QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 28 November 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,28 November 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
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In the context of affairs related to India, why was the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights recently in the news?
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Solution: c.
Oslo Centre: The Oslo Center is an independent, non-partisan democracy center that assists the strengthening of democratic political institutions and processes. Their main approach is democracy assistance implemented through dialogue.
TH: The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation mediated a meeting of former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik with hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar recently. The meeting was sought by former Norwegian PM Bondevik’s Oslo Center.
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Oslo Centre: The Oslo Center is an independent, non-partisan democracy center that assists the strengthening of democratic political institutions and processes. Their main approach is democracy assistance implemented through dialogue.
TH: The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation mediated a meeting of former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik with hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar recently. The meeting was sought by former Norwegian PM Bondevik’s Oslo Center.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
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Consider the following statements with reference to the India-China mechanism of Special Representatives on the Boundary Question:
1.It was established in 1997.
Twenty one rounds of talks have been held between Indian and China under this mechanism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
The mechanism of Special Representatives on the Boundary Question was established in 2003. The 21st round of talks was held recently in Chengdu, China.
The mechanism of Special Representatives on the Boundary Question was established in 2003. The 21st round of talks was held recently in Chengdu, China.
Consider the following statements about Child Care Institutions:
1.These have been established under the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Act, 2015.
2.‘Hausla’ provides a platform to children from CCIs across India where they can showcase their talent.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Solution: b.
Vikaspedia: A child care institution as defined under the JJ Act,2015, means Children Home, Open Shelter, Observation Home, Special Home, Place of Safety, Specialised Adoption Agency and a Fit Facility recognized under the Act for providing care and protection to children (who are in conflict with the law), who are in need of such services.
Vikaspedia: A child care institution as defined under the JJ Act,2015, means Children Home, Open Shelter, Observation Home, Special Home, Place of Safety, Specialised Adoption Agency and a Fit Facility recognized under the Act for providing care and protection to children (who are in conflict with the law), who are in need of such services.
The phenomenon of beaching, sometimes in the news, is associated with which among the following groups?
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Solution: a.
BBC: A group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand… It’s not fully known why whales or dolphins strand. Possible reasons might be sickness, navigational errors, falling tides or being chased by a predator.
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Solution: a.
BBC: A group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand… It’s not fully known why whales or dolphins strand. Possible reasons might be sickness, navigational errors, falling tides or being chased by a predator.
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Question 5 of 5
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Elysium Planitia is a flat plain in Mars, where NASA’s InSight lander was successfully positioned. This place is close to the planet’s
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Solution: b.
BBC: The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet. The InSight probe aims to study the world’s deep interior, and make it the only planet – apart from Earth – that has been examined in this way. InSight is now sitting on a vast, flat plain known as Elysium Planitia, close to the Red Planet’s equator. Before landing, Nasa had dubbed it the “biggest parking lot on Mars”.
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Solution: b.
BBC: The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet. The InSight probe aims to study the world’s deep interior, and make it the only planet – apart from Earth – that has been examined in this way. InSight is now sitting on a vast, flat plain known as Elysium Planitia, close to the Red Planet’s equator. Before landing, Nasa had dubbed it the “biggest parking lot on Mars”.
