QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,11 December 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 pointsConsider the following statements about Lingayat and Veerashaiva community
- Lingayats are followers of 5th-century social reformer Basavanna and his vachanas.
- Veerashaivas are a sub-sect of Lingayats and ardent followers of Lord Shiva.
- Basavanna launched a very strong spiritual, social and religious rebellion against Brahminical hegemony.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Solution: a)
Lingayats are followers of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and his vachana (verses) philosophy.
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Solution: a)
Lingayats are followers of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and his vachana (verses) philosophy.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs)
- A FDC is a cocktail of two or more active drug ingredients in a fixed ratio of doses.
- One of the main disadvantages of FDCs is that they are not useful in the treatment of infectious diseases like HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
- In India FDCs are used very minimal due to high cost of the drugs.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
- An FDC is a cocktail of two or more active drug ingredients in a fixed ratio of doses. (Statement 1)
- According to US healthcare provider IMS Health, almost half the drugs sold in India in 2014 were FDC, making it a world leader in combination drugs. (Statement 3)
- FDCs have shown to be particularly useful in the treatment of infectious diseases like HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (Statement 2)
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Solution: a)
- An FDC is a cocktail of two or more active drug ingredients in a fixed ratio of doses. (Statement 1)
- According to US healthcare provider IMS Health, almost half the drugs sold in India in 2014 were FDC, making it a world leader in combination drugs. (Statement 3)
- FDCs have shown to be particularly useful in the treatment of infectious diseases like HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (Statement 2)
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsIndia describes which of the following missile system as a ‘weapon of peace’.
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Solution: c)
India describes the Agni – 5 missile system as a ‘weapon of peace’.
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Solution: c)
India describes the Agni – 5 missile system as a ‘weapon of peace’.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsThe report Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 is released by
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Solution: d)
World Bank has released its report — Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 — charting global progress on sustainable energy policies.
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Solution: d)
World Bank has released its report — Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 — charting global progress on sustainable energy policies.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Sahitya Academy Award
- The Sahitya Academy Awardis a literary honor in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, annually confers.
- It is awarded for the books published in any of the major Indian languages except English.
- The first award was awarded pre independence.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?
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Solution: d)
- It is awarded for major Indian languages (24 languages, including the 22 listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, along with English and Rajasthani) (Statement 2)
- First awarded in the year 1954. (Statement 3)
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Solution: d)
- It is awarded for major Indian languages (24 languages, including the 22 listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, along with English and Rajasthani) (Statement 2)
- First awarded in the year 1954. (Statement 3)
