QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
30 September, 2016
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Q3, Q4, September 29th (Click Here): A mistake we made while uploading the quiz. The explanation is clear and in both cases the answer must be option ‘c’, that is, both statements in both questions are correct.
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 6
1. Question
1 points‘Google Station’, recently seen in the news, is
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Solution: a.
“Google is to roll out a comprehensive public wi-fi platform in India, as part of its bid to get more people using its services. Dubbed Google Station, the service will see wi-fi hotspots rolled out in stations, with plans to expand this to shopping malls and cafes at some point. The service will be free to start with, but Google will be looking to monetise it at some point”.
“Google already offers high-speed free wi-fi access at 52 railway stations across India. Writing on the official Google blog, chief executive Sundar Pichai said the project “would rank as the largest public wi-fi project in India, and among the largest in the world, by number of potential users”.
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Solution: a.
“Google is to roll out a comprehensive public wi-fi platform in India, as part of its bid to get more people using its services. Dubbed Google Station, the service will see wi-fi hotspots rolled out in stations, with plans to expand this to shopping malls and cafes at some point. The service will be free to start with, but Google will be looking to monetise it at some point”.
“Google already offers high-speed free wi-fi access at 52 railway stations across India. Writing on the official Google blog, chief executive Sundar Pichai said the project “would rank as the largest public wi-fi project in India, and among the largest in the world, by number of potential users”.
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsThe research project, known as ‘NAWDEX’, will investigate the
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Solution: d.
“A major international effort is under way to research one of the greatest unknowns in weather forecasting – the influence of the jet stream. For the first time, a fleet of drones and planes is being deployed from the United States, Iceland and Britain to investigate the flow of air crossing the Atlantic. Jet streams are powerful currents of high-altitude wind that govern the patterns of weather down on the surface”.
“The research project, known as Nawdex, involves scientists from more than 30 institutes and organisations from more than half a dozen countries”. The geographical scope of this project is restricted to North America and Europe.
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Solution: d.
“A major international effort is under way to research one of the greatest unknowns in weather forecasting – the influence of the jet stream. For the first time, a fleet of drones and planes is being deployed from the United States, Iceland and Britain to investigate the flow of air crossing the Atlantic. Jet streams are powerful currents of high-altitude wind that govern the patterns of weather down on the surface”.
“The research project, known as Nawdex, involves scientists from more than 30 institutes and organisations from more than half a dozen countries”. The geographical scope of this project is restricted to North America and Europe.
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the ‘Tsutsugamushi Triangle’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- It refers to the region to which the Bush Typhus disease is endemic.
- Its vertices are Northern Japan in the North, Northern Australia in the South and Pakistan in the West.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: c.
Both statements are correct.
- Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus because the mites (Leptotrombidium deliense, commonly known as trombiculid mite) that cause it reside in vegetation predominantly comprising small shrubs, is an infectious disease with symptoms similar to any viral fever.
- However, it is not caused by a virus, but by a parasite called Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by the bite of infected mite larvae in soil containing scrub vegetation. The disease is more common during the wet season when the mites lay eggs.
- Scrub typhus is endemic to a part of the world known as the “tsutsugamushi triangle”, which extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north, to northern Australia in the south, and to Pakistan in the west.
- Scrub typhus is essentially an occupational disease among rural residents in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Scrub typhus, a dreaded disease in pre-antibiotic era, is a militarily important disease that caused thousands of cases in the Far East during the Second World War.
Primary Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/scrub-typhus-himachal-pradesh-the-jungle-fever-that-is-stalking-himachal-pradesh-3055135/
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Secondary Source: FAQ, WHO
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Solution: c.
Both statements are correct.
- Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus because the mites (Leptotrombidium deliense, commonly known as trombiculid mite) that cause it reside in vegetation predominantly comprising small shrubs, is an infectious disease with symptoms similar to any viral fever.
- However, it is not caused by a virus, but by a parasite called Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by the bite of infected mite larvae in soil containing scrub vegetation. The disease is more common during the wet season when the mites lay eggs.
- Scrub typhus is endemic to a part of the world known as the “tsutsugamushi triangle”, which extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north, to northern Australia in the south, and to Pakistan in the west.
- Scrub typhus is essentially an occupational disease among rural residents in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Scrub typhus, a dreaded disease in pre-antibiotic era, is a militarily important disease that caused thousands of cases in the Far East during the Second World War.
Primary Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/scrub-typhus-himachal-pradesh-the-jungle-fever-that-is-stalking-himachal-pradesh-3055135/
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Secondary Source: FAQ, WHO
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 points‘Santhara’ refers to
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Solution: b.
“The house of the Dugars in the posh Mandeville Gardens of south Kolkata has been seeing an endless number of visitors for the past few days. Amidst chanting of Jain mantras, people trickle in silently and pay their respects to an elderly lady who has confined herself in one of the rooms of the house. Sohani Devi Dugar, 83, chose to embrace santhara — a Jain religious practice of a ritualistic fast unto death. Thursday was the tenth day of santhara for Ms. Sohani Devi. Her decision came about after doctors could assure little hope of her recovery from an advanced stage of throat cancer.”
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Solution: b.
“The house of the Dugars in the posh Mandeville Gardens of south Kolkata has been seeing an endless number of visitors for the past few days. Amidst chanting of Jain mantras, people trickle in silently and pay their respects to an elderly lady who has confined herself in one of the rooms of the house. Sohani Devi Dugar, 83, chose to embrace santhara — a Jain religious practice of a ritualistic fast unto death. Thursday was the tenth day of santhara for Ms. Sohani Devi. Her decision came about after doctors could assure little hope of her recovery from an advanced stage of throat cancer.”
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Marrakesh Treaty’
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Solution: b.
“The Marrakesh VIP Treaty (formally the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities, colloquially MVT) is a treaty on copyright adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 28 June 2013. The treaty allows for copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works for visually impaired persons. The treaty sets a norm for countries ratifying the treaty to have a domestic copyright exception covering these activities, and allowing for the import and export of such materials.”
“The Marrakesh treaty is the second international trade treaty associated with Marrakesh, the other being the Marrakesh Agreement which established the World Trade Organization in 1994.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-books-accessible-to-all/article9163855.ece
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Solution: b.
“The Marrakesh VIP Treaty (formally the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities, colloquially MVT) is a treaty on copyright adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 28 June 2013. The treaty allows for copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works for visually impaired persons. The treaty sets a norm for countries ratifying the treaty to have a domestic copyright exception covering these activities, and allowing for the import and export of such materials.”
“The Marrakesh treaty is the second international trade treaty associated with Marrakesh, the other being the Marrakesh Agreement which established the World Trade Organization in 1994.”
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-books-accessible-to-all/article9163855.ece
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 points‘OPEC’, or the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, recently agreed on modest oil output cuts – the first such deal since 2008. Which of the following nations is/are NOT members of OPEC?
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
- Iran
- Indonesia
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: d.
OPEC members include, as of July 2016, Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
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Solution: d.
OPEC members include, as of July 2016, Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
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