DAY – 38 ( INSTA REVISION TEST)INSTA REVISION PLAN 2.0, 2020

Solution: C

The government has formed a panel to study the existing framework for virtual currencies such as bitcoin. A finance ministry statement said Dinesh Sharma, special secretary in the economic affairs department will chair the nine-member inter-disciplinary committee.

Solution: D

Inside the country’s first ever otter reserve in Karnataka, there is a family of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) gathered at a spot. They are involved in activity that binds them together as a family and group. They are defecating together. If for humans the adage states that a family that eats together stays together, it is the other end of the digestion process for otters.

Solution: C

Rotavirus:

• Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe diarrhoea and death among children less than five years of age.
• It is responsible for around 10% of total child mortality every year.

Rotavirus-Signs and Symptoms:

• Kids with a rotavirus infection have fever, nausea, and vomiting, often followed by abdominal cramps and frequent, watery diarrhea.
• Kids may also have a cough and runny nose.
• Sometimes the diarrhea that accompanies a rotavirus infection is so severe that it can quickly lead to dehydration.
• As with all viruses, though, some rotavirus infections cause few or no symptoms, especially in adults.

Transmission:

Rotavirus is transmitted by the faecal-oral route, via contact with contaminated hands, surfaces and objects, and possibly by the respiratory route. Viral diarrhea is highly contagious.

Virus spreads from person to person due to bacterial and parasiting agents.

Solution: B

Price Stabilization Fund Scheme:

• Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) refers to any fund constituted for the purpose of containing extreme volatility in prices of selected commodities.
• Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) with a corpus of Rs.500 crores is a Central Sector Scheme.
• The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation is implementing the scheme
• It helps regulate the price volatility of important agri-horticultural commodities like onion, potatoes and pulses.
• The scheme provides for maintaining a strategic buffer of aforementioned commodities for subsequent calibrated release to moderate price volatility and discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation.
• Apart from domestic procurement from farmers/wholesale mandis, import may also be undertaken with support from the Fund.
• It aims to discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation.

Solution: B

Project SURE:

• The SURE project is a commitment by India’s apparel industry to set a sustainable pathway for the Indian fashion industry.
• SURE stands for ‘Sustainable Resolution’ – a firm commitment from the industry to move towards fashion that contributes to a clean environment.
• The project has been launched by the union Textiles Ministry, along with Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI); United Nations in India; and IMG Reliance.
• Significance: It will be the first holistic effort by the apparel industry towards gradually introducing a broader framework for establishing critical sustainability goals for the industry.
• This framework would help the industry reduce its carbon emissions, increase resource efficiency, tackle waste and water management, and create positive social impact to achieve long-term sustainability targets.
• It aims to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, especially SDG-12 for responsible consumption and production

Solution:C
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA):

• National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) was set up as registered society under the Societies Registration Act of 1890 on November 24, 2005 with a mandate for Dope free sports in India.
• The primary objectives are to implement anti-doping rules as per WADA code, regulate dope control programme, to promote education and research and creating awareness about doping and its ill effects.
• It is responsible for promoting, coordinating, and monitoring doping control program in sports in all its forms.
• It Comes under Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Solution: D

SARAL – ‘State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index’

• SARAL – ‘State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index’ was recently launched.
• The Index evaluates Indian states based on their attractiveness for rooftop development.
• SARAL is the first of its kind index to provide a comprehensive overview of state-level measures adopted to facilitate rooftop solar deploymen
• SARAL has been designed collaboratively by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Ernst & Young (EY).

SARAL currently captures five key aspects:

• robustness of policy framework
• implementation environment
• investment climate
• consumer experience
• business ecosystem

Solution: A

Aadi Mahotsav

• It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
• The theme of the festival is: “A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and Commerce”. TRIFED essentially is to play the role of a ‘Service provider’ & ‘Market Developer.’
• The Mahotsav will comprise of display and sale of items of tribal art and craft, tribal medicine & healers, tribal cuisine and display of tribal folk performance, in which tribal artisans, chefs, folk dancers/musicians from 23 States of the country shall participate and provide glimpse of their rich traditional culture.
• Significance of the event: As the name of this event Aadi Mahotsav suggests, it is it’s ‘Adi’ factor that is important about them. The Adivasi way of life is guided by primal truths, eternal values and a natural simplicity. The greatness of the tribes lies in this that they have managed to retain the primal skills and natural simplicity. This quality gives their arts and crafts a timeless appeal. The crudest tribal handicraft instantly touches a primal instinct in all of us. This is particularly true in tribal music and dance.

Solution: C

The Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) initiative of MHRD provides participation of foreign faculty as Distinguished / Adjunct / Visiting faculty / Professors of Practice, etc. in delivering Short or Semester-long Courses in IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, IISc Bangalore, IISERs, NITs and IIITs and subsequently cover good State Universities.

https://www.vajra-india.in/index.php/fellowships/gian-initiative

Solution: B

National Crèche Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development. The scheme was earlier named as Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme.

It aims to provide day care facilities to children (age group of 6 months to 6 years) of working mothers

Solution: C

Under Nutrient Based Subsidy scheme, government announces a fixed rate of subsidy (in Rs. per Kg basis), on each nutrient of subsidized P&K fertilizers, namely Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P), Potash (K) and Sulphur (S).

It is applicable to 22 fertilizers (other than Urea) for which MRP will be decided taking into account the international and domestic prices of P&K fertilizers, exchange rate, and inventory level in the country

The scheme was set up in 2010 to ensure the availability of phosphate and potash fertilizers to farmers at an affordable price, as the retail prices of such non-urea fertilizers are decontrolled by government.

Solution: A

The Bonnet macaque, also known as zati, is a species of macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers, along with its related competitor the rhesus macaque in the north.

Solution: C

Hydrogen fuel is a zero-emission fuel burned with oxygen. It can be used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines. It is also used as a fuel for spacecraft propulsion.  Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

The sun and other stars are composed largely of hydrogen.

Benefits of hydrogen fuel

• It is readily available. It doesn’t produce harmful emissions.
• It is environmentally friendly and is a non-toxic It can be used as fuel in rockets.
• Hydrogen is three times as powerful as gasoline and other fossil fuels. It is renewable and can be produced again and again.

Solution: C

It was set up in February 2016 as an autonomous body– based on the recommendations of the RBI appointed Nayak Committee to improve governance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs).

It was the part of Indradhanush Plan of government. It had replaced Appointments Board of Government. It is housed in Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) central office in Mumbai.

Its broad agenda was to improve governance at state-owned lenders. Its mandate also involved advising the government on top-level bank appointments and assisting banks with capital-raising plans as well as strategies to deal with bad loans.

It guides banks on mergers and consolidations and governance issues to address bad loans problem among other issues.

Solution: C

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of industrialised countries, based in Paris, France.

India has around 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having a total installed capacity of around 7000 MW.