QUIZ – 2016: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 26 November 2016

Solution: a.
A clue has been provided in the question itself – “…commemoration of the 500^th anniversary…”

The religious teachers mentioned in statement 2 were all present roughly in the 14^th century.

Page 167, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, Themes in Indian History II, Class 12, NCERT;

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154369

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Solution: a.

Same question (directive was different) was posted here in October. Statements 2 and 3 are incorrect.

• Informed consent and Disclosure of HIV status: Informed consent for an HIV test will not be required in case of screening by any licensed blood bank, a court order, medical research, and epidemiological purposes where the HIV test is anonymous and not meant to determine the HIV status of a person. Establishments keeping records of information of HIV positive persons shall adopt data protection measures.
• Role of the Ombudsman: An ombudsman shall be appointed by each state government to inquire into complaints related to the violation of the Act and the provision of health care services. The Ombudsman shall submit a report to the state government every six months stating the number and nature of complaints received, the actions taken and orders passed.

Primary Source: PRS; PIB;

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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/HIV-community-rejects-AIDS-Bill-in-current-form/article16704871.ece

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Solution: b.

• Statement ‘a’ is incorrect. It may become the first private entity from India to put a rover on the moon.
• The start-up is the only Indian aspirant and among the four from across the world that plan to send spacecraft to soft-land on the moon before December 2017, deploying a rover and sending lunar pictures.
• Last year, it won a $1 million milestone prize from Google Lunar X Prize for completing the viable concept of its moon lander.
• The company is poised to start building its 600-kg-plus moon lander. It plans to launch it on a hired PSLV rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Bullish-investors-back-Team-Indus-moon-shot/article16705021.ece

Solution: b.

To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a privately-funded-team must be the first to:

• Successfully place a spacecraft on the moon’s surface.
• Travel 500m.
• Transmit (for which capturing is the first step!) HD video and images back to earth.

To win the prizes, teams must prove that 90 per cent of their mission costs were funded by private sources.

http://lunar.xprize.org

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Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Bullish-investors-back-Team-Indus-moon-shot/article16705021.ece

Solution: c.

“The law now provides for a five-member panel to select the anti-corruption ombudsman, comprising the Prime Minister, the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition, the Chief Justice of India and an eminent jurist. The hitch is that there is no recognised LoP in the lower House.”

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/Appointing-a-Lokpal/article16701980.ece

Solution: b.

• The rule that the Speaker can recognise as LoP only the leader of the principal opposition party that has 10 per cent of the total number of Lok Sabha seats is based on precedent.
• The only legal provision defining the ‘Leader of the Opposition’ is a 1977 law concerning the office-holder’s salary. The definition says the LoP shall be the leader of the party in opposition with “the greatest numerical strength” and “recognised as such by the Speaker”.
• It was in 1969 that an official LoP was recognised for the first time. The LoP in both, Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, were accorded statutory recognition in 1977.

Topic: “Leaders in Parliament”, Ch-22 (Parliament), Indian Polity 4^th Edition by M Laxmikanth;

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/Appointing-a-Lokpal/article16701980.ece

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