QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 05 January 2017
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
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 2017. 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 2017
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Question 1 of 7
1. Question
1 pointsIf India is successful in getting the UN 1267 Committee to include certain individuals in the list of proscribed terrorists, what are the steps that must be taken by the member states of the United Nations?
- Freeze funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities.
- All states are required to prohibit the supply, sale and transfer of arms and their use, to designated individuals and entities.
- Prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by designated individuals.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: d.
A similar question was posted here last August.Improvisation: TH: Running into the Chinese wall;
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Solution: d.
A similar question was posted here last August.Improvisation: TH: Running into the Chinese wall;
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Question 2 of 7
2. Question
1 pointsIndia’s proposal for the resolution to designate Masood Azhar in the list of proscribed terrorists by the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee was NOT co-sponsored by which one of the following nations?
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Solution: a.
Question framed from a mains-perspective.
“It is significant that among the P5, the U.S., U.K. and France co-sponsored India’s resolution against Azhar, China vetoed it, but Russia, India’s traditional backer, did nothing at all. At the BRICS summit in October and the Heart of Asia conference in December, it was the Russia-China combine that kept India’s desire for tough statements on “cross-border terrorism” from Pakistan at bay, and it was the Russian envoy who told India not to use “multilateral forums for bilateral issues”…”
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Solution: a.
Question framed from a mains-perspective.
“It is significant that among the P5, the U.S., U.K. and France co-sponsored India’s resolution against Azhar, China vetoed it, but Russia, India’s traditional backer, did nothing at all. At the BRICS summit in October and the Heart of Asia conference in December, it was the Russia-China combine that kept India’s desire for tough statements on “cross-border terrorism” from Pakistan at bay, and it was the Russian envoy who told India not to use “multilateral forums for bilateral issues”…”
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Question 3 of 7
3. Question
1 points‘Bashi Channel’ is a narrow passage of water separating
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Solution: a.
“China’s recent moves, of positioning air defence weapons on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, forays by fighters and bombers over the East China Sea, and even sending its aircraft carrier Liaoning to Hainan via the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and Philippines, have sent an unwelcome message to its neighbours..”The Bashi Channel is a waterway between Y’Ami Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan. It is a part of the Luzon Strait (which links the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea) in the Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia: Bashi Channel;
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Solution: a.
“China’s recent moves, of positioning air defence weapons on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, forays by fighters and bombers over the East China Sea, and even sending its aircraft carrier Liaoning to Hainan via the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and Philippines, have sent an unwelcome message to its neighbours..”The Bashi Channel is a waterway between Y’Ami Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan. It is a part of the Luzon Strait (which links the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea) in the Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia: Bashi Channel;
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Question 4 of 7
4. Question
1 points. The ‘Lab2Moon’ competition – a global challenge for students under 25 to imagine, design and build a project that will accelerate human evolution into a sustainable multi-planetary species – is an initiative of
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Solution: c.
“TeamIndus is flying to the Moon in 2017 and is carrying one youth experiment on board our Spacecraft. In our quest to catalyze humankind as a multi-planetary species, we invite youth under 25 years toimagine, design and build an experiment that will help us build sustainable life on the Moon… Team Indus, run by Bengaluru-based aerospace start-up Axiom Research Labs, said that as many as 3000 teams from around the world participated in this competition.”
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Solution: c.
“TeamIndus is flying to the Moon in 2017 and is carrying one youth experiment on board our Spacecraft. In our quest to catalyze humankind as a multi-planetary species, we invite youth under 25 years toimagine, design and build an experiment that will help us build sustainable life on the Moon… Team Indus, run by Bengaluru-based aerospace start-up Axiom Research Labs, said that as many as 3000 teams from around the world participated in this competition.”
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Question 5 of 7
5. Question
1 points“It will be the first river project that will be located within a tiger reserve. It will also be the first ever inter-state river inter-linking project.” These statements refer to which one of the following river-linking projects?
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Solution: b.
- “A new hurdle has come in the way of the marquee Ken-Betwa river interlink project in its terms of financing. The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) has recommended that Madhya Pradesh contribute 40 per cent of the project cost, with the Centre contributing 60 per cent. The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has opposed this and requested that 90 per cent of the funds be routed through the Centre.”
- The Rs. 10,000-crore Ken-Betwa project will irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region but, in the process, also submerge about 10 per cent of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, feted as a model tiger conservation reserve.
TH: Ken-Betwa river-linking project faces new hurdle;
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Solution: b.
- “A new hurdle has come in the way of the marquee Ken-Betwa river interlink project in its terms of financing. The NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) has recommended that Madhya Pradesh contribute 40 per cent of the project cost, with the Centre contributing 60 per cent. The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has opposed this and requested that 90 per cent of the funds be routed through the Centre.”
- The Rs. 10,000-crore Ken-Betwa project will irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region but, in the process, also submerge about 10 per cent of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, feted as a model tiger conservation reserve.
TH: Ken-Betwa river-linking project faces new hurdle;
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Question 6 of 7
6. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which of the following statements is/are correct?
- IGMSY is a conditional cash transfer scheme.
- IGMSY is aimed at arresting high maternal mortality rates.
- IGMSY’s benefits can be availed only by women not having more than 2 living children.
- The NFSA states that every pregnant and lactating mother would be entitled to maternity benefit of not less than Rupees six thousand.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Solution: d.
- The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, or IGMSY — was begun by the UPA 2 government in October 2010 on a pilot basis in 53 districts. The National Food Security Act, 2013, made it incumbent upon the incoming NDA government to ensure universal coverage under the scheme.
- It is a conditional cash transfer scheme applicable to pregnant and lactating women of ages 19 and above for up to 2 living children.
- The scheme originally provided Rs 4,000 to each beneficiary through her anganwadi centre, in all districts selected for the pilot project.
- All women are eligible, unless they have already received paid leave and maternity benefits from their employers in the private or government sector.
- The scheme is aimed at arresting high maternal mortality rates by encouraging institutional delivery and ensuring proper nutrition for the mother and child.
- It is also meant to offset wage losses suffered by women due to pregnancy, and is especially important for women in the unorganised sector, who make up 90% of the country’s female workforce.
- Section 4 (b) of the National Food Security Act, which came into force on September 10, 2013, states that every pregnant and lactating mother would be entitled to “maternity benefit of not less than Rupees six thousand”.
- On September 27 that year, the maternity benefit under the IGMSY was enhanced to Rs 6,000 in the 53 districts where it was ongoing. But universal implementation was not supported by commensurate Budget allocation.
- The scheme has retained the condition that the woman must not have more than 2 living children. Several civil society organisations have asked for such conditions to be removed so that the scheme could be truly effective.
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Solution: d.
- The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, or IGMSY — was begun by the UPA 2 government in October 2010 on a pilot basis in 53 districts. The National Food Security Act, 2013, made it incumbent upon the incoming NDA government to ensure universal coverage under the scheme.
- It is a conditional cash transfer scheme applicable to pregnant and lactating women of ages 19 and above for up to 2 living children.
- The scheme originally provided Rs 4,000 to each beneficiary through her anganwadi centre, in all districts selected for the pilot project.
- All women are eligible, unless they have already received paid leave and maternity benefits from their employers in the private or government sector.
- The scheme is aimed at arresting high maternal mortality rates by encouraging institutional delivery and ensuring proper nutrition for the mother and child.
- It is also meant to offset wage losses suffered by women due to pregnancy, and is especially important for women in the unorganised sector, who make up 90% of the country’s female workforce.
- Section 4 (b) of the National Food Security Act, which came into force on September 10, 2013, states that every pregnant and lactating mother would be entitled to “maternity benefit of not less than Rupees six thousand”.
- On September 27 that year, the maternity benefit under the IGMSY was enhanced to Rs 6,000 in the 53 districts where it was ongoing. But universal implementation was not supported by commensurate Budget allocation.
- The scheme has retained the condition that the woman must not have more than 2 living children. Several civil society organisations have asked for such conditions to be removed so that the scheme could be truly effective.
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Question 7 of 7
7. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Ananthsayanam Ayyangar Committee’, set up in the early years of Independent India was associated with which one of the following issues?
Correct
Solution: b.
- The Ananthsayanam Ayyangar Committee (1949-50) report looked at the way the Criminal Tribes Act had worked throughout India… its recommendations led to the repeal of the CTA in August 1952.
- The Ayyangar Committee recommended, “The Criminal Tribes Act, 1924, should be replaced by a Central legislation applicable to all habitual offenders without any distinction based on caste, creed or birth.” Thus, the provisions of the replacement legislation were meant to be similar to the CTA, but identification shifted to the individual, rather than the collective category.
- There are certainly state-level statutes on habitual offenders…. contrary to popular perception, there never was a Union-level statute. After the CTA repeal, the Union government had a model bill. States used this as a template…
The following article discusses the “unfortunate legacy” of many ‘denotified tribes’ remaining unclassified: IE: An unfortunate legacy;
Incorrect
Solution: b.
- The Ananthsayanam Ayyangar Committee (1949-50) report looked at the way the Criminal Tribes Act had worked throughout India… its recommendations led to the repeal of the CTA in August 1952.
- The Ayyangar Committee recommended, “The Criminal Tribes Act, 1924, should be replaced by a Central legislation applicable to all habitual offenders without any distinction based on caste, creed or birth.” Thus, the provisions of the replacement legislation were meant to be similar to the CTA, but identification shifted to the individual, rather than the collective category.
- There are certainly state-level statutes on habitual offenders…. contrary to popular perception, there never was a Union-level statute. After the CTA repeal, the Union government had a model bill. States used this as a template…
The following article discusses the “unfortunate legacy” of many ‘denotified tribes’ remaining unclassified: IE: An unfortunate legacy;
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