TriumphIAS Daily Quiz (TIDQ) – 11-June-2018

Indian Polity and Current Affairs

  1. Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding Anti-Defection Act?
    1. Second Schedule
    2. Fifth Schedule
    3. Eighth Schedule
    4. Tenth Schedule
  2. The Constitution of India recognizes which of the following categories of minorities in India?
    1. Only religious minorities
    2. Only linguistic minorities
    3. Religious and linguistic minorities
    4. Religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities
  3. The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President on a matter of law or fact
    1. On its own initiative
    2. Only if he seeks such advice
    3. Only if the matter relates to the Fundamental Rights of citizens
    4. Only if the issue poses a threat to the unity and integrity of the country
  4. In what way does the Indian Parliament exercise control over the administration?
    1. Through Parliamentary Committees
    2. Through Consultative Committees of various ministries
    3. By making the administrators send periodic reports
    4. By compelling the executive to issue writs
  5. The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This is known as
    1. Decorum
    2. Crossing the floor
    3. Interpretation
    4. Yielding the floor
  6. The NASA has extended its Juno Spacecraft Mission until___________ to probe more about the inside of Jupiter.
    1. December 2020
    2. January 2022
    3. July 2021
    4. December 2021
  7. Recently the Government of India has initiated a National Media Campaign to encourage smoking cessation. What is the name of the campaign?
    1. Every Try Counts-Tips from Former Smokers
    2. What Damage Will This Cigarette/Bidi Do
    3. Would You Use Your Heart as an Ashtray
    4. How Long Will You Live With Cigarette/Bidi
  8. The Women Entrepreneurial Platform of NITI Aayog has formed a consortium with which of the following forums to encourage women entrepreneurship?
    1. UK India Business Forum
    2. ASEAN India Business Forum
    3. UN India Business Forum
    4. CII India Business Forum
  9. With which among the following countries, India has inked pacts for exporting non-basmati rice and sharing Brahmaputra water data during flood season?
    1. Kyrgyzstan
    2. China
    3.  Tajikistan
    4. Russia
  10. Qingdao declaration adopted by the members of SCO at the 2018 Summit deals with which of the following?
    1.  Preventing Plastic Pollution
    2. Combating Terrorism
    3. Cooperation on Nuclear Weapons
    4.  Setting Sustainable Development Fund
  11. Recently, ISRO scientists have discovered a new planet and star 600 light years away. The new discovery has been named as,
    1. Saga
    2. Chronicle
    3. Herculean
    4. Epic
  12. Name the India’s first indigenous long-range artillery gun which is ready for induction after successful testing in all weather conditions.
    1. Arjun
    2. Dhanush
    3. Rakshak
    4.  Pinaka
  13. Which among the following States has recently transformed a landfill site into a museum of trees named as ‘Urban forest – museum of trees’?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Gujarat
    3.  Maharashtra
    4. Haryana
  14. Consider the following statements and choose the correct options mentioned below
      1. The United Nations General Assembly voted to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the Security Council starting on Jan. 1, 2020.
      2. The council is the only U.N. body that can make legally binding decisions and has the power to impose sanctions and authorize the use of force.
      3. The General Assembly elects four new members in a year.
    1. Only 1
    2. Only 1 and 2
    3. Only 2 and 3
    4. All are correct
  2. Which of the following conventions has been ratified by Indian recently on March 28, 2018 ?
    1. International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
    2. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
    3. Berne Convention
    4. Bonn Convention

Answers with Explanation

  1. D
    • Anti-Defection Law is contained in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, which was introduced by the 52nd Amendment in 1985 during tenure of Rajiv Gandhi.
  2. C
    • Art. 29 and 30 of the Constitution only recognizes linguistic and religious minorities.
  3. B
    • Under Art. 143 the President can seek the advice of the Supreme Court. Only then the court tenders its advice. It does not have its own initiative. The President can seek advice on any matter
  4. A
    • The work done by the Parliament in modern times is not only varied in nature, but considerable in volume. The time at its disposal is limited. It cannot, therefore, give close consideration to all the legislative and other matters that come up before it.
    • A good deal of its business is, therefore, transacted by what are called the Parliamentary Committees. so these are called ‘’Mini Parliament’’
    • The Parliament has various committees like PAC, Estimates Committee, Committee on Public Undertakings, 17 standing committee established in 1993 to exercise control over the administration.
    • Consultative Committees are only of advisory nature.It can’t force administrators to send periodic reports.The executive has no power to issue writs.
  5. D
    • Decorum: Parliamentary usage/etiquette binding on members.
    • Crossing the Floor: changing the party.
    •  Interpretation: speaker seek clarification on a matter through ruling.
    •  Yielding the Floor: respecting speaker’s order.
  6. C
    • NASA has given the Juno spacecraft the time (and money) it needs to be able to accomplish its missions by extending its science operations for 41 more months until July 2021. The probe, which left our planet in 2011 and reached Jupiter in 2016, was supposed to wrap things up in February 2018. Now, NASA has agreed to fund the project until fiscal year 2022. That means Juno will be orbiting the gas giant until July 2021 and will spend the months after that analyzing data.
  7. B
    • At a World Health Organisation event held recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India launched a National Media Campaign titled ‘What Damage Will This Cigarette/Bidi Do’ to encourage smoking cessation. The campaign will achieve pan-India reach by being broadcast in 17 languages on all major national government and private TV and radio channels. In addition, the campaign will be supported by a comprehensive social media campaign and will run on major digital platforms.
  8. C
    • The UN India Business Forum and the Women Entrepreneurial Platform of NITI Aayog has formed a consortium to reduce gender disparities in start-up investments by providing mentorship and networking opportunities and accelerating financial and market linkages for women entrepreneurs.
    • UN India-NITI Aayog Investor Consortium for Women Entrepreneurs will bring together key ecosystem stakeholders, including venture capitalists and impact investors, international donor and funding agencies, private sector partners and state governments.
    • Women entrepreneurs will be identified through key partners, including WEP, UN Women, and UNDP.
  9. B
    • India and China has signed two bilateral agreements during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Qingdao on the sidelines of the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
    • The agreements include continuing to share Brahmaputra water data during flood season and exporting non-basmati rice to China.
  10. B
    • The 18th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held from 9-10 June 2018 in Qingdao, China concluded with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration.
    • The declaration calls for implementing the three-year plan to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism. It also calls for implementation of the treaty on long-term good neighbourliness, friendship and co-operation.
  11. D
    • In an epic Indian discovery, a team from the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad led by Abhijit Chakraborty, has spotted for the first time a distant planet six times bigger than Earth and revolving around a Sun-like star about 600 light years away. Both the planet and the star have been named EPIC.
    • EPIC 211945201b (or K2-236b) is the name given to the planet. The host star is named EPIC 211945201 or K2-236.
  12. B
    • India’s first indigenous, long-range artillery gun “Dhanush” has passed its final test at Pokhran, paving the way for its induction into the Army.
    • Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) Senior General Manager SK Singh said that, fifty rounds of shells each were fired from six Dhanush guns between June 2-6.Dhanush is a 155mm x 45mm calibre artillery gun and is also called the “desi Bofors”.
  13. B
    • In a unique initiative, the Vadodara Municipal corporation (VMC) has converted a garbage dumping ground located at Vadsar on the outskirts of the city into a museum of trees. This place has been named as ‘Urban forest – museum of trees’.
    • Till the launch of the project in October 2016, garbage used to be dumped at that site. But the VMC decided to stop dumping garbage there and planted saplings of nearly 100 varieties.
    • The land fill site on the banks of Viswamitri river has 100 different species of trees and includes most found in the state.
  14. B
    • The United Nations General Assembly voted to elect Germany, Belgium, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Indonesia for a two-year term in the Security Council starting on Jan. 1, 2019.
    • The council is the only U.N. body that can make legally binding decisions and has the power to impose sanctions and authorize the use of force.
    • The General Assembly elects five new members in a year.
  15. C
    • On March 28, 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization has notified a declaration referring to the deposit by India, on October 7, 1974, of its instrument of ratification on the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. India has been the Member of Berne Convention since 28th April, 1928. The said declaration shall enter into force on March 28, 2018.

 

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