QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 01 JANUARY 2018
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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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsWhich among the following states was the first to launch a price deficit compensation scheme that seeks to address rural-agrarian distress?
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Solution: c.
Rattled by the rural-agrarian distress across regions where the party is in power, BJP governments at the Centre and states are seeking a viable mechanism to address the problem of depressed domestic agricultural commodity prices ahead of the 2018 Budget. One of the models being seriously looked at is the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana launched by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh in October in the wake of simmering discontent among farmers in the state that led to protests in Mandsaur in June.
Under the scheme, farmers are paid the difference between the government’s MSP for a crop and its corresponding Modal Rate (MR) during a particular month of sale. The price difference, assuming that MR will be lower, is credited directly into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of farmers.
Apart from the Centre, many states have shown interest in replicating the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana. They include not just the BJP-ruled states of Maharashtra, UP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but also Karnataka, Odisha and Telangana. Inspired by the scheme, the Haryana government recently launched a similar price deficit compensation scheme, Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, to ensure that vegetable farmers are protected against a fall in crop prices.
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Solution: c.
Rattled by the rural-agrarian distress across regions where the party is in power, BJP governments at the Centre and states are seeking a viable mechanism to address the problem of depressed domestic agricultural commodity prices ahead of the 2018 Budget. One of the models being seriously looked at is the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana launched by the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh in October in the wake of simmering discontent among farmers in the state that led to protests in Mandsaur in June.
Under the scheme, farmers are paid the difference between the government’s MSP for a crop and its corresponding Modal Rate (MR) during a particular month of sale. The price difference, assuming that MR will be lower, is credited directly into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of farmers.
Apart from the Centre, many states have shown interest in replicating the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana. They include not just the BJP-ruled states of Maharashtra, UP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but also Karnataka, Odisha and Telangana. Inspired by the scheme, the Haryana government recently launched a similar price deficit compensation scheme, Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, to ensure that vegetable farmers are protected against a fall in crop prices.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsSpecies of the genus Nyctribatrachus are endemic to
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Solution: c.
In the news: A new frog from Kerala is the latest contribution to the spurt in amphibian discoveries across India: scientists have just discovered the Mewa Singh’s Night frog, belonging to a genus endemic to the Western Ghats, from Kozhikode’s Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus, commonly known as night frogs, are found only in the Western Ghats mountain range.
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Solution: c.
In the news: A new frog from Kerala is the latest contribution to the spurt in amphibian discoveries across India: scientists have just discovered the Mewa Singh’s Night frog, belonging to a genus endemic to the Western Ghats, from Kozhikode’s Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus, commonly known as night frogs, are found only in the Western Ghats mountain range.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsAlong with which other territory(ies) was Goa constituted as a union territory by the 12th Constitution Amendment Act, 1962?
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Solution: b.
Goa, Daman and Diu India acquired these three territories from the Portuguese by means of a police action in 1961. They were constituted as a union territory by the 12th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962. Later, in 1987, Goa was conferred a statehood. Consequently, Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-liberation-of-goa/article22339624.ece;
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Solution: b.
Goa, Daman and Diu India acquired these three territories from the Portuguese by means of a police action in 1961. They were constituted as a union territory by the 12th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962. Later, in 1987, Goa was conferred a statehood. Consequently, Daman and Diu was made a separate union territory.
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-liberation-of-goa/article22339624.ece;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.The Line of Control is under the operational control of the Border Security Force
2.Ceasefire violations along the Line of Control have increased by over 200 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016
3.The least number of incidents of left-wing extremism in affected states has been declining since 2009
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
A mains-oriented Question.
The 740-km LoC is under the operational control of the Army and the 192 km International Boundary (IB) in Jammu is manned by the Border Security Force (BSF). Ceasefire violations along the Line of Control have increased by over 230 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016.
For the first time in more than a decade, in 2017 the incidents in left-wing extremism (LWE) affected States remained below the 1,000 mark. A senior official of the Union Home Ministry attributed the decline to “attrition of various level cadres of Maoists” and the other to the possibility of Maoists “deliberately lying low.”
TH (28th December, 2016): http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/loc-intrusions-touch-4-year-high/article22290010.ece;
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Solution: b.
A mains-oriented Question.
The 740-km LoC is under the operational control of the Army and the 192 km International Boundary (IB) in Jammu is manned by the Border Security Force (BSF). Ceasefire violations along the Line of Control have increased by over 230 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016.
For the first time in more than a decade, in 2017 the incidents in left-wing extremism (LWE) affected States remained below the 1,000 mark. A senior official of the Union Home Ministry attributed the decline to “attrition of various level cadres of Maoists” and the other to the possibility of Maoists “deliberately lying low.”
TH (28th December, 2016): http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/loc-intrusions-touch-4-year-high/article22290010.ece;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsSwayam Prabha’, a Government of India initiative, is a project for
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Solution: d.
The same question was posted here earlier.
From July 2017: The Centre will formally launch Swayam Prabha – a project for telecasting ‘High-quality educational programmes’ through 32 DTH channels on Sunday at a National Convention on Digital Initiatives for Higher Education.
Every day, there will be content of four hours that will be repeated six times, thus covering all 24 hours of the day. This will allow the student to choose a time of his own convenience,” said an official. “The channels will cover curriculum-based course content covering arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences, engineering, medicine, law, agriculture, etc.”
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/more-channels-to-train-teachers/article22339416.ece;
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Solution: d.
The same question was posted here earlier.
From July 2017: The Centre will formally launch Swayam Prabha – a project for telecasting ‘High-quality educational programmes’ through 32 DTH channels on Sunday at a National Convention on Digital Initiatives for Higher Education.
Every day, there will be content of four hours that will be repeated six times, thus covering all 24 hours of the day. This will allow the student to choose a time of his own convenience,” said an official. “The channels will cover curriculum-based course content covering arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences, engineering, medicine, law, agriculture, etc.”
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/more-channels-to-train-teachers/article22339416.ece;
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