QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 03 October 2019

Solution: a)

‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’, is the Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

Jan Aushadhi Suvidha comes with a special additive, which makes it biodegradable when it comes in contact with oxygen after being discarded.

In a huge push for women hygiene, the government slashed price of sanitary napkins sold from its Jan Aushadhi Kendras to just ₹1 per piece from ₹2.50 earlier.

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Solution: b)

The government has approved a proposal to declare ocean energy as Renewable Energy.

Accordingly, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has clarified to all the stakeholders that energy produced using various forms of ocean energy such as tidal, wave, ocean thermal energy conversion etc. shall be considered as Renewable Energy and shall be eligible for meeting the non-solar Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO).

Osmotic energy: This technique — the most surprising — produces energy from the movement of water across a membrane between a saltwater reservoir and freshwater reservoir.

Solution: d)

From India the Intangible Cultural Heritages added into this list include:

• Tradition of Vedic chanting
• Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana
• Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre
• Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas.
• Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala
• Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan
• Chhau dance
• Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir.
• Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur
• Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab
• Yoga
• Nawrouz
• Kumbh Mela

Solution: a)

• Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus: the virus can cause both acute and chronic hepatitis, ranging in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness.
• The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a bloodborne virus and the most common modes of infection are through exposure to small quantities of blood. This may happen through injection drug use, unsafe injection practices, unsafe health care, and the transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products.
• There is currently no vaccine for hepatitis C; however research in this area is ongoing.

HCV can also be transmitted sexually and can be passed from an infected mother to her baby; however these modes of transmission are much less common.

Hepatitis C is not spread through breast milk, food, water or by casual contact such as hugging, kissing and sharing food or drinks with an infected person.

Populations at increased risk of HCV infection include:

• people who inject drugs;
• people who use intranasal drugs;
• recipients of infected blood products or invasive procedures in health-care facilities with inadequate infection control practices ;
• children born to mothers infected with HCV ;
• people with sexual partners who are HCV-infected;
• people with HIV infection;
• prisoners or previously incarcerated persons; and
• people who have had tattoos or piercings.

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Solution: d)

A taskforce headed by TN Manoharan was set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to look into ways to develop the secondary market for corporate loans.

The committee has recommended the setting up a self-regulatory body of participants to finalise details for the secondary market for corporate loans, including the standardisation of documents.

Significantly, it has also called for amending regulations of SEBI, IRDA and PFRDA to enable participation of non-banking entities such as mutual funds, insurance companies, and pension funds.

Noting that banks and NBFCs are currently the only participants in the primary and secondary loan markets, the taskforce said it is essential to widen the spectrum of participants to boost the secondary market.

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