[Mission 2023] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 13 August 2022

Solution: c)

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system.  The FSB was established by G20 leaders following the onset of the global financial crisis.

Solution: d)

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

It is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India.

It comprises detailed information on key domains:

• Population
• Health
• Family Welfare

The scope of NFHS-5 was expanded by adding new dimensions in the earlier round of the survey (NFHS-4) such as:

• Death registration
• Pre-school education
• Expanded domains of child immunization
• Components of micro-nutrients to children
• Menstrual hygiene
• Frequency of alcohol and tobacco use
• Additional components of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
• Expanded age range for measuring hypertension
• Diabetes among all aged 15 years and above.

It provides information on important indicators which are helpful in tracking the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country.

Solution: d)

Gross capital formation, in simple terms is equivalent to investment made. It was earlier called gross domestic investment. The part of GDP that is used is called gross domestic consumption, while the part that is saved is gross domestic savings (GDS). Some part of this GDS will be re-invested back, and that is called gross capital formation. Now, an increase in GDP or GDS will not necessarily lead to an increase in capital formation. Because how much is invested back will depend on many other factors.

Solution: c)

Bio magnification stands for Biological Magnification, which means the increase of contaminated substances or toxic chemicals that take place in the food chains. These substances often arise from intoxicated or contaminated environments.

The contaminants include heavy metals namely mercury, arsenic, pesticides such as DDT, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) compounds which are then taken up by organisms because of the food they consume or the intoxication of their environment.

Pollutant needs to satisfy characteristics like long life, biologically active, soluble in fat etc. to make bio magnification possible.

Solution: a)

The evergreening of loans is a term in which banks try to revive a loan that is on the verge of default by granting further loans to the same borrower.

Dividend, or surplus transfer, from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has become one of the biggest sources of non-tax revenues for the Centre.