QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
21 September, 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 5
1. Question
1 points. ‘SWAYAM’ Programme, sometimes seen in the news, may refer to
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Solution: a.
“IIMs will actively participate in creating contents for SWAYAM which is an Information Technology platform hosting Open Online Courses and will provide high quality education on various subjects from 9 to Under Graduate and Post Graduate students — covering all disciplines. SWAYAM is a free course which can be availed online and shall be a complete channel of new Open Learning system comprising of lectures, reading materials, tutorials, mid exams, final exams and certification.”
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150946
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Solution: a.
“IIMs will actively participate in creating contents for SWAYAM which is an Information Technology platform hosting Open Online Courses and will provide high quality education on various subjects from 9 to Under Graduate and Post Graduate students — covering all disciplines. SWAYAM is a free course which can be availed online and shall be a complete channel of new Open Learning system comprising of lectures, reading materials, tutorials, mid exams, final exams and certification.”
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150946
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsWith reference to Barak-8, which was successfully test fired recently, consider the following statements:
- It has been developed jointly by Israel and India.
- It is a surface-to-air, nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
- It is designed to defend against any airborne threat including supersonic aircrafts and missiles.
Which of the statements above is/are correct?
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Solution: d.
“India Tuesday successfully test-fired the Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air nuclear-capable ballistic missile, jointly developed with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast.
- The advanced missile has been designed and developed by the DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries and Israel’s Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure.
- The Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) has the ability to hit targets within radii of 70 km to 90 km.
- It is designed to defend against any airborne threat, apart from aircraft and helicopters, and can also intercept supersonic aircraft and missiles.
- Barak-8 is based on the original Barak-1 missile but has a more advanced target-seeker. The radar system provides 360-degree coverage and the missile can take down an incoming missile as close as 500 meters away from a ship.”
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Solution: d.
“India Tuesday successfully test-fired the Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air nuclear-capable ballistic missile, jointly developed with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast.
- The advanced missile has been designed and developed by the DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries and Israel’s Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure.
- The Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) has the ability to hit targets within radii of 70 km to 90 km.
- It is designed to defend against any airborne threat, apart from aircraft and helicopters, and can also intercept supersonic aircraft and missiles.
- Barak-8 is based on the original Barak-1 missile but has a more advanced target-seeker. The radar system provides 360-degree coverage and the missile can take down an incoming missile as close as 500 meters away from a ship.”
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the Kamakhya Temple in Assam, which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
- It is a ‘Shakti Peeth’.
- It is the main temple within a complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas.
- It is an important pilgrimage for Tantric worshippers.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: d.
- “The Shakti Peetha is a place of worship consecrated ashes of the goddess Shakti or Sati, the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect.”
- “Shaktism or Shaktidharma (“doctrine of power” or “doctrine of the Goddess”) is a category of tantric Saivism, where various goddesses are viewed as the central deity of their respective systems.”
- “Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) or Dasha-Mahavidyas are a group of ten aspects of Adi Parashakti in Hinduism. After the decline of Buddhism in India, Sakta and Buddhist goddesses were combined to form this list of ten.”
- “The development of Mahavidyas represents an important turning point in the history of Shaktism as it marks the rise of Bhakti aspect in Shaktism, which reached its zenith in 1700 CE.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
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Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150945
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Solution: d.
- “The Shakti Peetha is a place of worship consecrated ashes of the goddess Shakti or Sati, the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect.”
- “Shaktism or Shaktidharma (“doctrine of power” or “doctrine of the Goddess”) is a category of tantric Saivism, where various goddesses are viewed as the central deity of their respective systems.”
- “Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) or Dasha-Mahavidyas are a group of ten aspects of Adi Parashakti in Hinduism. After the decline of Buddhism in India, Sakta and Buddhist goddesses were combined to form this list of ten.”
- “The development of Mahavidyas represents an important turning point in the history of Shaktism as it marks the rise of Bhakti aspect in Shaktism, which reached its zenith in 1700 CE.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
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Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150945
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The Montreal Protocol deals only with phasing down of substances that deplete the ozone layer.
- Unlike the Montreal Protocol, in which each of the signatories is equally responsible for eliminating the banned chemicals, the Kyoto Protocol puts “differentiated responsibilities” on developed and developing countries.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
“The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) human-made CO2 emissions have caused it. The Protocol is based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.”
US EPA: “On November 6, 2015, all 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer agreed on a “Dubai Pathway” for controlling climate-change-inducing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Like the ozone-depleting substances (ODS) they were designed to replace, most hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases (and HFCs have zero Ozone-Depleting potential). Emissions of HFCs are projected to increase nearly twentyfold in the coming decades. This projected increase in HFC emissions would offset many of the climate benefits achieved by phasing out ODS under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.”
India in 2015:“In line with an assurance it gave to the United States last year to work towards reduction of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), India has proposed a draft amendment to the Montreal Protocol to enable a complete phase-out of the HFCs in a time-bound manner.”
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Solution: b.
“The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) human-made CO2 emissions have caused it. The Protocol is based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.”
US EPA: “On November 6, 2015, all 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer agreed on a “Dubai Pathway” for controlling climate-change-inducing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Like the ozone-depleting substances (ODS) they were designed to replace, most hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases (and HFCs have zero Ozone-Depleting potential). Emissions of HFCs are projected to increase nearly twentyfold in the coming decades. This projected increase in HFC emissions would offset many of the climate benefits achieved by phasing out ODS under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.”
India in 2015:“In line with an assurance it gave to the United States last year to work towards reduction of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), India has proposed a draft amendment to the Montreal Protocol to enable a complete phase-out of the HFCs in a time-bound manner.”
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently approved a loan for construction of India’s first Coastal Industrial Corridor. This Coastal Industrial Corridor will be developed between
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Solution: a.
“The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved to dole out $631 million for developing India’s first coastal industrial corridor along the Vishakapatnam-Chennai coastline.”
- This is the first phase of development in the 2,500-kilometre-long East Coast Economic Corridor project that is being considered crucial in spurring development in India’s eastern coast and establishing seamless trade links with South and Southeast Asia.
- The Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor section of the East Coast Economic Corridor, connecting four economic hubs and nine industrial clusters, will mark the first industrial corridor developed along India’s coast.
- The East Coast Economic Corridor will ultimately extend from Kolkata in West Bengal in the northeast of India to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu near the southern-most point of the country.
- As part of the project’s developmental work, state highways and roads would be constructed apart from establishing water treatment plants, water pipes, storm drains, power substations and power distribution lines.
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Solution: a.
“The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved to dole out $631 million for developing India’s first coastal industrial corridor along the Vishakapatnam-Chennai coastline.”
- This is the first phase of development in the 2,500-kilometre-long East Coast Economic Corridor project that is being considered crucial in spurring development in India’s eastern coast and establishing seamless trade links with South and Southeast Asia.
- The Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor section of the East Coast Economic Corridor, connecting four economic hubs and nine industrial clusters, will mark the first industrial corridor developed along India’s coast.
- The East Coast Economic Corridor will ultimately extend from Kolkata in West Bengal in the northeast of India to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu near the southern-most point of the country.
- As part of the project’s developmental work, state highways and roads would be constructed apart from establishing water treatment plants, water pipes, storm drains, power substations and power distribution lines.
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