QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,24 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.
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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements:
- The direct tax base has shown a growth of around 80% in terms of the number of returns filed in the last four financial years
- The direct tax-GDP ratio in financial year 2017-18 is the highest it has been in the last ten fiscal years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: c.
TH: The direct tax base has significantly widened in the last few years, according to new back series data released by the government.
- The data showed a growth of more than 80% in the number of returns filed in the last four financial years from 3.79 crore in financial year (FY) 2013-14 to 6.85 crore (these figures include revised returns) in FY 2017-18.
- Further, the number of persons filing income tax returns also increased by about 65% during this period from 3.31 crore in FY 2013-14 to 5.44 crore in FY 2017-18.
- The data also showed that the direct tax-GDP ratio rose to 5.98% in FY 2017-18, the highest it has been in the last 10 years.
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Solution: c.
TH: The direct tax base has significantly widened in the last few years, according to new back series data released by the government.
- The data showed a growth of more than 80% in the number of returns filed in the last four financial years from 3.79 crore in financial year (FY) 2013-14 to 6.85 crore (these figures include revised returns) in FY 2017-18.
- Further, the number of persons filing income tax returns also increased by about 65% during this period from 3.31 crore in FY 2013-14 to 5.44 crore in FY 2017-18.
- The data also showed that the direct tax-GDP ratio rose to 5.98% in FY 2017-18, the highest it has been in the last 10 years.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe Migingo Island, considered to be a fisherman’s paradise, is claimed by which two countries?
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Solution: c.
TH: The densely populated Migingo Island in the waters of Lake Victoria is barely a quarter of a hectare large. There’s little else but a few bars, brothels and a tiny port. Nevertheless, for over a decade, Migingo has been a source of tension between Uganda and Kenya, who have been unable to decide to whom it really belongs. They were once pushed to the brink of what some said would have been Africa’s “smallest war” over the island. While fishing communities around Lake Victoria have seen their catches slowly diminish over the years, the deep waters surrounding Migingo abound with catch such as Nile perch.
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Solution: c.
TH: The densely populated Migingo Island in the waters of Lake Victoria is barely a quarter of a hectare large. There’s little else but a few bars, brothels and a tiny port. Nevertheless, for over a decade, Migingo has been a source of tension between Uganda and Kenya, who have been unable to decide to whom it really belongs. They were once pushed to the brink of what some said would have been Africa’s “smallest war” over the island. While fishing communities around Lake Victoria have seen their catches slowly diminish over the years, the deep waters surrounding Migingo abound with catch such as Nile perch.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsRecently inaugurated by the Chinese President, the world’s longest cross-sea bridge crosses the sea of
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Solution: a.
BBC:
Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. Designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, it was built using 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. About 30km of its total length crosses the sea of the Pearl River delta. To allow ships through, a 6.7km section in the middle dips into an undersea tunnel that runs between two artificial islands.
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Solution: a.
BBC:
Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. Designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, it was built using 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. About 30km of its total length crosses the sea of the Pearl River delta. To allow ships through, a 6.7km section in the middle dips into an undersea tunnel that runs between two artificial islands. -
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4. Question
1 pointsAs per the National Crime Records Bureau’s Prison Statistics India 2015 report
1.Occupancy rates at the all India level was more than 100 per cent.
2.Two-thirds of the people in Indian jails are people not convicted of any crime and currently on trial in a court of law.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Solution: c.
TH: The report calls overcrowding as “one of the biggest problems faced by prison inmates.” It results in poor hygiene and lack of sleep among other problems. “Keeping in view the human rights of the prisoners, it is essential that they are given reasonable space and facilities in jails,” the report says. The occupancy rate at the all India level at the end of 2015 was 114.4 per cent. Sixty-seven per cent of the people in Indian jails are undertrials — people not convicted of any crime and currently on trial in a court of law.
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Solution: c.
TH: The report calls overcrowding as “one of the biggest problems faced by prison inmates.” It results in poor hygiene and lack of sleep among other problems. “Keeping in view the human rights of the prisoners, it is essential that they are given reasonable space and facilities in jails,” the report says. The occupancy rate at the all India level at the end of 2015 was 114.4 per cent. Sixty-seven per cent of the people in Indian jails are undertrials — people not convicted of any crime and currently on trial in a court of law.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhy was the Bangaram coral Island of Lakshadweep recently in the news?
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Solution: b.
PIB: The International Conference on Status and Protection of Coral Reefs (STAPCOR – 2018) with the theme “Reef for Life” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 22nd October at Bangaram coral Island of Union Territory of Lakshadweep. .. 2018 is the third decadal International Year of Reefs (IYOR).
About IYOR: 1997 was declared the first International Year of the Reef (IYOR) in response to the increasing threats on coral reefs and their associated ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds. IYOR was a global effort to increase awareness and understanding on the values and threats to coral reefs, and to support related conservation, research and management efforts. Recognising that, ten years later, there continued to be an urgent need to increase awareness and understanding of coral reefs, and to further conserve and manage these valuable ecosystems, the International Coral Reef Initiative designated 2008 as the second International Year of the Reef.
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Solution: b.
PIB: The International Conference on Status and Protection of Coral Reefs (STAPCOR – 2018) with the theme “Reef for Life” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 22nd October at Bangaram coral Island of Union Territory of Lakshadweep. .. 2018 is the third decadal International Year of Reefs (IYOR).
About IYOR: 1997 was declared the first International Year of the Reef (IYOR) in response to the increasing threats on coral reefs and their associated ecosystems, such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds. IYOR was a global effort to increase awareness and understanding on the values and threats to coral reefs, and to support related conservation, research and management efforts. Recognising that, ten years later, there continued to be an urgent need to increase awareness and understanding of coral reefs, and to further conserve and manage these valuable ecosystems, the International Coral Reef Initiative designated 2008 as the second International Year of the Reef.
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