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INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 2020
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsNusantara, recently seen in news is located in
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Solution: d)
Indonesia passed a bill replacing its capital Jakarta with East Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo island. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara.
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Solution: d)
Indonesia passed a bill replacing its capital Jakarta with East Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo island. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe area of Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ is along several tectonic plates including
- Philippine Plate
- Cocos plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Nazca plate
Select the correct answer code:
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Solution: c)
The area is along several tectonic plates including the Pacific plate, Philippine Plate, Juan de Fuca plate, Cocos plate, Nazca plate, and North American plate. The movement of these plates or tectonic activity makes the area witness abundant earthquakes and tsunamis every year.
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The area is along several tectonic plates including the Pacific plate, Philippine Plate, Juan de Fuca plate, Cocos plate, Nazca plate, and North American plate. The movement of these plates or tectonic activity makes the area witness abundant earthquakes and tsunamis every year.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).
- Collective Security Treaty Organisation is a full-blown military alliance like NATO.
- All the Central Asian countries are members of the CSTO.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
When the Cold War drew to a close in 1991, the Warsaw Pact, an alliance of eight socialist states, and the Soviet Union’s answer to NATO, dissolved. Less than a year later, Russia and five of its allies in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was nothing but a loose club of post-Soviet countries, signed a new Collective Security Treaty, which came into force in 1994.
Although it wasn’t as powerful as the Warsaw pact, in 2002, as Central Asia loomed larger in geopolitics —it declared itself the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a full-blown military alliance. Today it has six members: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan had quit the alliance in 2012.
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Solution: a)
When the Cold War drew to a close in 1991, the Warsaw Pact, an alliance of eight socialist states, and the Soviet Union’s answer to NATO, dissolved. Less than a year later, Russia and five of its allies in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was nothing but a loose club of post-Soviet countries, signed a new Collective Security Treaty, which came into force in 1994.
Although it wasn’t as powerful as the Warsaw pact, in 2002, as Central Asia loomed larger in geopolitics —it declared itself the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a full-blown military alliance. Today it has six members: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan had quit the alliance in 2012.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following practices can reduce emissions from agriculture?
- Organic agriculture.
- Alternate wetting and drying of paddy.
- Increasing the productivity of milk and meat production.
Select the correct answer code:
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Solution: d)
There are a number of practices that can reduce emissions from agriculture. One is alternate wetting and drying of paddy. “By reducing the frequency of irrigation (letting the fields drain periodically), methane emissions from flooded rice production can be cut in half.
Another method that can work is increasing the productivity of milk and meat production. “Increasing animal and herd productivity means that fewer animals are required to produce the same amount of milk or meat, which also reduces the emissions generated in producing that food.”
Many of the practices used in organic agriculture are climate smart. Organic agriculture enhances natural nutrient cycling and builds soil organic matter, which can also support resilience to climate change and sequester carbon in soils.
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Solution: d)
There are a number of practices that can reduce emissions from agriculture. One is alternate wetting and drying of paddy. “By reducing the frequency of irrigation (letting the fields drain periodically), methane emissions from flooded rice production can be cut in half.
Another method that can work is increasing the productivity of milk and meat production. “Increasing animal and herd productivity means that fewer animals are required to produce the same amount of milk or meat, which also reduces the emissions generated in producing that food.”
Many of the practices used in organic agriculture are climate smart. Organic agriculture enhances natural nutrient cycling and builds soil organic matter, which can also support resilience to climate change and sequester carbon in soils.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsIn the context of cybersecurity, what are Botnets?
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Solution: b)
Botnet is a combination of the words robot and network. Botnets have been identified as growing security threat.
A network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners’ knowledge, e.g. to send spam.
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Solution: b)
Botnet is a combination of the words robot and network. Botnets have been identified as growing security threat.
A network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners’ knowledge, e.g. to send spam.
