QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 30 OCTOBER 2017
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz -30 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.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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1267 committee of the U.N. Security Council would discuss the status of individual terrorists and terrorist organizations. On which of the matters 1267 committee was formed?
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Solution: c Explanation: United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 was adopted unanimously on 15 October 1999. After recalling resolutions 1189(1998), 1193 (1998) and 1214 (1998) on the situation in Afghanistan, the Council designated Osama bin Laden and associates as terrorists and established a sanctions regime to cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden and/or the Taliban wherever located.
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Solution: c Explanation: United Nations Security Council resolution 1267 was adopted unanimously on 15 October 1999. After recalling resolutions 1189(1998), 1193 (1998) and 1214 (1998) on the situation in Afghanistan, the Council designated Osama bin Laden and associates as terrorists and established a sanctions regime to cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden and/or the Taliban wherever located.
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In First Nehru Ministry, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel held which all portfolios? 1) Home Affairs and states 2) Defence 3) Information and Broadcasting
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Solution: c Explanation: In Nehru’s First Ministry, Baldev Singh of Panthic Party was the Defence Minister.
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Solution: c Explanation: In Nehru’s First Ministry, Baldev Singh of Panthic Party was the Defence Minister.
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India is embroiled in 22 arbitration proceedings against it in disputes with prominent global investors. Currently, which of the bodies deal or deals with the investment disputes between investors and the Governments? 1) Investor-State Dispute Settlement 2) World Investment Court
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Solution: a Explanation: World Investment Court is a proposed settlement body to end the regime of body Investor-State Dispute Settlement or Investment Court system. Embroiled in 22 arbitration proceedings against it in disputes with prominent global investors, including Vodafone and Cairn Energy, India has cautiously welcomed a proposal to establish a ‘World Investment Court’ (WIC).
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Solution: a Explanation: World Investment Court is a proposed settlement body to end the regime of body Investor-State Dispute Settlement or Investment Court system. Embroiled in 22 arbitration proceedings against it in disputes with prominent global investors, including Vodafone and Cairn Energy, India has cautiously welcomed a proposal to establish a ‘World Investment Court’ (WIC).
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Article 35A is a provision incorporated in the Constitution giving the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature a carte blanche to decide who all are ‘permanent residents’ of the State and confer on them special rights and privileges. Which are those rights and privileges? 1) Employment under the State Government 2) Acquisition of immovable property in the State 3) Settlement in the State 4) Right to scholarships
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Solution: d Explanation: Self-explanatory
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Solution: d Explanation: Self-explanatory
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As per World Meteorological Organization, globally averaged concentrations of CO2 in 2016 raised up from 2015 levels because of 1) Human activities 2) Weak El Nino event
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Solution: a Explanation: The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said on Monday, warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016,” the World Meteorological Organization said. “Globally averaged concentrations of CO2 reached 403.3 parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Nino event,” it said. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual flagship report, tracks the continent of dangerous gasses in atmosphere in the post-industrial era (since 1750).
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Solution: a Explanation: The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said on Monday, warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016,” the World Meteorological Organization said. “Globally averaged concentrations of CO2 reached 403.3 parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Nino event,” it said. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual flagship report, tracks the continent of dangerous gasses in atmosphere in the post-industrial era (since 1750).
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