QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 04 November 2016

Solution: a.

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be levied at multiple rates ranging from 0 per cent to 28 per cent.
• Ultra luxuries, demerit and sin goods, will attract a cess for a period of five years on top of the 28 per cent GST.
• On nearly half of the consumer inflation basket, including food grains, the GST will be at 0 per cent, Council Chairman and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told a media conference after the meeting.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/council-fixes-4level-gst-rate-structure/article9302611.ece

Solution: c.

• “..one of the  most  important  descriptions  of  the  city  of Vijayanagara in the  fifteenth  century comes from Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi, a diplomat who came visiting  from  ”
• “Travelling overland  through  Central  Asia,  Ibn Battuta  reached  Sind  in    He  had  heard about  Muhammad  bin  Tughlaq,  the  Sultan  of  Delhi, and  lured  by  his  reputation  as  a  generous  patron of arts and letters, set off for Delhi, passing through Multan  and  Uch.”
• “The show began with a narration on the glorious Vijayanagar empire……the description of Vijayanagar empire’s glory by Domingo Paes, Niccolo Deconti, Abdur Razzak, its downfall and how the empire was looted and destroyed…”

Themes/Chapters 5 and 7, Themes in Indian History Part 2, Class 12, NCERT;

Article in Regional Edition: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/light-sound-show-focuses-on-vijayanagar-empire/article9302648.ece

Solution: b.

“Xuan Zang, also spent a lot of time at Harsha’s court and left a detailed account of what he saw.”

Chapter 10, Page 105, 106, Our Pasts I, Class 6, NCERT;

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/xuan-zang-stayed-in-vijayawada-to-study-buddhist-scriptures/article9301363.ece?homepage=true

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Solution: c.

“The veterans are demanding OROP in its rightful form, which going by the accepted definition implies i) uniform pension to armed forces personnel ii) retiring with the same rank and iii) length of service iv) regardless of the date of retirement.”

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-getting-real-on-orop/article9301342.ece

Solution: a.

Question framed from a mains perspective; same question was posted here a few days ago.

• Article 14 guarantees equality to all persons, citizens and foreigners. It only permits laws to differentiate between groups of people if the rationale for doing so serves a reasonable purpose. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill does not explain the rationale behind differentiating between illegal migrants on the basis of the religion they belong to.
• Under the 1955 Act, an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder’s registration may be cancelled if he violates a law for which he is: (i) sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more, and (ii) within five years of his OCI registration. The Bill adds another ground for cancelling OCI registration, which is violation of any law of the country by an OCI.  This means that even offences with: (i) lesser penalties, or (ii) which have been committed after five years of registration could be covered under the Bill.  This makes the earlier provision redundant.

Primary Source: http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Citizenship/Legislative%20Brief%20Citizenship%20Amendment%20Bill%202016.pdf

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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/joydeep-biswas-on-bjps-politics-in-assam-citizenship-on-a-divisive-agenda/article9301316.ece