[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 17 September 2021

Solution: d)

Many merchants and e-commerce entities force customers to store debit or credit card details, which increases the risk of card data being stolen. This can be avoided now with the Reserve Bank of India allowing tokenisation of cards while making payments.

What is tokenisation?

It refers to replacement of card details with an alternative code called a ‘token’, which is unique for a combination of card, token requestor and the device, the RBI says. It reduces the chances of fraud arising from sharing card details. 

With effect from January 1, 2022, no entity in the card transaction or payment chain, other than the card issuers and card networks, should store the actual card data.

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Solution: b)

The Government announced an increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Rabi crops.

Why do farmers say that the new prices are a reduction of MSP in real terms?

Farmers are calculating the MSP at the prevailing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate. They said that for June, July, and August, the inflation rate was 6.3%, 6.35%, and 5.6%, respectively. Now, the government announced MSP for six Rabi crops — wheat, barley, gram, sunflower, lentil (Masur), rapeseed/mustard.

Barring lentil and rapeseed/mustard, which have seen a 7.8% and 8.6% hikes, respectively, the MSP of the other four crops was enhanced between 2% to 2.5%. The farmers say that going by the prevailing inflation rate, which may remain between 5% and 6%, the farmers will see a reduction of MSP by 3% to 4% in real terms for the four crops. Even with lentil and rapeseed, the MSP benefits will come down to 1.8% and 2.6% from 7.8% and 8.6%.

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Solution: b)

• Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a spore-forming bacteria.
• Affects animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats more often than people.
• People can get anthrax from contact with infected animals, wool, meat, or hides.
• Spread: It does not spread directly from one infected animal or person to another; it is spread by spores. These spores can be transported by clothing or shoes.
• Gastrointestinal (GI) infection in humans is most often caused by consuming anthrax-infected meat and is characterized by serious GI difficulty, vomiting of blood, severe diarrhea, acute inflammation of the intestinal tract, and loss of appetite.
• Cutaneous anthrax, also known as Hide porter’s disease, is the cutaneous (on the skin) manifestation of anthrax infection in humans.

Solution: d)

• Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological toxins that are used to produce death and disease in humans, animals, or plants.
• Bioterrorist attacks could be caused by virtually any pathogenic microorganism.
• The bioterrorist agents with highest priority are the causes of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis),botulism (Clostridium botulinum), plague (Yersinia pestis), smallpox (variola major), tularaemia (Francisella tularensis) and viral haemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses and arena viruses).

Solution: c)

Nilgiri biosphere reserve is the largest protected forest area in India, spreading across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.

India’s natural Gold fields are also located in the regions in and around Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve scattered in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.