10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : October 14

Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq are the countries bordering Syria

Statement 1: correct

Western ghats are more continuous than eastern ghats. It has 4 passes thal ghat, bor ghat, shenkota pass, palghat

Statement 2: correct

Height of western ghat increase from north to south.

Statement 1 is incorrect:

The Index was adopted and further developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and was first published in 2006 with the Welthungerhilfe, a German non-profit organization (NPO).  

Only Statement 2 is correct.

India is ranked 100th out of 119 countries, and has the third highest score in all of Asia — only Afghanistan and Pakistan are ranked worse.

At 31.4, India’s 2017 GHI (Global Hunger Index) score is at the high end of the ‘serious’ category, and is one of the main factors pushing South Asia to the category of worst performing region on the GHI this year, followed closely by Africa South of the Sahara.

As per the report, India ranks below many of its neighbouring countries such as China ( 29th rank), Nepal (72), Myanmar (77), Sri Lanka (84) and Bangladesh (88). It is ahead of Pakistan (106) and Afghanistan (107).North Korea ranks 93rd while Iraq is at 78th position

Statement 1 is correct. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two World Bank supported schemes Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion(SANKALP). It aims at enhancement of inclusion of underprivileged and marginalized communities including women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes (STs.)

Statement 2 is correct. The scheme envisages setting up of Trainers and Assessors academies with self-sustainable models.

The Afghanistan Foreign Ministry has announced a revival of the Pakistan-led Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) to bring the Taliban into talks. The group comprises of U.S., China, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

‘String of Pearls’ refers to a geopolitical theory to the network of Chinese intentions in India Ocean Region (IOR). Thus, statement 1 is true.
Precisely, it refers to the network of Chinese military and commercial facilities developed by China in countries falling on the Indian Ocean between the Chinese mainland and Port Sudan.

Thus, statement 2 is true.
The sea lines run through several maritime choke points such as the Strait of Bab Al-Mandeb, Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz and the Lombok Strait, as well as other strategic maritime centers in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Djibouti and Somalia. This term was first used by United States Department of Defense in report titled “Energy Futures in Asia”.

States and territories with borders on the sea (clockwise from north) include: the People’s Republic of China (including Macau and Hong Kong), the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimataand Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,400,000 sq mi). The sea carries tremendous strategic importance; one-third of the world’s shipping passes through it carrying over $3 trillion in trade each year, it contains lucrative fisheries that are crucial for the food security of millions in Southeast Asia, and huge oil and gas reserves are believed to lie beneath its seabed.