QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 2 September 2020

Solution: c)

World Economic Forum has come out with its first-ever Global Social Mobility Report. The report has ranked India a lowly 76 out of the 82 countries profiled.

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Solution: c)

The entry of private service providers brought with it the inevitable need for independent regulation. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was, established in 1997 by an Act of Parliament, called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government.

One of the main objectives of TRAI is to provide a fair and transparent policy environment which promotes a level playing field and facilitates fair competition.

The TRAI Act was amended by an ordinance, effective from 24 January 2000, establishing a Telecommunications Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to take over the adjudicatory and disputes functions from TRAI.

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Solution: a)

WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations.

WTO was established in 1995.

As a specialized agency of the UN, WIPO is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Solution: a)

Solution: b)

The Indian Ocean has some large marginal or regional seas such as the Arabian Sea, the Laccadive Sea, the Somali Sea, Bay of Bengal, and the Andaman Sea.

The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean.