QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 12 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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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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Question 1 of 7
1. Question
1 pointsIf you were to travel along the periphery of South America in an anti-clockwise direction starting from Guyana, which among the following sequences would you have to traverse countries to get to Chile?
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Solution: c.
Hyperinflation and severe recession in oil-rich Venezuela are prompting Venezuelans to flee over the border to Colombia, now about 2,000 a day, Colombian Finance Minister said.—
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Solution: c.
Hyperinflation and severe recession in oil-rich Venezuela are prompting Venezuelans to flee over the border to Colombia, now about 2,000 a day, Colombian Finance Minister said.—
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Question 2 of 7
2. Question
1 pointsWhich among the following places is located closest to Sri Lanka?
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Solution: d.
The distance between the shore and the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Palk Bay is 15 nautical miles from Point Calimere in Nagapattinam district, 29 nautical miles from Adirampatinam and 27 nautical miles from Mallipattinam in Thanjavur district, it is only 12 nautical miles from Rameswaram and just 9 nautical miles from Danushkodi in Ramanathapuram district. (See image; Katchatheevu is an island administered by SL.)
Trivia: Arichal Munai in Dhanushkodi is the extreme point of Indian soil closest to Sri Lanka.
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Solution: d.
The distance between the shore and the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Palk Bay is 15 nautical miles from Point Calimere in Nagapattinam district, 29 nautical miles from Adirampatinam and 27 nautical miles from Mallipattinam in Thanjavur district, it is only 12 nautical miles from Rameswaram and just 9 nautical miles from Danushkodi in Ramanathapuram district. (See image; Katchatheevu is an island administered by SL.)
Trivia: Arichal Munai in Dhanushkodi is the extreme point of Indian soil closest to Sri Lanka.
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Question 3 of 7
3. Question
1 pointsAccording to the US-based Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, more than half of which Indian state’s power will be generated by zero emissions technologies by 2027?
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Solution: a.
India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is poised to become a global leader in wind power, according to a new report. The report – by the US-based Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis – predicts that by 2027, more than half of Tamil Nadu’s power will be generated by “zero emissions” technologies – notably solar and wind. The state’s current capacity to generate wind power – 7.85 gigawatts (GW) – is already impressive considering it is higher than that of Denmark or Sweden.. It could prove to be an example of how emerging economies can grow while slashing their carbon emissions.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42971504;
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Solution: a.
India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is poised to become a global leader in wind power, according to a new report. The report – by the US-based Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis – predicts that by 2027, more than half of Tamil Nadu’s power will be generated by “zero emissions” technologies – notably solar and wind. The state’s current capacity to generate wind power – 7.85 gigawatts (GW) – is already impressive considering it is higher than that of Denmark or Sweden.. It could prove to be an example of how emerging economies can grow while slashing their carbon emissions.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42971504;
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Question 4 of 7
4. Question
1 pointsTo calculate production cost in agriculture for the purpose of fixing Minimum Support Prices of crops, two broad concepts are used – A2 and C2. Which among the following costs is included in calculation of BOTH cost concepts?
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Solution: b.
For those who are not familiar with the exercise of MSP recommendations, there are several cost concepts that the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) considers while recommending MSPs of 23 crops.
- There are the costs the farmer actually pays out of his/her pocket for buying various inputs ranging from seeds to fertilisers to pesticides to hired labour to hired machinery (also depreciation of assets) or even leased-in land, which are all put under the cost A2 concept.
- However, in agriculture, farmers also use a lot of family labour and if their cost is imputed and added to cost A2, that concept is called cost A2+FL.
- But then there is also a comprehensive cost (cost C2), which includes not only imputed costs of family labour but also the imputed rent of owned land and imputed interest on owned capital.
It is 50 per cent margin over C2 which has been at the centre of the farmers’ demand, and also the M S Swaminathan Commission’s (National Commission on Farmers, 2006) recommendation.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/the-lowdown-on-the-msp-roadmap/article22715922.ece;
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/from-plate-to-plough-the-msp-smokescreen-5052736/;
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Solution: b.
For those who are not familiar with the exercise of MSP recommendations, there are several cost concepts that the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) considers while recommending MSPs of 23 crops.
- There are the costs the farmer actually pays out of his/her pocket for buying various inputs ranging from seeds to fertilisers to pesticides to hired labour to hired machinery (also depreciation of assets) or even leased-in land, which are all put under the cost A2 concept.
- However, in agriculture, farmers also use a lot of family labour and if their cost is imputed and added to cost A2, that concept is called cost A2+FL.
- But then there is also a comprehensive cost (cost C2), which includes not only imputed costs of family labour but also the imputed rent of owned land and imputed interest on owned capital.
It is 50 per cent margin over C2 which has been at the centre of the farmers’ demand, and also the M S Swaminathan Commission’s (National Commission on Farmers, 2006) recommendation.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/agriculture/the-lowdown-on-the-msp-roadmap/article22715922.ece;
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/from-plate-to-plough-the-msp-smokescreen-5052736/;
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Question 5 of 7
5. Question
1 pointsIndia’s first-ever Health Index report titled, “Healthy States, Progressive India”, has been prepared by NITI Aayog with assistance from
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Solution: d.
This report is the first attempt to establish an annual systematic tool to measure and understand the heterogeneity and complexity of the nation’s performance in Health. The report has been developed by NITI Aayog, with technical assistance from the World Bank, and in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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Solution: d.
This report is the first attempt to establish an annual systematic tool to measure and understand the heterogeneity and complexity of the nation’s performance in Health. The report has been developed by NITI Aayog, with technical assistance from the World Bank, and in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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Question 6 of 7
6. Question
1 pointsNITI Aayog’s Health Index report ranks
1.India’s federal units into two categories namely, States and Union Territories (UTs)
2.States and UTs on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes
3.States And UTs on their overall performance with respect to each other
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: b.
- The report ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance with respect to each other.
- States and UTs have been ranked in three categories namely, Larger States, Smaller States, and Union Territories (UTs), to ensure comparison among similar entities.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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Solution: b.
- The report ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance with respect to each other.
- States and UTs have been ranked in three categories namely, Larger States, Smaller States, and Union Territories (UTs), to ensure comparison among similar entities.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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Question 7 of 7
7. Question
1 pointsIn terms of annual incremental performance (between 2014-15 and 2015-16), which among the following states/UTs was/were among the top performers according to NITI Aayog’s Health Index report?
1.Uttar Pradesh
2.Lakshadweep
3.Manipur
4.Kerala
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
- The top performing states/UTs in terms of annual incremental performance include Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Goa and Lakshadweep.
- About one-third of the states have registered a decline in their performance in 2015-16 as compared to 2014-15.
- States/UTs with best overall performance include Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Manipur, Lakshadweep
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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Solution: a.
- The top performing states/UTs in terms of annual incremental performance include Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Goa and Lakshadweep.
- About one-third of the states have registered a decline in their performance in 2015-16 as compared to 2014-15.
- States/UTs with best overall performance include Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Manipur, Lakshadweep
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176418;
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