QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 06 March 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 statements about ‘Buyers’ Credit’:
- It is availed mainly by multinational companies
- Interest rates for such credit are the highest among credit products due to the market risks involved
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. Question
1 points‘Appointment of chief minister when no party has a clear-cut majority in the state legislative assembly’ is a
Solution: b.
It is a situational discretion of the Governor of the concerned state.
Improvisation: Zeliang, Rio given time to prove majority;
Chapter ‘Governor’, Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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Solution: b.
It is a situational discretion of the Governor of the concerned state.
Improvisation: Zeliang, Rio given time to prove majority;
Chapter ‘Governor’, Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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3. Question
1 pointsThe National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) focuses on
1.Delivery of rehabilitative and educational services for disabled people
2.Policy and legal advocacy for the rights of people with all types of impairments
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Solution: b.
The NCPEDP, which Javed led, is an unusual entity both within the NGO community and among institutions working in the area of disability. The organisation’s unique identity derives from its single-minded focus on advocacy for the rights of people with all types of impairments. Ever since its inception, the organisation steered clear of assuming any role in the delivery of rehabilitative, educational and other services. What it did was to fill the vacuum in terms of policy and legal advocacy for disabled people. What marked Javed’s highly visible, intense leadership was to reject the NGO straitjacket. The NCPEDP is as much a lobby group, pressing the government, public institutions and the private sector on policies.
- NCPEDP is a cross-disability, non-profit organization, working as an interface between the Government, Industry, International Agencies, and the Voluntary Sector towards empowerment of persons with disabilities.
- NCPEDP advocates for the need to move away from traditionally held views of charity and welfare to those of productivity and enabling of disabled people.
Javed Abidi: Be ready to fight your own battle;
http://www.ncpedp.org/aboutus;
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Solution: b.
The NCPEDP, which Javed led, is an unusual entity both within the NGO community and among institutions working in the area of disability. The organisation’s unique identity derives from its single-minded focus on advocacy for the rights of people with all types of impairments. Ever since its inception, the organisation steered clear of assuming any role in the delivery of rehabilitative, educational and other services. What it did was to fill the vacuum in terms of policy and legal advocacy for disabled people. What marked Javed’s highly visible, intense leadership was to reject the NGO straitjacket. The NCPEDP is as much a lobby group, pressing the government, public institutions and the private sector on policies.
- NCPEDP is a cross-disability, non-profit organization, working as an interface between the Government, Industry, International Agencies, and the Voluntary Sector towards empowerment of persons with disabilities.
- NCPEDP advocates for the need to move away from traditionally held views of charity and welfare to those of productivity and enabling of disabled people.
Javed Abidi: Be ready to fight your own battle;
http://www.ncpedp.org/aboutus;
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4. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements about the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is/are correct?
1.It allows the Central Government to notify any other category of specified disability that has not already been recognised under the act
2.The act shall apply only to individuals identified as being disabled by the latest available census
3.It provides for penalties for violation of its provisions and for offences committed against PwDs
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Solution: a.
“Many sections of disabled people rejected the new 2016 law, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, but he (Javed Abidi) argued that under the circumstances, this was the best that could be done. He saw the recognition given to 21 disability conditions as major progress, considering that the 1995 law defined only seven types… Javed welcomed the new law also because it provided for penalties, which the 1995 Act did not.”
From 2016 (IE): The 2011 Census put the number of disabled in India at 2.68 crore, or 2.21% of the population. This a gross underestimation, especially in the light of the bill (now the Act), which greatly widen the current Census definition of disability.
From 2016: Bill as passed by Parliament;
Source/improvisation: Javed Abidi: Be ready to fight your own battle;
Solution: a.
“Many sections of disabled people rejected the new 2016 law, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, but he (Javed Abidi) argued that under the circumstances, this was the best that could be done. He saw the recognition given to 21 disability conditions as major progress, considering that the 1995 law defined only seven types… Javed welcomed the new law also because it provided for penalties, which the 1995 Act did not.”
From 2016 (IE): The 2011 Census put the number of disabled in India at 2.68 crore, or 2.21% of the population. This a gross underestimation, especially in the light of the bill (now the Act), which greatly widen the current Census definition of disability.
From 2016: Bill as passed by Parliament;
Source/improvisation: Javed Abidi: Be ready to fight your own battle;
5. Question
1 pointsWhich one of the following states does NOT have a border with Myanmar?
Solution: d.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/myanmar-puts-off-border-pact-with-india/article22925706.ece;
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Solution: d.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/myanmar-puts-off-border-pact-with-india/article22925706.ece;
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