QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 14 March 2018

• Solution: c.

  Both Bodi and Javadi Hills are in Tamil Nadu. Bodi hills is also where the Indian Neutrino Observatory was to be set up (green nod for the project was suspended last year).

   

  Refer any atlas or the Survey of India Map;

  Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/five-trekkers-killed-as-fires-engulf-forests-in-tamil-nadu/article23042756.ece;

Solution: b.

• The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 deals with sexual offences against persons below 18 years of age, who are deemed as children.
• An offence under this act is considered graver if it is committed by a police officer, public servant, any member of the staff at a remand home, protection or observation home, jail, hospital or educational institution, or by a member of the armed or security forces.
• The Act is a comprehensive law to provide for the protection of children from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.
• It safeguards the interests of the child at every stage of the judicial process by incorporating child-friendly mechanisms for reporting, recording of evidence, investigation and speedy trial of offences through appointment of Special Public Prosecutors and designated Special Courts.
• The Act provides for stringent punishments which have been graded as per the gravity of offence.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=113750;

Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-seeks-data-on-child-sex-abusers/article23165157.ece;

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Solution: c.

State Legislatures  with  less  than 70 members  should  meet  for  at  least  50  days  in  a  year

and  other  State  Legislatures  for  at  least  90  days.  Similarly,  the  minimum  number  of  days  for sittings of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha should be fixed at 100 and 120 days respectively.

Chapter NCRWC, Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/be-responsible-venkaiah-tells-mps/article23043354.ece;

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Solution: a.

About the S-400 system:

• Range: 400km;
• Speed: up to 4.8km per second;
• Max target height: 30km – can track up to 80 targets simultaneously;
• Types of target: aircraft, cruise missiles, medium-range missiles, drones, other airborne surveillance systems;

1. Long-range surveillance radar tracks objects and relays information to command vehicle, which assesses potential targets.
2. Target is identified and command vehicle orders missile launch.
3. Launch data is sent to the best placed launch vehicle and it releases surface-to-air missiles.
4. Engagement radar helps guide missiles towards target.

In the news: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/s-400-deal-may-be-finalised-by-march-31/article23162879.ece;

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Solution: d.

In the district of Port Louis, lies a site where the modern indentured labour diaspora began. In 1834, the British Government selected the island of Mauritius to be the first site for what it called ‘the great experiment’ in the use of ‘free’ labour to replace slaves. Between 1834 and 1920, almost half a million indentured labourers arrived from India at Aapravasi Ghat to work in the sugar plantations of Mauritius, or to be transferred to Reunion Island, Australia, southern and eastern Africa or the Caribbean. The buildings of Aapravasi Ghat are among the earliest explicit manifestations of what was to become a global economic system and one of the greatest migrations in history.

Geet-Gawai is a pre-wedding ceremony that combines rituals, prayer, songs, music and dance. It is performed mainly by Bhojpuri-speaking communities in Mauritius who have Indian descent.

In the news: “.. India was proud to help Mauritius in its efforts to gain due recognition from UNESCO for the Aapravasi Ghat and Bhojpuri Geet Gawai..”

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