QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 28 August 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 Velavadar National Park is located in
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsFewer than 300 of this Bustard species remain in India, according to a recent Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report. The country’s two other resident Bustard species are equally imperilled and classified as ‘Critically Endangered’ in IUCN’s Red List. The smallest bustard in the world, it is found only in India. It is the
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Solution: c.
This is a sharp drop from less than 20 years ago, when the population was about 3,500. Lead author of the WII study, scientist Sutirtha Dutta, finds the plunge alarming and stresses the urgent need for a conservation plan if we are to save the bird. “A species is considered critically endangered if it sees a 75-80% population decline in three to four generations, as might be the case of the Lesser Florican,” he writes.
Historically, the lesser florican’s habitat spanned from Gujarat and Rajasthan to West Bengal and Odisha, from eastern Uttar Pradesh to Kerala. It was once also found in Nepal, and there were occasional reports of sightings from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Today, its viable population is restricted mainly to just two locations: Velavadar, with 96 to 115 territorial males, and Shokaliya-Bhinai villages of Rajasthan with 110 to 136 territorial males.
IUCN classifies the Lesser Florican as ‘Endangered’. The “two other bustard species… classified as ‘Critically Endangered’…” are the Great Indian Bustard and the Bengal Florican.
Source: TH;
MoEF Critically Endangered Species PDF;
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Solution: c.
This is a sharp drop from less than 20 years ago, when the population was about 3,500. Lead author of the WII study, scientist Sutirtha Dutta, finds the plunge alarming and stresses the urgent need for a conservation plan if we are to save the bird. “A species is considered critically endangered if it sees a 75-80% population decline in three to four generations, as might be the case of the Lesser Florican,” he writes.
Historically, the lesser florican’s habitat spanned from Gujarat and Rajasthan to West Bengal and Odisha, from eastern Uttar Pradesh to Kerala. It was once also found in Nepal, and there were occasional reports of sightings from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Today, its viable population is restricted mainly to just two locations: Velavadar, with 96 to 115 territorial males, and Shokaliya-Bhinai villages of Rajasthan with 110 to 136 territorial males.
IUCN classifies the Lesser Florican as ‘Endangered’. The “two other bustard species… classified as ‘Critically Endangered’…” are the Great Indian Bustard and the Bengal Florican.
Source: TH;
MoEF Critically Endangered Species PDF;
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3. Question
1 pointsWhy is the Varadero reef – off the shore of the city of Cartagena, recently in the news, important for marine biologists to be studied?
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Solution: c.
Cartagena is a port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
BBC: The Varadero reef, located in Cartagena Bay, has survived against the odds to thrive in a highly polluted environment. The Caribbean Sea bay, a major waterway for shipping vessels and cruise ships, is contaminated by industrial and sewage waste. According to marine biologists, the reef should not be alive, and yet it has flourished, providing a home to a large number of coral, fish and urchin species.
Current plans to dredge part of Varadero … could hinder researchers’ ability to gain insight into the factors that have allowed corals to thrive under such unusual conditions. With further study, scientists hope the enigmatic reef could provide clues to recovering the world’s bleached and dying corals.
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Solution: c.
Cartagena is a port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
BBC: The Varadero reef, located in Cartagena Bay, has survived against the odds to thrive in a highly polluted environment. The Caribbean Sea bay, a major waterway for shipping vessels and cruise ships, is contaminated by industrial and sewage waste. According to marine biologists, the reef should not be alive, and yet it has flourished, providing a home to a large number of coral, fish and urchin species.
Current plans to dredge part of Varadero … could hinder researchers’ ability to gain insight into the factors that have allowed corals to thrive under such unusual conditions. With further study, scientists hope the enigmatic reef could provide clues to recovering the world’s bleached and dying corals.
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1 pointsThe European Commission and European Space Agency’s ‘Galileo’ will be akin to NASA’s
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Solution: b.
Europe’s Galileo system (BBC):
- A project of the European Commission and the European Space Agency;
- 24 satellites constitute a full system but it will have six spares in orbit also
- 22 spacecraft are in orbit today; the figure of 30 is likely to be reached in 2021;
- Will work alongside the US-owned GPS and Russian Glonass systems
- Promises eventual real-time positioning down to a metre or less
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Solution: b.
Europe’s Galileo system (BBC):
- A project of the European Commission and the European Space Agency;
- 24 satellites constitute a full system but it will have six spares in orbit also
- 22 spacecraft are in orbit today; the figure of 30 is likely to be reached in 2021;
- Will work alongside the US-owned GPS and Russian Glonass systems
- Promises eventual real-time positioning down to a metre or less
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1 pointsNestled in the peaks of the Himalayas is this ancient village that has a unique democratic system said to be among the oldest in the world, and, similar to the Ancient Greek system of democracy – it consists of a lower and upper house. Cannabis has long been the backbone of this small village’s economy. The locals speak Kanashi, which is considered sacred and is not taught to outsiders. This village is
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Solution: b.
Legend has it that some of Alexander the Great’s army took shelter in this isolated village in 326BC after they were wounded in a battle against Porus, a ruler in India’s Punjab region. These soldiers are often said to be the ancestors of the Malani people. Artefacts from that period have been found in the village, such as a sword that reportedly rests inside the temple. However, genetic ties to the soldiers have not been studied or established.
To read more about Malana, click HERE;
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Solution: b.
Legend has it that some of Alexander the Great’s army took shelter in this isolated village in 326BC after they were wounded in a battle against Porus, a ruler in India’s Punjab region. These soldiers are often said to be the ancestors of the Malani people. Artefacts from that period have been found in the village, such as a sword that reportedly rests inside the temple. However, genetic ties to the soldiers have not been studied or established.
To read more about Malana, click HERE;
