Insights Revision Through MCQs – 16 October 2019

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Report is a peer-reviewed publication released annually by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide.
• GHI scores are based on a formula that captures three dimensions of hunger—insufficient caloric intake, child undernutrition, and child mortality—using four component indicators
• The report is topped by Central African Republic.
• India ranked 102 on the index among 117 qualifying countries with a score of 30.3. Even North Korea, Niger, Cameroon fared better than India. Neighboring countries too bagged better spots — Sri Lanka (66), Nepal (73), Pakistan (94) and Bangladesh (88).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/global-hunger-index/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Randomised controlled trials: It is an experiment that is designed to isolate the influence that a certain intervention or variable has on an outcome or event.
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Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/what-is-a-randomised-controlled-trial/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Kurdistan is made up of five different regions: southeastern Turkey, northeastern Syria, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran and southwestern Armenia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/kurds/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• World Economic Outlook (WEO)- International Monetary Fund
• Global Competitiveness Report (GCR)- Worlds Economic Forum
• Nuclear Technology Review – IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/imfs-world-economic-outlook-weo/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Microbial fuel cells: A device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy by the action of microorganisms

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/microbial-fuel-cells/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: list below highlights just a few of the myriad uses of RFID technology:

• Product Tracking – RFID tags are increasingly used as a cost-effective way to track inventory and as a substitute for barcodes. For instance, bookstores such as Barnes & Noble use RFID to identify books to be removed from shelves and returned to publishing houses.
• Toll Road Payments – Highway toll payment systems, such as E-Z Pass in the eastern states, uses RFID technology to electronically collect tolls from passing cars. Instead of stopping at the toll booth, cars pass directly through in the E-Z Pass lane and the toll is automatically deducted from a pre-paid card.
• Passports – A number of countries, including Japan, the United States, Norway, and Spain incorporate RFID tags into passports to store information (such as a photograph) about the passport holder and to track visitors entering and exiting the country.
• Identification – RFID chips can be implanted into animals and people to track their movements, provide access to secure locations, or help find lost pets.
• Libraries – Libraries use RFID tags in books and other materials to track circulation and inventory, store product information (such as titles and authors), and to provide security from theft. Because RFID tags can be scanned without physically touching the item, checking books in and out, plus doing laborious tasks such as shelf inventory, can be accomplished quickly and efficiently using RFID technology.
• Shipping – Large shipments of materials, such as retail goods, often utilize RFID tags to identify location, contents, and movement of goods. Wal-mart is one of the largest consumers of this technology to assist in tracking shipments of merchandise.
• ther uses – RFID tags are employed in numerous other ways, including implantation in Saguaro cacti to discourage black-market traders, placement in car tires to transmit road condition information to the onboard computer, and placement around cities (such as Tokyo) to transmit tourist information to visitor cell phones.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/one-nation-one-fastag/

Ans: (a)

Explantion:

• Blind population in India is estimated to rise to 15 million by the year 2020.Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in India while refraction error and glaucoma are the second and third leading causes of blindness respectively in India

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-16-october-2019/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• World Food Day theme for
• 2014 was Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth”;
• 2015 it was “Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty”
• 2016 it is Climate Change: “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too”
• 2019 is “Our Actions Are Our Future. Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World”.

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/16/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-16-october-2019/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• he UN defines refoulement as “the expulsion of persons who have the right to be recognised as refugees”.
• The principle of non-refoulement is set out under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (India is not a signatory).
• In its affidavit to the Supreme Court on the question of deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, the Union government took the plea that as India is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention of 1951 or the Protocol of 1967, it is not bound by the principle of ‘non-refoulement’ or not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger.

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The city of orange, ‘Nagpur is also known as the ‘Tiger Gateway of India’ or ‘Tiger Capital’ of India. There are 13 tiger reserves in this Vidharbha (including the Nagpur division of eastern) alone.
• Recently National Tiger Conservation Authority has agreed for the formation of four new tiger reserves in Sunabeda (Odisha), Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh), Orang (Assam) and Guru Ghasidas (Chhattisgarh).
• Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India
• Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the valley of the Wardha river in the Wardha district of Maharashtra has been given the status of a tiger reserve, making it the smallest such reserve in the country.