. Question
2 pointsRecently, the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), became the world’s largest radio telescope built to explore space and help in looking for extraterrestrial life. It is built in which country/region?
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2. Question
2 pointsJuno, an unmanned NASA spacecraft, is sent to explore which of the following planets?
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Question 3 of 7
3. Question
2 pointsWhy the thinning of ozone was occurring mainly over Antarctica?
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Solution: a)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36674996
http://www.theozonehole.com/psc.htm
Polar stratospheric clouds help in creating conducive environment for chlorine radicals to act on ozone molecules.
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Solution: a)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36674996
http://www.theozonehole.com/psc.htm
Polar stratospheric clouds help in creating conducive environment for chlorine radicals to act on ozone molecules.
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Question 4 of 7
4. Question
2 pointsConsider the following hints:
- It is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean made up of coral reefs and atolls
- Its capital city is South Tarawa
- Its 33 islands are spread over at the intersection of equator and 180 degree meridian
- This island republic which gained freedom from UK, is threatened by rising sea levels
To which of the following countries does above description refer?
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Solutions: d)
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Question 5 of 7
5. Question
2 pointsRecently India’s first insurance policy covering public liability to an atomic power plant operator has been issued to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). Which of the following insurance companies have issued this insurance?
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Solution: c)
The insurance policy was issued by the country’s largest non-life insurer New India Assurance Company Ltd
Another important point: The Central government had announced in June 2015 the setting up of the Rs. 1,500-crore India Nuclear Insurance Pool to be managed by national reinsurer GIC Re
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nuclear-plants-insured/article8805433.ece
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Solution: c)
The insurance policy was issued by the country’s largest non-life insurer New India Assurance Company Ltd
Another important point: The Central government had announced in June 2015 the setting up of the Rs. 1,500-crore India Nuclear Insurance Pool to be managed by national reinsurer GIC Re
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nuclear-plants-insured/article8805433.ece
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Question 6 of 7
6. Question
2 pointsWhat is Batesian mimicry?
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Solution: b)
First one is known as Müllerian mimicry.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/new-species-of-antmimicking-spider-found-in-kerala/article8805264.ece
For more broad definitions and examples: https://www.britannica.com/science/Batesian-mimicry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_mimicry
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Solution: b)
First one is known as Müllerian mimicry.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/new-species-of-antmimicking-spider-found-in-kerala/article8805264.ece
For more broad definitions and examples: https://www.britannica.com/science/Batesian-mimicry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian_mimicry
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7. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following states in one only one in India to run paperless legislature sessions?
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