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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 09 February 2018
- February 10, 2018
- Posted by: InsightsIAS
- Category: QUIZ 2017
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 09 February 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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You have reached 0 of 0 points, (0) ‘Operation Cactus’, recently in the news, refers to Solution: c. ‘Operation Cactus’ is the code name for India’s military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, following an attempted coup d’état against the government of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his request for help. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/drama-on-the-high-seas-30-years-ago/article22682261.ece Solution: c. ‘Operation Cactus’ is the code name for India’s military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, following an attempted coup d’état against the government of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his request for help. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/drama-on-the-high-seas-30-years-ago/article22682261.ece Consider the following statements in the context of the Indian economy: 1.The Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) as a percentage of GDP has gradually declined since mid-2000s Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Solution: a. Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-formal-informal-divide/article22682258.ece; Ch-3, Economic Survey 2017-18; Solution: a. Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-formal-informal-divide/article22682258.ece; Ch-3, Economic Survey 2017-18; Consider the following statements in the context of the Indian economy: 1.The government slipping on its fiscal goal causes the crowding out effect 2.The fiscal deficit has been budgeted at 3.3% of GDP for 2018-19, 3.1% for 2019-20 and 3% for 2020-21 Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Solution: c. Regarding Statement 1: A situation when increased interest rates lead to a reduction in private investment spending such that it dampens the initial increase of total investment spending is called crowding out effect. Regarding Statement 2: The government now aims to reduce its debt-to-GDP ratio to 48.8% in 2018-19, 46.7% in 2019-20 and 44.6% in 2020-21, while fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP is targeted to be reduced to 3.3%, 3.1% and 3%, respectively during the same period. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/crowding-out-effect; Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-formal-informal-divide/article22682258.ece; Solution: c. Regarding Statement 1: A situation when increased interest rates lead to a reduction in private investment spending such that it dampens the initial increase of total investment spending is called crowding out effect. Regarding Statement 2: The government now aims to reduce its debt-to-GDP ratio to 48.8% in 2018-19, 46.7% in 2019-20 and 44.6% in 2020-21, while fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP is targeted to be reduced to 3.3%, 3.1% and 3%, respectively during the same period. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/crowding-out-effect; Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-formal-informal-divide/article22682258.ece; Off the coast of which among the following places was a century-old shipwreck recently unearthed, followed by the discovery of a second shipwreck and the presence of the critically endangered species Goliath grouper? Solution: a. In what could catapult Visakhapatnam into a top scuba diving destination in the world, a second shipwreck with a critically endangered species of Goliath grouper (considered to be the keystone species of an ecosystem) was discovered by a team of experienced divers and diving instructors recently in the sea off Bheemunipatnam, 45 km from the city of Vishakhapatnam. This comes a month after a century-old shipwreck was unearthed in the region. Solution: a. In what could catapult Visakhapatnam into a top scuba diving destination in the world, a second shipwreck with a critically endangered species of Goliath grouper (considered to be the keystone species of an ecosystem) was discovered by a team of experienced divers and diving instructors recently in the sea off Bheemunipatnam, 45 km from the city of Vishakhapatnam. This comes a month after a century-old shipwreck was unearthed in the region. Section 3 of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 belongs to the chapter titled Solution: d. The Act: http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/IPOAct/1_31_1_patent-act-1970-11march2015.pdf; Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/biologics-patents-and-drug-prices/article22682251.ece Solution: d. The Act: http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/IPOAct/1_31_1_patent-act-1970-11march2015.pdf; Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/biologics-patents-and-drug-prices/article22682251.eceINSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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“India’s unprecedented climb to historic high levels of investment and saving rates in the mid- 2000s has been followed by a pronounced, albeit gradual, decline. This current episode of investment and saving slowdown is still ongoing.”
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