QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 07 September 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.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following events:
- Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code first challenged in the courts.
- Initiation of struggle for a separate state of Telangana.
- First demonetisation in independent India.
- First preparation of National Register of Citizens.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
CorrectSolution: b.
Factly: In 2001, Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a non-governmental organization challenged Section 377 in the Delhi High Court by filing a lawsuit to allow homosexual relations between consenting adults.
TH: The seeds of Telangana struggle were sown in 1955 when the recommendation of the States Reorganisation Commission to retain Hyderabad as a separate State went unheeded. Telangana leaders accused the people of Andhra of “colonising the region” by grabbing their jobs and land, and the government of not investing in the region’s infrastructure.. The State witnessed a violent ‘separate Telangana’ agitation in 1969 and a ‘separate Andhra’ agitation in 1972.
ToI: Prior to the 2016 demonetisation, there were two similar instances in India. The first instance was in 1946 and the second in 1978 when an ordinance was promulgated to phase out notes with denomination of Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000.
Livemint: The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the list of Indian citizens of Assam. It was first prepared in 1951, following the census of 1951.
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IncorrectSolution: b.
Factly: In 2001, Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a non-governmental organization challenged Section 377 in the Delhi High Court by filing a lawsuit to allow homosexual relations between consenting adults.
TH: The seeds of Telangana struggle were sown in 1955 when the recommendation of the States Reorganisation Commission to retain Hyderabad as a separate State went unheeded. Telangana leaders accused the people of Andhra of “colonising the region” by grabbing their jobs and land, and the government of not investing in the region’s infrastructure.. The State witnessed a violent ‘separate Telangana’ agitation in 1969 and a ‘separate Andhra’ agitation in 1972.
ToI: Prior to the 2016 demonetisation, there were two similar instances in India. The first instance was in 1946 and the second in 1978 when an ordinance was promulgated to phase out notes with denomination of Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000.
Livemint: The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the list of Indian citizens of Assam. It was first prepared in 1951, following the census of 1951.
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- Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
1.India recently held its first 2+2 dialogue with the USA.
- The COMCASA agreement restricts Indian imports of military equipment from Russia.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
CorrectSolution: a.
Statement 2 is incorrect.
TH: India and the United States recently began a new generation of military and security cooperation by signing the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA). An announcement on the significant agreement came at the end of the inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
Additional information:
- India and the U.S. would also hold a first-ever tri-service exercise on the east coast of India in 2019, Ms. Sitharaman announced.
- An important element of Thursday’s discussion was starting the process of closer private defence industry collaboration that would allow Indian defence manufacturers to join the U.S. military supply chain.
- The two defence ministers also announced their readiness to begin negotiations on an Industrial Security Annex (ISA) that would support closer defence industry cooperation and collaboration. An ISA is required to enable private Indian participation in defence production and is particularly important as India opens up defence manufacturing to the private sector in a big way.
TH;
IncorrectSolution: a.
Statement 2 is incorrect.
TH: India and the United States recently began a new generation of military and security cooperation by signing the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA). An announcement on the significant agreement came at the end of the inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
Additional information:
- India and the U.S. would also hold a first-ever tri-service exercise on the east coast of India in 2019, Ms. Sitharaman announced.
- An important element of Thursday’s discussion was starting the process of closer private defence industry collaboration that would allow Indian defence manufacturers to join the U.S. military supply chain.
- The two defence ministers also announced their readiness to begin negotiations on an Industrial Security Annex (ISA) that would support closer defence industry cooperation and collaboration. An ISA is required to enable private Indian participation in defence production and is particularly important as India opens up defence manufacturing to the private sector in a big way.
TH;
- Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a global network of policy research centres in the USA, China, Europe, Middle East (West Asia) and
CorrectSolution: d.
About: “The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decision makers in government, business, and civil society..” Founded in 1910, Carnegie is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States.
Improvisation: TH; Articles by members affiliated to Carnegie often in the news;
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IncorrectSolution: d.
About: “The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decision makers in government, business, and civil society..” Founded in 1910, Carnegie is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States.
Improvisation: TH; Articles by members affiliated to Carnegie often in the news;
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- Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe Constitution provides for the abolition or creation of legislative councils in states. Accordingly, the Parliament can abolish a legislative council (where it already exists) or create it (where it does not exist), if the legislative assembly of the concerned state passes a resolution to that effect. In this context, consider the following statements:
1.Such a specific resolution must be passed by the state assembly by a special
2.This Act of Parliament is not to be deemed as an amendment of the Constitution for the purposes of Article 368 and is passed by simple majority.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
CorrectSolution: c.
This Act of Parliament is not to be deemed as an amendment of the Constitution for the purposes of Article 368 and is passed like an ordinary piece of legislation (ie, by simple majority).
Special majority: A majority of the total membership of the assembly and a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the assembly present and voting.
IE; Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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IncorrectSolution: c.
This Act of Parliament is not to be deemed as an amendment of the Constitution for the purposes of Article 368 and is passed like an ordinary piece of legislation (ie, by simple majority).
Special majority: A majority of the total membership of the assembly and a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the assembly present and voting.
IE; Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;
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- Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following state legislatures are not currently bicameral?