QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 11 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 6
1. Question
1 pointsThe ‘G8 bloc’, sometimes in the news, does NOT consist of which one of the following countries?
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Solution: c.
The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal grouping of seven of the world’s advanced economies consisting of Canada, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Italy. The European Union is a non-enumerated member of the G7 but neither chairs nor hosts Summits.
Russia was suspended from the group – then called the G8 – in 2014 because of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
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Solution: c.
The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal grouping of seven of the world’s advanced economies consisting of Canada, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Italy. The European Union is a non-enumerated member of the G7 but neither chairs nor hosts Summits.
Russia was suspended from the group – then called the G8 – in 2014 because of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
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Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsThe ‘Cosmic Microwave Background’ refers to
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Solution: a.
Scientists discovered that there are microwaves coming from every direction in space: this is called the cosmic microwave background radiation, or CMBR for short. The CMBR comes from radiation created at the beginning of the universe. The Big Bang theory is the only theory at the moment that can explain the presence of the CMBR.
Space.com: CMB; GCSE Bitesize;
Improvisation: BBC;
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Solution: a.
Scientists discovered that there are microwaves coming from every direction in space: this is called the cosmic microwave background radiation, or CMBR for short. The CMBR comes from radiation created at the beginning of the universe. The Big Bang theory is the only theory at the moment that can explain the presence of the CMBR.
Space.com: CMB; GCSE Bitesize;
Improvisation: BBC;
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3. Question
1 pointsThe ‘XENON Experiment’ uses the XENON1T liquid xenon detector to search for
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4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements with reference to selection of non-permanent members of the UNSC:
1.Once every five years, the General Assembly elects non-permanent members for a five-year term
2.There are ten non-permanent members
3.These seats are distributed on a regional basis
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
Each year, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of ten in total) for a two-year term. The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis:
- five for African and Asian countries;
- one for Eastern European countries;
- two for Latin American and Caribbean countries;
- two for Western European and other countries.
UN;
Improvisation/in the news (TH): Maldives and Indonesia had contested for a seat in the UNSC, but in the plenary session recently held at the UN headquarters in New York, Indonesia won the seat after securing 144 votes against 46 for the Maldives.
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Solution: b.
Each year, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of ten in total) for a two-year term. The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis:
- five for African and Asian countries;
- one for Eastern European countries;
- two for Latin American and Caribbean countries;
- two for Western European and other countries.
UN;
Improvisation/in the news (TH): Maldives and Indonesia had contested for a seat in the UNSC, but in the plenary session recently held at the UN headquarters in New York, Indonesia won the seat after securing 144 votes against 46 for the Maldives.
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5. Question
1 pointsThe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will link
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6. Question
1 pointsThe state with the largest reserves of uranium is
