[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 29 October 2021

Solution: c)

India and China have not resolved their boundary issues thus far. It also reaffirmed India’s rejection of the China-Pakistan 1963 agreement in which Pakistan handed over the Shaksgam Valley of Aksai Chin to China. India that claims all of Jammu and Kashmir, which includes Aksai Chin, has maintained that the agreement is “illegal and invalid”.

India and Bhutan are China’s only land neighbours that don’t have a resolved boundary.

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Solution: b)

India is set to host its largest naval exercise, Ex Milan, early next year for which 46 countries have been invited.

Milan, which began in 1995, is held biennially and brings together Navies of all the countries in the region. It has so far been held at Port Blair but is now being shifted to Visakhapatnam which offers more space and infrastructure.

The invitees include all Indian Ocean littoral states and countries from South East Asia among others.

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Solution: c)

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), jointly initiated by the Union Health Ministry, and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) with Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is a consortium of 28 National Laboratories to monitor the genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2.

INSACOG is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, Pan-India network to monitor genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2 by a sentinel sequencing effort. The network carries out whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 virus across the nation, aiding the understanding of how the virus spreads and evolves, and provide information to aid public health response.

INSACOG also aims to focus on sequencing of clinical samples to understand the disease dynamics and severity.

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Solution: d)

The Railways will train 50,000 youths in the age group of 18 to 35 years over the next three years as part of the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

Under the scheme, youths will be provided training in industry relevant skills in Railway Training Institutes.

The Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) will contribute to the mission towards Atmanirbhar Bharat and is also a part of the series of initiatives in the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Training programmes will be conducted in four trades such as electrician, welder, machinist and fitter and participants shall be provided 100 hours of training in 75 Railway Training Institutes.

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Solution: b)

Under article 297 of the Constitution, all lands, minerals and other things of value underlying the ocean within the territorial waters or the continental shelf of India vest in the Union to be held for the purposes of the Union.

India has sovereign rights over the resources of the exclusive economic zone and is entitled to exercise jurisdiction in respect of certain other matters.