QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 October 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,22 October 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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The GenomeAsia 100K initiative will
Help accelerate medical advances and precision medicine for the Indian population.
Make available the data collected for the public.
Sequence the genes of 50,000 Indians.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: d.
About GenomeAsia100K (http://www.genomeasia100k.com): “We are a mission driven non-profit consortium collaborating to sequence and analyze 100,000 Asian individuals genomes to help accelerate Asian (all asia, including India) population specific medical advances and precision medicine… Through an unprecedented commitment to open information, the data from GenomeAsia100K will be made available to the public.”
In the news (TH): A group of Indian scientists and companies are involved with a 100k GenomeAsia project, led out of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, to sequence the whole genomes of 100k Asians, including 50,000 Indians.
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Incorrect
Solution: d.
About GenomeAsia100K (http://www.genomeasia100k.com): “We are a mission driven non-profit consortium collaborating to sequence and analyze 100,000 Asian individuals genomes to help accelerate Asian (all asia, including India) population specific medical advances and precision medicine… Through an unprecedented commitment to open information, the data from GenomeAsia100K will be made available to the public.”
In the news (TH): A group of Indian scientists and companies are involved with a 100k GenomeAsia project, led out of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, to sequence the whole genomes of 100k Asians, including 50,000 Indians.
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2. Question
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There is one planet that doesn’t really fit with our theories for how the Solar System formed, and we can’t understand our planet fully unless we’re able to explain this planet as well. The planet in question is
Correct
Solution: a.
In the news (BBC): Europe and Japan are set to launch their joint mission to Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. The partners have each contributed a probe to be despatched on an Ariane rocket from French Guiana. The duo, together known as BepiColombo, are bolted to one another for the seven-year cruise to their destination, and will separate once they arrive. It’s hoped their parallel observations can finally resolve some of the many puzzles about the hot, oddball planet. One of the key ones concerns the object’s outsized iron core, which represents 60% of its mass. Science cannot yet explain why the planet only has a thin veneer of rocks.
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Solution: a.
In the news (BBC): Europe and Japan are set to launch their joint mission to Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. The partners have each contributed a probe to be despatched on an Ariane rocket from French Guiana. The duo, together known as BepiColombo, are bolted to one another for the seven-year cruise to their destination, and will separate once they arrive. It’s hoped their parallel observations can finally resolve some of the many puzzles about the hot, oddball planet. One of the key ones concerns the object’s outsized iron core, which represents 60% of its mass. Science cannot yet explain why the planet only has a thin veneer of rocks.
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3. Question
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Of the five Nobel prizes, four are given by Sweden and one by
In economics, ‘Rollover Risk’ is a risk associated with
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Solution: c.
Rollover risk is a risk associated with the refinancing of debt. Rollover risk is commonly faced by countries and companies when their debt is about to mature and needs to be rolled over into new debt. If interest rates rise adversely, they would have to refinance their debt at a higher rate and incur more interest charges in the future.
Rollover risk is a risk associated with the refinancing of debt. Rollover risk is commonly faced by countries and companies when their debt is about to mature and needs to be rolled over into new debt. If interest rates rise adversely, they would have to refinance their debt at a higher rate and incur more interest charges in the future.
BepiColombo, recently in the news, is a joint mission between
Correct
Solution: b.
BepiColombo is Europe’s first mission to Mercury. It has set off recently on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. When it arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350 °C and gather data during its 1 year nominal mission, with a possible 1-year extension. BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.
BepiColombo is Europe’s first mission to Mercury. It has set off recently on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. When it arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will endure temperatures in excess of 350 °C and gather data during its 1 year nominal mission, with a possible 1-year extension. BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership.
