QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 03 June 2017

Solution: c.

• At COP 16 held in Cancun, Parties established the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an operating entity of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention.
• The Fund is governed by the GCF Board and it is accountable to and functions under the guidance of the COP to support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing country Parties using thematic funding windows.

UNFCCC GCF Background;

Improvisation: TH: We need Paris;

Solution: b.

“Whether in office or out of it, Mr. Karunanidhi has posited Tamil Nadu as the flag-bearer of federal dialogue in a highly monocratic atmosphere, of republican sharing in an autocratic ethos. He has, through the compass of the Rajamannar Committee’s far-sighted report, steered Tamil Nadu away from the rod of centralisation. In this he has been a champion of democratic rights, of representative government.”

• In 1969,  the  Tamil  Nadu  Government  (DMK)  appointed  a  three-member  committee  under  the chairmanship  of  Dr  P  V  Rajamannar  to  examine  the  entire  question  of  Centre–state  relations  and  to suggest amendments to the Constitution so as to secure utmost autonomy to the states.

Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

Improvisation: TH: A journey to reckon with;

Solution: d.

The only intention of this question was to bring to your notice THIS TH article.

Solution: a.

Vikaspedia: May 2017 Current Affairs;

Solution: b.

Vikaspedia: May 2017 Current Affairs;

Solution: a.

Sanjay Gubbi of Karnataka and Purnima Barman of Assam have won the prestigious Whitley Award for their efforts in wildlife conservation. This award is popularly known as Green Oscars.

Vikaspedia: May 2017 Current Affairs;