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INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 2020
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding PM SVANidhi scheme.
- The PM SVANidhi scheme, is a credit facility that provides street vendors a collateral-free loan of Rs 1,00,000 with low rates of interest for a period of one year.
- The scheme is part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat package.
- Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementing agency for the scheme.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched a scheme PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) to empower Street Vendors by not only extending loans to them, but also for their holistic development and economic upliftment. The scheme intends to facilitate collateral free working capital loans of up to INR10,000/- of one-year tenure, to approximately 50 lakh street vendors, to help resume their businesses in the urban areas, including surrounding peri-urban/rural areas.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementing agency.
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Solution: c)
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched a scheme PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) to empower Street Vendors by not only extending loans to them, but also for their holistic development and economic upliftment. The scheme intends to facilitate collateral free working capital loans of up to INR10,000/- of one-year tenure, to approximately 50 lakh street vendors, to help resume their businesses in the urban areas, including surrounding peri-urban/rural areas.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the implementing agency.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsShoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, recently seen in news is located in
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Solution: b)
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in India’s Gujarat state, located in the western Satpura Range south of the Narmada River. It shares a common boundary with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in India’s Gujarat state, located in the western Satpura Range south of the Narmada River. It shares a common boundary with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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1 pointsProxima Centauri, sometimes seen in news is
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Solution: a)
Astronomers running the world’s largest initiative to look for alien life have recently picked up an “intriguing” radio wave emission from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun.
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Solution: a)
Astronomers running the world’s largest initiative to look for alien life have recently picked up an “intriguing” radio wave emission from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Sun Spots.
- Sunspots are regions where the solar magnetic field is very strong
- Sunspots appear darker than their surroundings because they are a few thousand degrees cooler than their surroundings.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
Sunspots are regions where the solar magnetic field is very strong.
Sunspots appear darker than their surroundings because they are a few thousand degrees cooler than their surroundings.
Most of the visible surface of the Sun has a temperature of about 5400 degrees C, but in a big sunspot the temperature can drop to about 4000 degrees C.
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Solution: c)
Sunspots are regions where the solar magnetic field is very strong.
Sunspots appear darker than their surroundings because they are a few thousand degrees cooler than their surroundings.
Most of the visible surface of the Sun has a temperature of about 5400 degrees C, but in a big sunspot the temperature can drop to about 4000 degrees C.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding transgenic crop.
- In India, Bt cotton was the first transgenic crop used for commercial cultivation.
- Transgenic crops are more toxic and always proliferate in the environment.
- In India, transgenic crops are regulated under Environment Protection Act, 1986 and Seed Policy, 2002.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: b)
Plant genetic engineering methods were developed over 30 years ago, and since then, genetically modified (GM) crops or transgenic crops have become commercially available and widely adopted in many countries.
In India, Bt cotton was approved by Government of India in March 2002 as the first transgenic crop for commercial cultivation.
Though, it is widely claimed that transgenic crops offers dramatic promise for meeting some of greatest challenges but like all new technologies, it also poses certain risks, because of the fact that transgenic crops can bring together new gene combinations which are not found in nature having possible harmful effects on health, environmental and non-target species.
Transgenic crops are not toxic nor are likely to proliferate in the environment. However, specific crops may be harmful by virtue of novel combinations of traits they possess.
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Solution: b)
Plant genetic engineering methods were developed over 30 years ago, and since then, genetically modified (GM) crops or transgenic crops have become commercially available and widely adopted in many countries.
In India, Bt cotton was approved by Government of India in March 2002 as the first transgenic crop for commercial cultivation.
Though, it is widely claimed that transgenic crops offers dramatic promise for meeting some of greatest challenges but like all new technologies, it also poses certain risks, because of the fact that transgenic crops can bring together new gene combinations which are not found in nature having possible harmful effects on health, environmental and non-target species.
Transgenic crops are not toxic nor are likely to proliferate in the environment. However, specific crops may be harmful by virtue of novel combinations of traits they possess.
