QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 26 OCTOBER 2017
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz -26 OCTOBER 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 2018. 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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At International Conference on Consumer Protection, India’s new Consumer Protection Bill 2016 was given a top priority. Which of the statements is /are correct about the bill? 1) The consumer can lodge a complaint at the same place from where she purchased the product. 2) The complainant need not be accompanied by a lawyer. 3) If the manufacturer and the complainant arrive at a compromise, the latter can withdraw the complaint.
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Solution: b Explanation: The consumer can lodge a complaint from anywhere unlike the existing law under which a consumer had to register the complaint at the same place from where she purchased the product. Further, unlike the 1986 law, the complainant need not be accompanied by a lawyer. At any point, if the manufacturer and the complainant arrive at a compromise, the latter can withdraw the complaint.
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Solution: b Explanation: The consumer can lodge a complaint from anywhere unlike the existing law under which a consumer had to register the complaint at the same place from where she purchased the product. Further, unlike the 1986 law, the complainant need not be accompanied by a lawyer. At any point, if the manufacturer and the complainant arrive at a compromise, the latter can withdraw the complaint.
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The corporate affairs ministry, has been deregistering companies. Which of the following statements is/are correct about deregistration? 1) For not carrying out business activities for a long period and defaulting on compulsory filings. 2) Directors associated with such non-compliant companies are disqualified.
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Solution: c Explanation: Self explanatory Source: The HIndu
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Solution: c Explanation: Self explanatory Source: The HIndu
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3. Question
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India Meteorological Department said conditions are favorable for the onset of North East monsoon. Which of the Statements is/are correct about North East monsoon. 1) Tamil Nadu had received excess North East monsoon last year. 2) In Southern Asia, the northeastern monsoons take place from December to early March when the surface high-pressure system is strongest.
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Solution: b Explanation: Tamil Nadu had received deficit North East monsoon last year. In Southern Asia, the northeastern monsoons take place from December to early March when the surface high-pressure system is strongest.
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Solution: b Explanation: Tamil Nadu had received deficit North East monsoon last year. In Southern Asia, the northeastern monsoons take place from December to early March when the surface high-pressure system is strongest.
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Many people killed and in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside Jakarta. In India, few chemicals have been banned from using them in firecrackers. Which chemicals are those? 1) Antimony 2) Lithium 3) Mercury 4) Arsenic 5) Lead
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Solution: d Explanation: On 1st Aug, 2017 A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta recorded in its short order that, “that no firecrackers manufactured by the respondents shall contain antimony, lithium, mercury, arsenic and lead in any form whatsoever.
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Solution: d Explanation: On 1st Aug, 2017 A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta recorded in its short order that, “that no firecrackers manufactured by the respondents shall contain antimony, lithium, mercury, arsenic and lead in any form whatsoever.
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5. Question
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‘Adopt a Heritage’ Scheme is launched recently. Under this scheme who among the below mentioned is/are invited to adopt the sites? 1) Private Sector Companies 2) Public Sector Companies 3) Corporate individuals
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Solution: d Explanation: The ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’ of Ministry of Tourism was launched on World Tourism Day i.e. 27thSeptember, 2017 by the President of India. Thereafter, Ministry of Tourism invited Private Sector Companies, Public Sector Companies and Corporate individuals to adopt the sites and to take up the responsibility for making our heritage and tourism more sustainable through conservation and development.
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Solution: d Explanation: The ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’ of Ministry of Tourism was launched on World Tourism Day i.e. 27thSeptember, 2017 by the President of India. Thereafter, Ministry of Tourism invited Private Sector Companies, Public Sector Companies and Corporate individuals to adopt the sites and to take up the responsibility for making our heritage and tourism more sustainable through conservation and development.
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