QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 23 April 2019

Solution: c)

The Election Commission of India has directed that all electors in all constituencies who have been issued Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) have to produce the Electors Photo Identity Card for their identification at the polling station before casting their votes. Those electors who are not able to produce the EPIC shall produce one of the following alternative photo identity documents for establishing their identity. The list of eleven documents is:

1. Passport,
2. Driving License,
3. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies,
4. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
5. PAN Card,
6. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
7. MNREGA Job Card,
8. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour,
9. Pension document with photograph,
10. Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs, and
11. Aadhaar Card.

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Solution: d)

With the number of tigers steadily on the rise at Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttarakhand, the authorities feel upgrading it to a tiger reserve is necessary for the conservation of tigers at the facility. Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary is situated close to the Nandhaur river in Kumaon region of the State.

Solution: a)

Mumbai became the first Indian city to be a member of World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF), a platform for cities to share their culture.

The WCCF enables the policy makers of member cities to share research and intelligence, while exploring the vital role of culture in prosperity.

Through its leadership exchange program, the city’s policy makers will be able to share ideas, technology, challenges and access cultures and arts.

The forum, which began in 2012 with eight members, is a network of more than 32 key cities today, including London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Dakar, Edinburgh, Lisbon, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Toronto and many others.

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Solution: c)

International biologists have launched Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), an initiative that aims to sequence and catalog the genomes of all of Earth’s currently described eukaryotic species over a period of ten years. The initiative would produce an open DNA database of biological information that provides a platform for scientific research and supports environmental and conservation initiatives.

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Solution: b)

A centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) named “PAiSA – Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access”, was launched recently.

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