QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 23 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.
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 pointsThe ‘World Water Development Report’, an annual and thematic report, is published by
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Solution: a.
In the news: “As World Water Day draws closer (March 22), this year’s World Water Development Report makes it clear that nature-based solutions — which are also aligned with the principles and aims of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — can offer answers to our most pressing water-related challenges.”
The WWDR is an annual and thematic report that focuses on different strategic water issues each year and aims to provide decision-makers with the tools to implement sustainable use of our water resources.
- WWDR 2018 – Nature-Based Solutions for Water
- WWDR 2017 – Wastewater the Untapped Resource
- WWDR 2016 – Water and Jobs
- WWDR 2015 – Water for a Sustainable World
- WWDR 2014 – Water and Energy
http://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/world-water-development-report/
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Solution: a.
In the news: “As World Water Day draws closer (March 22), this year’s World Water Development Report makes it clear that nature-based solutions — which are also aligned with the principles and aims of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — can offer answers to our most pressing water-related challenges.”
The WWDR is an annual and thematic report that focuses on different strategic water issues each year and aims to provide decision-makers with the tools to implement sustainable use of our water resources.
- WWDR 2018 – Nature-Based Solutions for Water
- WWDR 2017 – Wastewater the Untapped Resource
- WWDR 2016 – Water and Jobs
- WWDR 2015 – Water for a Sustainable World
- WWDR 2014 – Water and Energy
http://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/world-water-development-report/
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about the High Level Panel on Water which recently issued a new agenda, ‘Making Ever Drop Count: An Agenda for Water Action’:
1.It was set up by the UN and the World Bank
- India was represented on the panel
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: a.
The High Level Panel on Water, consisting of 11 Heads of State and a Special Advisor (India was not represented on the panel) was convened in January 2016 by the United Nations Secretary-General and the World Bank Group President.
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece
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Solution: a.
The High Level Panel on Water, consisting of 11 Heads of State and a Special Advisor (India was not represented on the panel) was convened in January 2016 by the United Nations Secretary-General and the World Bank Group President.
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.China has the largest reserves of lithium in the world
2.Presently in India, lithium attracts the highest tax slab rate under the GST regime
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
Note: Do NOT confuse the word ‘reserves’ with ‘production’. A country ‘X’ may be largest producer of a mineral in any given year but it need not have the largest reserves of that mineral.
China holds the second-largest reserves of the mineral, with Chile standing on the top of the tree.
Statement 2 is correct.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/securing-lithium-reserves-need-of-the-hour/article23314717.ece;
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Solution: b.
Note: Do NOT confuse the word ‘reserves’ with ‘production’. A country ‘X’ may be largest producer of a mineral in any given year but it need not have the largest reserves of that mineral.
China holds the second-largest reserves of the mineral, with Chile standing on the top of the tree.
Statement 2 is correct.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-fortune-hunters-of-qinghai/article22334344.ece
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/securing-lithium-reserves-need-of-the-hour/article23314717.ece;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsUnder ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’,
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Solution: d.
The Government has proposed Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) aimed at sustainable ground water management with community participation in select over-exploited and ground water stressed areas in seven States:
- Karnataka,
- Maharashtra,
- Madhya Pradesh,
- Gujarat,
- Rajasthan,
- Haryana and
- Uttar Pradesh.
ABHY is designed as a Central Sector Scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 6,000 Crore and is proposed to be implemented with World Bank assistance.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177514;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece;
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Solution: d.
The Government has proposed Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) aimed at sustainable ground water management with community participation in select over-exploited and ground water stressed areas in seven States:
- Karnataka,
- Maharashtra,
- Madhya Pradesh,
- Gujarat,
- Rajasthan,
- Haryana and
- Uttar Pradesh.
ABHY is designed as a Central Sector Scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 6,000 Crore and is proposed to be implemented with World Bank assistance.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177514;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe second-largest source of freshwater on Earth is
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Solution: d.
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece
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Solution: d.
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html;
Source/Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/making-every-drop-count/article23311134.ece
