QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 07 May 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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Question 1 of 6
1. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission’ was set up to decide on the fate of prisoners of war belonging to which two nations?
Correct
Solution: a.
The Armistice Agreement which brought to a halt the Korean conflict was drafted in part by the Americans and India’s V.K. Krishna Menon.
One of the follow-up actions to the Armistice Agreement was the establishment of a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC) which was to decide on the fate of over 20,000 prisoners of war from both sides (North and South Korea). India was chosen as the Chair of the NNRC, with Poland and Czechoslovakia representing the Communist bloc and Sweden and Switzerland representing the Western world.
TH;
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Solution: a.
The Armistice Agreement which brought to a halt the Korean conflict was drafted in part by the Americans and India’s V.K. Krishna Menon.
One of the follow-up actions to the Armistice Agreement was the establishment of a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC) which was to decide on the fate of over 20,000 prisoners of war from both sides (North and South Korea). India was chosen as the Chair of the NNRC, with Poland and Czechoslovakia representing the Communist bloc and Sweden and Switzerland representing the Western world.
TH;
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.The Communal Award was an extension of the scheme of representation of the minorities that began under the Indian Councils Act of 1892
- The Government of India Act, 1935 provided separate electorates for depressed classes, women and labour (workers)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b.
- Indian Councils Act of 1909 – Introduction of system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’.
- Government of India Act, 1919 – Extension of the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans.
- Communal Award – In August 1932, Ramsay MacDonal, the British PM, announced a scheme of representation of the minorities, which came to be known as the Communal Award. Separate electorates were now extended to the depressed classes (Scheduled Castes). Gandhiji was distressed over this extension of the principle of communal representation to the depressed classes and undertook fast unto death in Yeravada Jail (Poona) to get the award modified. At last, there was an agreement between the leaders of the Congress and the depressed classes. The agreement, known as Poona Pact, retained the Hindu joint electorate and gave reserved seats to the depressed classes.
- The Government of India Act, 1935 – It further extended the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for depressed classes (scheduled castes), women and labour (workers).
Improvisation: TH;
Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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Incorrect
Solution: b.
- Indian Councils Act of 1909 – Introduction of system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’.
- Government of India Act, 1919 – Extension of the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans.
- Communal Award – In August 1932, Ramsay MacDonal, the British PM, announced a scheme of representation of the minorities, which came to be known as the Communal Award. Separate electorates were now extended to the depressed classes (Scheduled Castes). Gandhiji was distressed over this extension of the principle of communal representation to the depressed classes and undertook fast unto death in Yeravada Jail (Poona) to get the award modified. At last, there was an agreement between the leaders of the Congress and the depressed classes. The agreement, known as Poona Pact, retained the Hindu joint electorate and gave reserved seats to the depressed classes.
- The Government of India Act, 1935 – It further extended the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorates for depressed classes (scheduled castes), women and labour (workers).
Improvisation: TH;
Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 points‘BreatheLife’ is a joint global campaign to mobilise cities and individuals to protect our health and planet from the effects of air pollution. It is NOT led by
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Solution: d.
BreatheLife is a joint campaign led by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Environment and the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to mobilize cities and individuals to protect our health and planet from the effects of air pollution. The BreatheLife Campaign seeks to achieve its objective by
- Connecting cities
- Increasing monitoring
- Accelerating solutions and
- Empowering individuals.
Learning: UN SDSN has been operating since 2012 (before the SDG framework came into existence) under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.
To read more: BreatheLife2030;
Improvisation: TH;
Incorrect
Solution: d.
BreatheLife is a joint campaign led by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Environment and the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to mobilize cities and individuals to protect our health and planet from the effects of air pollution. The BreatheLife Campaign seeks to achieve its objective by
- Connecting cities
- Increasing monitoring
- Accelerating solutions and
- Empowering individuals.
Learning: UN SDSN has been operating since 2012 (before the SDG framework came into existence) under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.
To read more: BreatheLife2030;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 points“Seven minutes of terror”, a phrase recently seen in the news, is related to
Correct
Solution: b.
Like all surface missions before it, InSight will have to endure the “seven minutes of terror” – the time it takes for a spacecraft entering the top of Mars’ atmosphere at 6km/s to slow itself to a standstill at the touchdown point.
NASA’s latest mission to Mars, InSight, will be the first probe to focus its investigations predominantly on the interior of the Red Planet. The lander – due to touch down in November – will put seismometers on the surface to feel for “Marsquakes”. These tremors should reveal how the underground rock is layered – data that can be compared with Earth to shed further light on the formation of the planets 4.6 billion years ago.
BBC;
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Solution: b.
Like all surface missions before it, InSight will have to endure the “seven minutes of terror” – the time it takes for a spacecraft entering the top of Mars’ atmosphere at 6km/s to slow itself to a standstill at the touchdown point.
NASA’s latest mission to Mars, InSight, will be the first probe to focus its investigations predominantly on the interior of the Red Planet. The lander – due to touch down in November – will put seismometers on the surface to feel for “Marsquakes”. These tremors should reveal how the underground rock is layered – data that can be compared with Earth to shed further light on the formation of the planets 4.6 billion years ago.
BBC;
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Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsWhy was the village of Leisang recently in the news?
Correct
Solution: c.
“The village of Leisang is hoping that the fame brought by the PM’s “powered and empowered” tweet means it won’t fall off the map again. It is also getting ready for other changes with electricity, in how their children study, and from access to technology like computers and satellite TV…”
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Incorrect
Solution: c.
“The village of Leisang is hoping that the fame brought by the PM’s “powered and empowered” tweet means it won’t fall off the map again. It is also getting ready for other changes with electricity, in how their children study, and from access to technology like computers and satellite TV…”
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Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsThe Directive Principles of State Policy direct the State to secure, to all workers, a
Correct
Solution: d.
Polity by M Laxmikanth: ‘Living wage’ is different from ‘minimum wage’, which includes the bare needs of life like food, shelter and clothing. In addition to these bare needs, a ‘living wage’ includes education, health , insurance, etc. A ‘fair wage’ is a mean between ‘living wage’ and ‘minimum wage’.
Article 43: The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or co operative basis in rural areas.
Improvisation: TH;
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Incorrect
Solution: d.
Polity by M Laxmikanth: ‘Living wage’ is different from ‘minimum wage’, which includes the bare needs of life like food, shelter and clothing. In addition to these bare needs, a ‘living wage’ includes education, health , insurance, etc. A ‘fair wage’ is a mean between ‘living wage’ and ‘minimum wage’.
Article 43: The State shall endeavour to secure, by suitable legislation or economic organisation or in any other way, to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or co operative basis in rural areas.
Improvisation: TH;
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