QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 22 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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1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following pairs:
Article number – Subject matter
- 99 – Oath or affirmation by Members of Parliament (MPs)
- 102 – Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members
- 105 – Powers and privileges of MPs
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
CorrectSolution: c.
Knowing Article 102 or 103 will help you eliminate three options.
Article 102 (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/390434/) – Disqualifications for membership;
Article 103 (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41049/) – Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members:
- (1) If any question arises as to whether a member of either House of Parliament has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause ( 1 ) of Article 102, the question shall be referred for the decision of the President and his decision shall be final
- (2) Before giving any decision on any such question, the President shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion;
http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/office-of-profit-what-the-why-5032038/;
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/profit-and-loss/article22486454.ece;
IncorrectSolution: c.
Knowing Article 102 or 103 will help you eliminate three options.
Article 102 (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/390434/) – Disqualifications for membership;
Article 103 (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41049/) – Decision on questions as to disqualifications of members:
- (1) If any question arises as to whether a member of either House of Parliament has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause ( 1 ) of Article 102, the question shall be referred for the decision of the President and his decision shall be final
- (2) Before giving any decision on any such question, the President shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion;
http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/office-of-profit-what-the-why-5032038/;
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/profit-and-loss/article22486454.ece;
- Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.India has less than one doctor per thousand population
- The World Health Organisation prescribes a minimum doctor-population ratio of 3:1000
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
CorrectSolution: a.
From July 2017 (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/less-than-one-doctor-for-1000-population-in-india-government-tells-lok-sabha-4760892/): Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said as per information provided by the Medical Council of India, there were a total 10,22,859 allopathic doctors registered with the state medical councils or Medical Council of India as on March 31 this year.
“Assuming 80 per cent availability, it is estimated that around 8.18 lakh doctors may actually be available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 0.62:1000 as per current population which is estimated to be of around 1.33 billion,” she said during Question Hour.
The WHO prescribes a doctor population ratio of 1:1000.
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/capacity-building-for-primary-health-care/article22486460.ece;
IncorrectSolution: a.
From July 2017 (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/less-than-one-doctor-for-1000-population-in-india-government-tells-lok-sabha-4760892/): Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said as per information provided by the Medical Council of India, there were a total 10,22,859 allopathic doctors registered with the state medical councils or Medical Council of India as on March 31 this year.
“Assuming 80 per cent availability, it is estimated that around 8.18 lakh doctors may actually be available for active service. It gives a doctor-population ratio of 0.62:1000 as per current population which is estimated to be of around 1.33 billion,” she said during Question Hour.
The WHO prescribes a doctor population ratio of 1:1000.
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/capacity-building-for-primary-health-care/article22486460.ece;
- Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe salaries of which of the following constitutional functionaries are determined by the Parliament?1Supreme Court judges
1.Election Commissioners
2.Attorney General of India
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
CorrectSolution: a.
- The remuneration of the Attorney General is not fixed by the Constitution. He receives such remuneration as the President may determine.
- Regarding CAG’s salary (http://www.cag.gov.in/content/dpc-act-cags-duties-powers-and-conditions-service#chapter2): As per the CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 “there shall be paid to the Comptroller and Auditor-General a salary which is equal to the salary of the Judge of the Supreme Court..”
- By the “Election Commission (Condition Of Service Of Election Commissions And Transaction Of Business) Act, 1991”, the salary of the chief election commissioner is the same as salary of a Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/pay-hike-for-poll-panel-soon/article22459586.ece;
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IncorrectSolution: a.
- The remuneration of the Attorney General is not fixed by the Constitution. He receives such remuneration as the President may determine.
- Regarding CAG’s salary (http://www.cag.gov.in/content/dpc-act-cags-duties-powers-and-conditions-service#chapter2): As per the CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 “there shall be paid to the Comptroller and Auditor-General a salary which is equal to the salary of the Judge of the Supreme Court..”
- By the “Election Commission (Condition Of Service Of Election Commissions And Transaction Of Business) Act, 1991”, the salary of the chief election commissioner is the same as salary of a Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/pay-hike-for-poll-panel-soon/article22459586.ece;
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- Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWhich among the following conclusions has NOT been drawn by Oxfam’s latest report ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth’?
CorrectSolution: c.
Statement ‘c’ refers to the World Inequality Report findings (by the World Inequality Lab) released late last year – “Income inequality in India has reached historically high levels with the share of national income accruing to India’s top 1 per cent earners touching 22 per cent in 2014..”
Oxfam report findings:
- The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year. Besides, 67 crore Indians comprising the population’s poorest half saw their wealth rise by just 1 per cent.
- The situation appears even more grim globally, where 82 per cent of the wealth generated last year worldwide went to the 1 per cent, while 3.7 billion people that account for the poorest half of population saw no increase in their wealth.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42745853;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/flawed-fiscal-policy-favours-the-affluent/article22486501.ece;
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IncorrectSolution: c.
Statement ‘c’ refers to the World Inequality Report findings (by the World Inequality Lab) released late last year – “Income inequality in India has reached historically high levels with the share of national income accruing to India’s top 1 per cent earners touching 22 per cent in 2014..”
Oxfam report findings:
- The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year. Besides, 67 crore Indians comprising the population’s poorest half saw their wealth rise by just 1 per cent.
- The situation appears even more grim globally, where 82 per cent of the wealth generated last year worldwide went to the 1 per cent, while 3.7 billion people that account for the poorest half of population saw no increase in their wealth.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42745853;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/flawed-fiscal-policy-favours-the-affluent/article22486501.ece;
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- Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following pairs:
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting – Theme
- 2018 – Responsive Leadership
- 2017 – Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World
- 2016 – Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
CorrectSolution: c.
Knowing the theme of the WEF 2018 summit will help you eliminate three options.
2018 – Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World;
2017 – Responsive Leadership;
2016 – Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=175790;
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IncorrectSolution: c.
Knowing the theme of the WEF 2018 summit will help you eliminate three options.
2018 – Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World;
2017 – Responsive Leadership;
2016 – Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=175790;
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