QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,11 June 2018

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.

TH;

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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: b.

Xenon 1T, based at the Gran Sasso underground lab in Italy, is the most sensitive experiment for the direct detection of dark matter particles.

Improvisation: BBC;

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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: d.

TH;

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Solution: c.

To view the complete table: PIB;

In the news: TH;

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