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INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 2020
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Malabar naval exercise.
- Malabar naval exercise began as a bilateral exercise between India and Japan, and later United States became a permanent partner.
- This is an annual exercise held in Indian Ocean.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: d)
Australia would join the Malabar 2020 naval exercise, consisting of India, Japan and the U.S. This will formally bring together the militaries of the four countries in the Quad group.
Originally begun in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the United States, Japan became a permanent partner in 2015. Past non-permanent participants was Singapore.
In 2018, the exercise was conducted off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea, off the coast the Japan in 2019.
India had signed maritime information sharing agreements for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) with Australia and Japan and a similar agreement is under discussion with the U.S.
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Solution: d)
Australia would join the Malabar 2020 naval exercise, consisting of India, Japan and the U.S. This will formally bring together the militaries of the four countries in the Quad group.
Originally begun in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the United States, Japan became a permanent partner in 2015. Past non-permanent participants was Singapore.
In 2018, the exercise was conducted off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea, off the coast the Japan in 2019.
India had signed maritime information sharing agreements for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) with Australia and Japan and a similar agreement is under discussion with the U.S.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Labour Bureau.
- Labour Bureau is the data and survey wing of the union ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Labour Bureau aims to achieve in producing quality data on rural, agriculture and industrial workers.
- The foundations of Labour Bureau can be traced to the Royal Commission on Labour setup before India’s Independence.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
At least 80 years after it was established, the Labour Bureau, the data and survey wing of the union labour ministry, has finally got a logo that encapsulates the essence of three core areas – rural, agriculture and industrial workers.
The logo represents three goals that Labour Bureau aims to achieve in producing quality data — accuracy, validity and reliability.
The foundations of Labour Bureau can be traced to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1931, which underlined the need for systematic collection of labour statistics relating to living, working and socio-economic conditions of industrial labour.
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Solution: c)
At least 80 years after it was established, the Labour Bureau, the data and survey wing of the union labour ministry, has finally got a logo that encapsulates the essence of three core areas – rural, agriculture and industrial workers.
The logo represents three goals that Labour Bureau aims to achieve in producing quality data — accuracy, validity and reliability.
The foundations of Labour Bureau can be traced to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1931, which underlined the need for systematic collection of labour statistics relating to living, working and socio-economic conditions of industrial labour.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding PARAKH.
- Parakh is the National Assessment Centre for student assessment and evaluation for all school boards across the country.
- Included in the National Education Policy 2020, this autonomous institution is under the Union Education Ministry.
- It will also guide standardised testing to monitor learning outcomes at the State and national levels.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: d)
The Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project is partly funded by the World Bank.
A major component of the project is the establishment of PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) as a National Assessment Centre. Included in the National Education Policy 2020, this autonomous institution under the Union Education Ministry will set norms for student assessment and evaluation for all school boards across the country, most of which currently follow norms set by State governments. It will also guide standardised testing to monitor learning outcomes at the State and national levels.
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Solution: d)
The Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) project is partly funded by the World Bank.
A major component of the project is the establishment of PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) as a National Assessment Centre. Included in the National Education Policy 2020, this autonomous institution under the Union Education Ministry will set norms for student assessment and evaluation for all school boards across the country, most of which currently follow norms set by State governments. It will also guide standardised testing to monitor learning outcomes at the State and national levels.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsGreen Room Meetings, sometime seen in the news, is related to the affairs of
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Solution: c)
Green Room:
The informal name of the director-general’s conference room. It is used to refer to meetings of 20-40 delegations, usually at the level of heads of delegations. These meetings can take place elsewhere, such as at Ministerial Conferences, and can be called by the minister chairing the conference as well as the director-general.
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Solution: c)
Green Room:
The informal name of the director-general’s conference room. It is used to refer to meetings of 20-40 delegations, usually at the level of heads of delegations. These meetings can take place elsewhere, such as at Ministerial Conferences, and can be called by the minister chairing the conference as well as the director-general.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following types of inventions are not patentable in India?
- A method of agriculture or horticulture
- A literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work
- Artificial intelligence led innovations without human intervention.
- Inventions relating to atomic energy
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