QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 DECEMBER 2017

Solution: c.

The Breakthrough Initiatives are a program of scientific and technological exploration, probing the big questions of life in the Universe: Are we alone? Are there habitable worlds in our galactic neighborhood? Can we make the great leap to the stars? And can we think and act together – as one world in the cosmos?

• Breakthrough Listen is a $100 million program of astronomical observations in search of evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth.
• Breakthrough Message is a $1 million competition to design a message representing Earth, life and humanity that could potentially be understood by another civilization.
• Breakthrough Watch is multi-million dollar astronomical progam to develop Earth- and space-based technologies that can find Earth-like planets in our cosmic neighborhood – and try to establish whether they host life.
• Breakthrough Starshot is a $100 million research and engineering program aiming to demonstrate proof of concept for a new technology, enabling ultra-light unmanned space flight at 20% of the speed of light; and to lay the foundations for a flyby mission to Alpha Centauri within a generation.

https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/about;

Improvisation: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42397398;

Solution: b.

This prize recognizes outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights.

The Sakharov Prize is named in recognition of the courageous and effective work of Andrei Sakharov (a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) on behalf of human rights, to the detriment of his own scientific career and despite the loss of his own personal freedom.

http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Kuchimanchi&first_nm=Ravi&year=2018;

About the Prize: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/sakharov.cfm;

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/an-award-for-a-physicist/article22119783.ece;

Solution: c.

Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in developing countries.

As per the recent findings of the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), the Body Mass Index (BMI) of 15.5% of urban women was found to be less than 18.5 kg/m2, whereas 31.3% of urban women were in the category of overweight or obese (BMI of or more than 25.0 kg/m2). Around 15% of urban men were underweight, while 26.3% belonged to the category of overweight and obese.

http://www.who.int/nutrition/challenges/en/;

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-a-wider-food-basket/article22177419.ece;

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Solution: b.

The Sustainable Development Goal-2, which aims to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”, is a priority area for India.

• To ensure food and nutrition security, there is a growing need for a multi-sectoral approach.
• The policies and programmes of various ministries should be converged for better results.

This will not only transform India’s agricultural practices, but also spread awareness about nutritious food among key target groups, including tribals, women and children.

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2_Why-it-Matters_ZeroHunger_2p.pdf;

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-a-wider-food-basket/article22177419.ece;

Solution: d.

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/right-turn-in-austria-too/article21942418.ece;

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