QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 15 February 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
Clarifications:
Q4, 13th February (https://www.insightsonindia.com/2018/02/13/quiz-2017-insights-current-affairs-quiz-13-february-2018/): Typo; Solution must be option ‘a’, viz. interest payments. This is clear from the info graphic provided, as well as the Hindu article whose link has been provided.
Q4, 14th February (https://www.insightsonindia.com/2018/02/14/quiz-2017-insights-current-affairs-quiz-14-february-2018/): Typo; Solution must be option ‘c’, viz. both statements are correct, as is apparent from the explanation. Though Odisha is included in the top 5 states, southern Indian states account for the major chunk of the increased forest cover.
The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.
This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services preliminary exam 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please do not mind. Read again sources provided and try to remember better.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsAs per the Forest Survey of India (ISFR 2017) assessment, mangroves are spread over an area of 4921 sq km in India only across twelve States/Union Territories. Which of the following UTs is not to be found among these twelve?
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Solution: d.
As per the ISFR 2017, the total mangrove cover stands at 4,921 sq km and has shown an increase of 181 sq km. All the 12 mangrove states have shown a positive change in the mangrove cover, as compared to the last assessment.
http://fsi.nic.in/details.php?pgID=sb_64;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176496;
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Solution: d.
As per the ISFR 2017, the total mangrove cover stands at 4,921 sq km and has shown an increase of 181 sq km. All the 12 mangrove states have shown a positive change in the mangrove cover, as compared to the last assessment.
http://fsi.nic.in/details.php?pgID=sb_64;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176496;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsForest cover as a percentage of a state’s (or UT’s) geographical area is the largest in which among the following group of states/UTs?
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Solution: c.
In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to the total geographical area, Lakshadweep with (90.33 per cent) has the highest forest cover, followed by Mizoram (86.27 per cent) and Andaman & Nicobar Island (81.73 per cent).
Additionally, Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover terms of area (absolute forest cover), followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
http://fsi.nic.in/details.php?pgID=sb_64;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176496;
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Solution: c.
In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to the total geographical area, Lakshadweep with (90.33 per cent) has the highest forest cover, followed by Mizoram (86.27 per cent) and Andaman & Nicobar Island (81.73 per cent).
Additionally, Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover terms of area (absolute forest cover), followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
http://fsi.nic.in/details.php?pgID=sb_64;
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176496;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsIn terms of density classes of forests, the area covered by which among the following is the largest in India?
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Solution: b.
“ISFR 2017 categorises more than 300,000 sq km of area as open forests with a tree canopy of 10-40%. These lands provide the opportunity to bring back diverse, indigenous trees.”
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/woods-and-trees/article22745312.ece;
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Solution: b.
“ISFR 2017 categorises more than 300,000 sq km of area as open forests with a tree canopy of 10-40%. These lands provide the opportunity to bring back diverse, indigenous trees.”
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/woods-and-trees/article22745312.ece;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Champion and Seth classification’ is associated with
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Solution: a.
“India may be endowed with 16 major forest types, and 221 types and sub-types based on the Champion and Seth classification, but retains very little of its ancient forests after centuries of pre-colonial and colonial exploitation.”
Trivia: The Forest types of India were classified in the year 1936 by H.G.
Champion which was later on revised in the year 1968 by Sir H.G.
Champion and S.K. Seth as ‘A Revised Survey of Forest Types of India’.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/woods-and-trees/article22745312.ece;
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Solution: a.
“India may be endowed with 16 major forest types, and 221 types and sub-types based on the Champion and Seth classification, but retains very little of its ancient forests after centuries of pre-colonial and colonial exploitation.”
Trivia: The Forest types of India were classified in the year 1936 by H.G.
Champion which was later on revised in the year 1968 by Sir H.G.
Champion and S.K. Seth as ‘A Revised Survey of Forest Types of India’.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/woods-and-trees/article22745312.ece;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe Commonwealth of Independent States comprises mainly of
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Solution: b.
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), or the Russian Commonwealth refers to the free association of sovereign states formed in 1991 by Russia and 11 other republics that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Commonwealth-of-Independent-States;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/more-nukes/article22733833.ece;
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Solution: b.
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), or the Russian Commonwealth refers to the free association of sovereign states formed in 1991 by Russia and 11 other republics that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Commonwealth-of-Independent-States;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/more-nukes/article22733833.ece;
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