QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
August 2, 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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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following statements with reference to the recent amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is/are correct?:
- It prohibits employment of children below 15 years in all occupations except where the child helps his family after school hours
- The above provision (Statement 1) is in conformance with conventions of the International Labour Organisation
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
It prohibits employment of children below 14 years in all occupations except where the child helps his family after school hours.
“The NDA government, like its predecessor that proposed the amendments, seems to be satisfied with mere compliance with International Labour Organisation Conventions 138 and 182. The former mandates compulsory schooling till the age of 15, but permits countries with inadequate education facilities to reduce it to 14, while Convention 182 prohibits employment of children “in the worst forms of labour”.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/child-labour-by-other-means/article8929306.ece
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Solution: b.
It prohibits employment of children below 14 years in all occupations except where the child helps his family after school hours.
“The NDA government, like its predecessor that proposed the amendments, seems to be satisfied with mere compliance with International Labour Organisation Conventions 138 and 182. The former mandates compulsory schooling till the age of 15, but permits countries with inadequate education facilities to reduce it to 14, while Convention 182 prohibits employment of children “in the worst forms of labour”.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/child-labour-by-other-means/article8929306.ece
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 pointsThe geographical region that is ‘Arabian Peninsula’ is surrounded by which of the following water bodies/waterways?
- Mediterranean Sea
- Strait of Hormuz
- Dead Sea
- Bab-el-Mandeb
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Solution: c.
“It is the largest peninsula in the world. The Arabian Peninsula consists of the countries Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well as parts of southern Iraq and Jordan.[2] The peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west, the Persian Gulf to the northeast, the Levant to the north and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula
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Solution: c.
“It is the largest peninsula in the world. The Arabian Peninsula consists of the countries Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well as parts of southern Iraq and Jordan.[2] The peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west, the Persian Gulf to the northeast, the Levant to the north and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 pointsMany thousands of lawyers in the state of Tamil Nadu recently laid siege to the Madras High Court. What was the reason for their agitation?
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Solution: c.
This is simply a current affairs-based question. Not one that would be asked in preliminaries.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lawyers-lay-siege-to-madras-high-court/article8898121.ece
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/legal-eye-restoring-order-in-the-court/article8929255.ece
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Solution: c.
This is simply a current affairs-based question. Not one that would be asked in preliminaries.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lawyers-lay-siege-to-madras-high-court/article8898121.ece
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/legal-eye-restoring-order-in-the-court/article8929255.ece
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 pointsWhich of the following commissions/panels have dealt with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in part or in whole?
- The Second Administrative Reforms Commission
- Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission
- Justice Santosh Hegde Commission
- Justice J.S. Verma Committee
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Solution: d.
“Nothing, it seems, can move the Central government to have this draconian Act repealed or moderated — not Ms. Sharmila’s hunger strike, not the periodic eruptions of violent street protests against it in Imphal or Srinagar, not even the recommendations of three high-powered panels set up by the Central government. These include the 2005 recommendations of the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission set up to “humanise the AFSPA”, as former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said; the 2005 Veerappa Moily-led second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC); and the 2013 Justice J.S. Verma Committee set up in the wake of the December 16, 2012, Delhi rape case, looking into reforms to speed up as well as ensure conviction in rape cases.”
“Once again highlighting the rampant misuse of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA, a Supreme Court-appointed Judicial Commission has noted that the Act has failed to tackle insurgency and that the armed forces were indulging in gross violation of human rights by operating under the shield of the controversial law.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/irom-sharmila-the-cause-is-afspa/article8929257.ece
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Solution: d.
“Nothing, it seems, can move the Central government to have this draconian Act repealed or moderated — not Ms. Sharmila’s hunger strike, not the periodic eruptions of violent street protests against it in Imphal or Srinagar, not even the recommendations of three high-powered panels set up by the Central government. These include the 2005 recommendations of the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission set up to “humanise the AFSPA”, as former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said; the 2005 Veerappa Moily-led second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC); and the 2013 Justice J.S. Verma Committee set up in the wake of the December 16, 2012, Delhi rape case, looking into reforms to speed up as well as ensure conviction in rape cases.”
“Once again highlighting the rampant misuse of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA, a Supreme Court-appointed Judicial Commission has noted that the Act has failed to tackle insurgency and that the armed forces were indulging in gross violation of human rights by operating under the shield of the controversial law.”
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/irom-sharmila-the-cause-is-afspa/article8929257.ece
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 pointsFrom which of the following list of countries have Indians been evacuated by the Government of India during peace time?
- Saudi Arabia
- Nepal
- Kuwait
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Solution: a)
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