QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 07 June 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 island of Sentosa is located in
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Solution: a.
The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un will take place on Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa. It is home to palm-fringed beaches, casinos, tourist sites and some of the best golf courses in Asia. It is connected to the Singapore main island by a single causeway that can be easily closed off to traffic. It is also home to some of the city-state’s richest residents with waterfront villas costing up to US $29 million.
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The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un will take place on Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa. It is home to palm-fringed beaches, casinos, tourist sites and some of the best golf courses in Asia. It is connected to the Singapore main island by a single causeway that can be easily closed off to traffic. It is also home to some of the city-state’s richest residents with waterfront villas costing up to US $29 million.
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2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.In the form of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, nitrogen contributes to stratospheric ozone depletion.
- Reactive nitrogen contributes to the formation of tropospheric ozone
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
Most living organisms can only make use of reactive nitrogen, which includes inorganic forms of nitrogen like ammonia, ammonium, nitrogen oxide, nitric acid, nitrous oxide, and nitrate, and organic compounds like urea, amines, proteins, and nucleic acids. It includes any nitrogen compound that is radiatively, chemically or biological active.
Reactive nitrogen is implicated in the high concentration of ozone in the lower atmosphere, the eutrophication of coastal ecosystems, the acidification of forests, soils, and freshwater streams and lakes, and losses of biodiversity. In the form of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, nitrogen contributes to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.
Source: INMS: Why care about N2;
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Solution: c.
Most living organisms can only make use of reactive nitrogen, which includes inorganic forms of nitrogen like ammonia, ammonium, nitrogen oxide, nitric acid, nitrous oxide, and nitrate, and organic compounds like urea, amines, proteins, and nucleic acids. It includes any nitrogen compound that is radiatively, chemically or biological active.
Reactive nitrogen is implicated in the high concentration of ozone in the lower atmosphere, the eutrophication of coastal ecosystems, the acidification of forests, soils, and freshwater streams and lakes, and losses of biodiversity. In the form of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, nitrogen contributes to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.
Source: INMS: Why care about N2;
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3. Question
1 pointsThe project ‘Towards International Nitrogen Management System’ is being implemented by
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Solution: c.
It is being implemented by UN Environment (UNEP).
Towards INMS’ will develop the evidence base to showcase the need for effective practices for global nitrogen management and highlight options to maximise the multiple benefits of better nitrogen use. The project presents a key opportunity to pull together a global and critical mass of science evidence on the nitrogen cycle, and develop a sustained process that gets science, governments, businesses and civil society working together to build common understanding and deliver real change. A vital part of the task over the next four years will be to show how management of the global nitrogen cycle can deliver measurable benefits for oceans, climate, the atmosphere, land ecosystems and global society.
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Solution: c.
It is being implemented by UN Environment (UNEP).
Towards INMS’ will develop the evidence base to showcase the need for effective practices for global nitrogen management and highlight options to maximise the multiple benefits of better nitrogen use. The project presents a key opportunity to pull together a global and critical mass of science evidence on the nitrogen cycle, and develop a sustained process that gets science, governments, businesses and civil society working together to build common understanding and deliver real change. A vital part of the task over the next four years will be to show how management of the global nitrogen cycle can deliver measurable benefits for oceans, climate, the atmosphere, land ecosystems and global society.
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1 pointsConsider the following statements with reference to the recently released Indian Nitrogen Assessment:
1.Agriculture is the largest contributor of nitrogen emissions
2.Cattle account for the largest share of nitrous oxide emissions in agriculture
3.Nitrogen emissions from both cattle and non-agricultural sectors are growing rapidly
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: a.
Though agriculture remains the largest contributor to nitrogen emissions, the non-agricultural emissions of nitrogen oxides and nitrous oxide are growing rapidly, with sewage and fossil-fuel burning — for power, transport and industry — leading the trend.
Agricultural soils contributed to over 70% of N2O emissions from India in 2010, followed by waste water (12%) and residential and commercial activities (6%).
Cattle account for 80% of the ammonia production, though their annual growth rate is 1%, due to a stable population.
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Solution: a.
Though agriculture remains the largest contributor to nitrogen emissions, the non-agricultural emissions of nitrogen oxides and nitrous oxide are growing rapidly, with sewage and fossil-fuel burning — for power, transport and industry — leading the trend.
Agricultural soils contributed to over 70% of N2O emissions from India in 2010, followed by waste water (12%) and residential and commercial activities (6%).
Cattle account for 80% of the ammonia production, though their annual growth rate is 1%, due to a stable population.
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1 pointsWhy is the recent discovery of the frog species, ‘Nasikabatrachus bhupathi’, significant?
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Solution: b.
The discovery is significant as it constitutes additional evidence in favour of the theory of continental drift. The Purple frog is an inhabitant of Seychelles, and the discovery of Bhupathy’s purple frog in India suggests that the Indian subcontinent was part of the ancient landmass of Gondwana before splitting from Seychelles 65 million years ago.
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Solution: b.
The discovery is significant as it constitutes additional evidence in favour of the theory of continental drift. The Purple frog is an inhabitant of Seychelles, and the discovery of Bhupathy’s purple frog in India suggests that the Indian subcontinent was part of the ancient landmass of Gondwana before splitting from Seychelles 65 million years ago.
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