QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 20 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 pointsSacred groves
- Are patches of forests that have been left untouched by local people and any interference with them is banned.
- Are found only in the Western Ghats.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: a.
In many cultures, tracts of forest were set aside, and all the trees and wildlife within were venerated and given total protection. Such sacred groves are found in Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan, Western Ghat regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra and the Sarguja, Chanda and Bastar areas of Madhya Pradesh. In Meghalaya, the sacred groves are the last refuges for a large number of rare and threatened plants.
Ch-2, Forest and wildlife resources, Contemporary India, Class 10 NCERT;
Ch-15, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biology, Class 12 NCERT;
Improvisation: TH;
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Solution: a.
In many cultures, tracts of forest were set aside, and all the trees and wildlife within were venerated and given total protection. Such sacred groves are found in Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan, Western Ghat regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra and the Sarguja, Chanda and Bastar areas of Madhya Pradesh. In Meghalaya, the sacred groves are the last refuges for a large number of rare and threatened plants.
Ch-2, Forest and wildlife resources, Contemporary India, Class 10 NCERT;
Ch-15, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biology, Class 12 NCERT;
Improvisation: TH;
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 points‘HiLumi’, recently in the news, is related to
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Solution: d.
What is HiLumi? The High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is an upgrade of the LHC. HiLumi will make it possible to study the fundamental building blocks of matter in more detail than ever before.
The upgrade will boost the accelerator’s potential for new discoveries in physics, starting in 2026. “It’s going to enable us to probe much deeper into the history of the Universe, look at very rare processes and study particle physics in much more detail than the regular LHC” said a theoretical physicist at CERN.
BBC;
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Solution: d.
What is HiLumi? The High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is an upgrade of the LHC. HiLumi will make it possible to study the fundamental building blocks of matter in more detail than ever before.
The upgrade will boost the accelerator’s potential for new discoveries in physics, starting in 2026. “It’s going to enable us to probe much deeper into the history of the Universe, look at very rare processes and study particle physics in much more detail than the regular LHC” said a theoretical physicist at CERN.
BBC;
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.The WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across borders.
2.GLASS, with which some codes in ICD-11 are closely aligned, is a system that is related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
The ICD is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, and contains around 55,000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death. It provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the globe.
ICD-11 (eleventh edition) will be presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by Member States, and will come into effect on 1 January 2022. This release is an advance preview that will allow countries to plan how to use the new version, prepare translations, and train health professionals all over the country.
ICD-11 reflects progress in medicine and advances in scientific understanding. For example, the codes relating to antimicrobial resistance are more closely in line with the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS).
Source: TH;
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Solution: c.
The ICD is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, and contains around 55,000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death. It provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the globe.
ICD-11 (eleventh edition) will be presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by Member States, and will come into effect on 1 January 2022. This release is an advance preview that will allow countries to plan how to use the new version, prepare translations, and train health professionals all over the country.
ICD-11 reflects progress in medicine and advances in scientific understanding. For example, the codes relating to antimicrobial resistance are more closely in line with the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS).
Source: TH;
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 points‘WaterAid’
1.Is a UN-Water led project that aims to provide clean water, decent toilets and hygiene knowledge to people who don’t yet have access to them.
2.Does not carry out activities in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe Port of Hodeidah (Hudaydah) is littoral to
