Insights Current Affairs (06 December 2019) Revision Through MCQs
INSIGHTS CURRENT Affairs RTM - 2019
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New Initiative: Revision Through MCQs (RTM) – Revision of Current Affairs Made Interesting
As revision is the key to success in this exam, we are starting a new initiative where you will revise current affairs effectively through MCQs (RTM) that are solely based on Insights Daily Current Affairs.
These questions will be different than our regular current affairs quiz. These questions are framed to TEST how well you have read and revised Insights Current Affairs on daily basis.
We will post nearly 10 MCQs every day which are based on previous day’s Insights current affairs. Tonight we will be posting RTM questions on the Insights current affairs of October 3, 2019.
The added advantage of this initiative is it will help you solve at least 20 MCQs daily (5 Static + 5 CA Quiz + 10 RTM) – thereby helping you improve your retention as well as elimination and guessing skills.
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- Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 points- Consider following statements
- Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 and Article 118
- Speaker of Lok Sabha acts as the chairman of Business Advisory committee of Lok Sabha
- Committee on Welfare of SCs and STs is a Parliamentary committees
Which of the given above statements is/are correct?
CorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).
- Business Advisory Committee
- The committee of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha consist of 15 and 11 members respectively. The speaker of Lok Sabha acts as the chairman of committee of Lok Sabha and the Chairman of Rajya Sabha is the ex-officio chairman of the committee of Rajya Sabha
- The function of the Committee is to recommend to the government to bring forward particular subjects for discussion in the House and recommend allocation of time for such discussions.
- Committee on Welfare of SCs and STs
- The committee consists of 30 members that include 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. The main function of the Committee is to consider all matters concerning the welfare of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, falling within the purview of the union government and the union territories
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/parliamentary-standing-committees/
IncorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).
- Business Advisory Committee
- The committee of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha consist of 15 and 11 members respectively. The speaker of Lok Sabha acts as the chairman of committee of Lok Sabha and the Chairman of Rajya Sabha is the ex-officio chairman of the committee of Rajya Sabha
- The function of the Committee is to recommend to the government to bring forward particular subjects for discussion in the House and recommend allocation of time for such discussions.
- Committee on Welfare of SCs and STs
- The committee consists of 30 members that include 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. The main function of the Committee is to consider all matters concerning the welfare of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, falling within the purview of the union government and the union territories
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/parliamentary-standing-committees/
- Consider following statements
- Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is the correct criteria was used to define Fugitive Economic Offender under FEO Act?
CorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- A person can be named an offender under the law if there is an arrest warrant against him or her for involvement in economic offences involving at least 100 crore or more and has fled from India to escape legal action.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/fugitive-economic-offender-2/
IncorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- A person can be named an offender under the law if there is an arrest warrant against him or her for involvement in economic offences involving at least 100 crore or more and has fled from India to escape legal action.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/fugitive-economic-offender-2/
- Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about small finance banks
- Can accept deposits, but only up to 1 lakh per individual customer
- Allowed to issue ATM or debit cards
- Can provide remittance services but not credit services
Which of the given above statements is/are correct?
CorrectAns: (b)
Explanation:
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/rbi-guidelines-for-payments-banks-sfb-licence/
IncorrectAns: (b)
Explanation:
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/rbi-guidelines-for-payments-banks-sfb-licence/
- Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 points- With reference to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), consider the following statements
- It is India’s first sovereign wealth fund
- Objective behind creating this fund was to maximize economic impact mainly through infrastructure investment in commercially viable projects, both Greenfield and Brownfield
- NIIF manages three funds: Master Fund, Fund of Funds and Strategic Fund
Which of the given above statements is/are correct?
CorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is India’s first sovereign wealth fund that was set up by the Government of India in February 2015.
- The objective behind creating this fund was to maximize economic impact mainly through infrastructure investment in commercially viable projects, both Greenfield and Brownfield.
- NIIF manages three funds: Master Fund, Fund of Funds and Strategic Fund. The funds were set up to make infrastructure investments in India by raising capital from domestic and international institutional investors.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/national-investment-and-infrastructure-fund-niif/
IncorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is India’s first sovereign wealth fund that was set up by the Government of India in February 2015.
- The objective behind creating this fund was to maximize economic impact mainly through infrastructure investment in commercially viable projects, both Greenfield and Brownfield.
- NIIF manages three funds: Master Fund, Fund of Funds and Strategic Fund. The funds were set up to make infrastructure investments in India by raising capital from domestic and international institutional investors.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/national-investment-and-infrastructure-fund-niif/
- With reference to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), consider the following statements
- Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsAsteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a proposed pair of space probes is planned under the operator of
CorrectAns: (c)
Explanation:
- The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a proposed pair of space probes which will study and demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon.
- The mission is intended to test and validate impact models of whether a spacecraft could successfully deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
- The original plan called for a European spacecraft, the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM), to operate in synergy with a large NASA impactor called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and observe the immediate effects of the impact.
- AIM was cancelled in 2016 when Germany was unable to fund its portion, and after some backlash within ESA, AIM was replaced in 2018 with a smaller spacecraft called Hera that will launch five years after DART to orbit and study the crater on the asteroid.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/hera-mission-2/
IncorrectAns: (c)
Explanation:
- The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a proposed pair of space probes which will study and demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon.
- The mission is intended to test and validate impact models of whether a spacecraft could successfully deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
- The original plan called for a European spacecraft, the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM), to operate in synergy with a large NASA impactor called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and observe the immediate effects of the impact.
- AIM was cancelled in 2016 when Germany was unable to fund its portion, and after some backlash within ESA, AIM was replaced in 2018 with a smaller spacecraft called Hera that will launch five years after DART to orbit and study the crater on the asteroid.
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/hera-mission-2/
- Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsThe Global Climate Risk Index 2020 is released by
CorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- The international environmental think tank ‘Germanwatch’ has recently released the Global Climate Risk Index 2020.
- The annually published Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/global-climate-risk-index-2020/
IncorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- The international environmental think tank ‘Germanwatch’ has recently released the Global Climate Risk Index 2020.
- The annually published Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).
Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/global-climate-risk-index-2020/
- Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 pointsHe was the last ruler of the Sikh empire. In 1849, after the British defeated the Sikhs in the war, Singh was forced to sign a legal document that amended the Treaty of Lahore, requiring him to not only give up claims of sovereignty over the region, but also the Koh-i-noor diamond also in 1853, he converted to Christianity, and settled in the UK in 1854. He was
CorrectAns: (b)
Explanation:
- Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa recently made a demand in the Rajya Sabha to exhume the remains of Maharaja Duleep Singh from his grave in England, and have them brought to Amritsar.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
IncorrectAns: (b)
Explanation:
- Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa recently made a demand in the Rajya Sabha to exhume the remains of Maharaja Duleep Singh from his grave in England, and have them brought to Amritsar.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
- Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 pointsRecently, Sukapaika river has been in news for sometimes is
CorrectAns: (a)
Explanation:
- Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
IncorrectAns: (a)
Explanation:
- Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
- Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsGOAL is a Facebook program primarily aimed at
CorrectAns: (a)
Explanation:
- The GOAL is a Facebook program aimed at guiding and encouraging tribal girls from across India to become village-level digital young leaders for their communities
- The programme will help to connect underprivileged young tribal women with senior expert mentors in the areas of business, fashion and arts to learn digital and life skills.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
IncorrectAns: (a)
Explanation:
- The GOAL is a Facebook program aimed at guiding and encouraging tribal girls from across India to become village-level digital young leaders for their communities
- The programme will help to connect underprivileged young tribal women with senior expert mentors in the areas of business, fashion and arts to learn digital and life skills.
Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/12/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-06-december-2019/
- Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsWith reference to communication technologies, what is/are the difference / differences between LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and VoLTE (Voice over Long-Term Evolution)?
- LTE is commonly marketed as 3G and VoLTE is commonly marketed as advanced 3G.
- LTE is data-only technology and VoLTE is voice-only technology.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
CorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- LTE stands for ‘Long Term Evolution’ and VoLTE stands for ‘Voice over Long Term Evolution’.
- VoLTE is a technology update to the LTE protocol used by mobile phone networks.
- Under LTE, the infrastructure of telecom players only allows transmission of data while voice calls are routed to their older 2G or 3G networks. This is why, under LTE, you cannot access your 4G data services while on a call. This leads to problems such as slow internet speeds and poor voice clarity
- LTE is a mobile network and transmits only data; while VoLTE is software and transmits both voice and data.
IncorrectAns: (d)
Explanation:
- LTE stands for ‘Long Term Evolution’ and VoLTE stands for ‘Voice over Long Term Evolution’.
- VoLTE is a technology update to the LTE protocol used by mobile phone networks.
- Under LTE, the infrastructure of telecom players only allows transmission of data while voice calls are routed to their older 2G or 3G networks. This is why, under LTE, you cannot access your 4G data services while on a call. This leads to problems such as slow internet speeds and poor voice clarity
- LTE is a mobile network and transmits only data; while VoLTE is software and transmits both voice and data.
