QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – o3 June 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 6
1. Question
1 pointsThe Green Climate Fund has been established by the
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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.
Improvisation: TH: We need Paris;
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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.
Improvisation: TH: We need Paris;
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsThe “Rajamannar Committee” was set up to
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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;
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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;
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsIn which of the following States/Union Territories has the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council held at least one meeting?
- New Delhi
- Rajasthan
- Jammu and Kashmir
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4. Question
1 pointsShe has become the first woman in the world to scale Mount Everest twice in five days. She also is the first Indian woman to scale it for the fourth time. She is
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5. Question
1 pointsThe recently launched premier train “Tejas Express” will run between
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6. Question
1 pointsKnown popularly as the “Green Oscars”, two Indians recently were recently bestowed with this award for their efforts in wildlife conservation. This award refers to
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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.
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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.
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