[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 31 March 2022

Solution: d)

Zoji La Tunnel is a 14.2 km long road tunnel under Zoji La pass in the Himalayas between Sonmarg and Drass town in Kargil district of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh, currently under construction.

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Solution: d)

The KVIC is an apex organisation under the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises responsible for the promotion, planning, organisation, and implementation of initiatives for the development of Khadi and other rural industries.

PMEGP is a central sector scheme administered by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME). Launched in 2008-09, it is a credit-linked subsidy scheme which promotes self-employment through setting up of micro-Enterprises

Implementation: 

• National Level- Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) as the nodal agency. 
• State Level- State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs), District Industries Centres (DICs) and banks.

Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) is an initiative by Ministry of MSME to promote Cluster development. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is the nodal Agency for promotion of Cluster development for Khadi. The objective is to organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive and provide support for their long-term sustainability.

Solution: d)

The base year of the national accounts is chosen to enable inter-year comparisons. It gives an idea about changes in purchasing power and allows calculation of inflation-adjusted growth estimates.

The base year prices are termed as at constant prices. This reduces all the data to a comparable benchmark, base year price. The base year is a representative year which must not experience any abnormal incidents such as droughts, floods, earthquakes etc.

Solution: c)

The economic cost of food grains procured by the FCI is a total of MSP and bonus (if any) paid to the farmers plus the procurement incidentals and distribution cost.

The procurement incidentals are the initial costs incurred during procurement of food grains. The distribution costs include freight, handling charges, storage costs in godowns, losses during transit etc.

Solution: d)

What are monoclonal antibodies?

To fight a viral infection, our bodies create proteins known as antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies are artificial antibodies that mimic the activity of our immune systems. They are produced through a process that involves extracting specific antibodies from human blood and then cloning them.

These monoclonal antibodies are designed to target a virus or a specific part of one — for instance, REGEN-COV2 is a cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies developed to target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The monoclonal antibodies bind to specific parts of the spike protein, blocking its ability to infect healthy cells.