QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 26 April 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsIndia may attract U.S. sanctions under the latter’s CAATS Act (CAATSA) if
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Solution: a.
Under the new U.S. legislation, CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), the U.S. can impose sanctions on any company which engages with Russia in the defence or energy sector.
The law (signed by the President of USA in 2017), among other things, imposed new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-dragon-beckons-again/article23662063.ece;
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Solution: a.
Under the new U.S. legislation, CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), the U.S. can impose sanctions on any company which engages with Russia in the defence or energy sector.
The law (signed by the President of USA in 2017), among other things, imposed new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-dragon-beckons-again/article23662063.ece;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018:
1.It incorporates several provisions found in the UN Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
- A person can be declared as a ‘fugitive economic offender’ only by a committee consisting of members the same as that of the Financial Stability and Development Council
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: d.
Justification for Statement 1: “…though government agencies have attached the diamond merchant duo’s assets in India, an American court has disallowed the sale of their assets in other jurisdictions while allowing their U.S.-based entity to offload its assets. The reason: India is yet to pass a model law mooted by the UN for cross-border insolvency cases. It is not clear whether this ordinance can tide over this major handicap..”
Justification for Statement 2: The Ordinance makes provisions for a Court (‘Special Court’ under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002) to declare a person as a Fugitive Economic Offender.
Read more about the other provisions of the ordinance here: PIB;
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: d.
Justification for Statement 1: “…though government agencies have attached the diamond merchant duo’s assets in India, an American court has disallowed the sale of their assets in other jurisdictions while allowing their U.S.-based entity to offload its assets. The reason: India is yet to pass a model law mooted by the UN for cross-border insolvency cases. It is not clear whether this ordinance can tide over this major handicap..”
Justification for Statement 2: The Ordinance makes provisions for a Court (‘Special Court’ under the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002) to declare a person as a Fugitive Economic Offender.
Read more about the other provisions of the ordinance here: PIB;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following pairs:
Urdu phrases/slogans – coined by
- Inquilab Zindabad (Long live the revolution) – Muhammad Iqbal
- Saare Jahan Se Accha, Hindostan Hamara (Our India is unrivalled in the world) – Hasrat Mohani
- Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai (The desire for martyrdom burns in our hearts) – Ramprasad Bismil
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
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Solution: c.
Inquilab Zindabad – Hasrat Mohani
Saare Jahan Se Accha and Naya Shivala – Muhammad Iqbal
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/urdu-and-patriotism/article23664027.ece;
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Solution: c.
Inquilab Zindabad – Hasrat Mohani
Saare Jahan Se Accha and Naya Shivala – Muhammad Iqbal
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/urdu-and-patriotism/article23664027.ece;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.Ferns are flowerless plants that cannot retain water or deliver it to other parts of the plant body
2.The world’s smallest land fern is found in the forests of Western Ghats in Gujarat
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
Indian researchers have discovered the world’s smallest land fern hiding in the Ahwa forests of the Western Ghats in Gujarat’s Dang district.
- The fingernail-sized fern belongs to a group known as the adder’s-tongue ferns, named after their resemblance to a snake’s tongue.
- The new Malvi’s adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum malviae is just one centimetr-long.
- A look at the plant’s minuscule spores under a powerful electron microscope revealed it had a unique thick outer layer which similar species lacked.
Ferns, unlike moss, are vascular plants. The vascular system consists of xylem (wood), concerned mainly with the conduction of water and dissolved minerals, and phloem, which functions mainly in the conduction of foods, such as sugar.
Source/improvisation: TH;
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Solution: b.
Indian researchers have discovered the world’s smallest land fern hiding in the Ahwa forests of the Western Ghats in Gujarat’s Dang district.
- The fingernail-sized fern belongs to a group known as the adder’s-tongue ferns, named after their resemblance to a snake’s tongue.
- The new Malvi’s adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum malviae is just one centimetr-long.
- A look at the plant’s minuscule spores under a powerful electron microscope revealed it had a unique thick outer layer which similar species lacked.
Ferns, unlike moss, are vascular plants. The vascular system consists of xylem (wood), concerned mainly with the conduction of water and dissolved minerals, and phloem, which functions mainly in the conduction of foods, such as sugar.
Source/improvisation: TH;
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich one of the following countries is neither a member nor an observer state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
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Solution: d.
- The SCO comprises eight member states, namely the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- The SCO counts four observer states, namely the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Mongolia;
- The SCO has six dialogue partners, namely the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the Republic of Turkey, and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
http://eng.sectsco.org/about_sco/;
http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1530036;
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Solution: d.
- The SCO comprises eight member states, namely the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- The SCO counts four observer states, namely the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Mongolia;
- The SCO has six dialogue partners, namely the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the Republic of Turkey, and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
http://eng.sectsco.org/about_sco/;
http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1530036;
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