[Mission 2023] Current Affairs Quiz , 10 February 2023

Solution: c)

Asphyxiation, or suffocation, occurs when the body is deprived of oxygen.

Asphyxia can result from drowning, asthma, choking, strangulation, seizure, drug overdose, or inhaling chemical substances.

Asphyxiation can lead to loss of consciousness, brain injury, and death.

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Solution: a)

In India, lawyers and legal practitioners are not allowed to advertise their work.

Section 49(1)(c) of the Advocates Act, 1961 empowers the Bar Council of India (BCI) to make rules with respect to “the standard of professional conduct and etiquette to be observed by advocates”. Rule 36 in Chapter II (“Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette”) of Part VI (“Rules Governing Advocates”) of the BCI Rules published in 1975 prohibits lawyers from advertising their work.

Rule 36 also requires that an advocate’s signboard or nameplate “should be of a reasonable size”. The signboard/ nameplate or stationery “should not indicate that he is or has been President or Member of a Bar Council or of any Association or that he has been associated with any person or organisation or with any particular cause or matter or that he specialises in any particular type of work or that he has been a Judge or an Advocate General”.

The Bar Council of India is a statutory body that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India.

Lawyers can legally advertise their services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the European Union.

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Solution: d)

Norovirus is not new; it has been circulating among humans for over 50 years and is thought to be one of the primary causes of gastroenteritis. The virus is estimated to kill 200,000 persons globally every year, with most deaths occurring among those below the age of five years and those over the age of 65 years.

The virus is capable of surviving low temperatures, and outbreaks tend to be more common during the winter and in colder countries — that is why it is sometimes referred to as “winter vomiting disease”.

Cases of norovirus are not as common in India as in many other places.

Norovirus leads to diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, and abdominal pain. Being a diarrhoeal disease, it can lead to dehydration, so drinking plenty of fluids is recommended.

The infection can be transmitted through foods contaminated with the virus, touching surfaces that are contaminated with the virus and then touching the mouth, and being in direct contact with someone with the infection like taking care of them and sharing foods and utensils with them.

Good hand hygiene is the best way to prevent infection.

The norovirus can survive temperatures as high as 60 degrees Celsius.

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Solution: b)

Capital account convertibility means the freedom to conduct investment transactions without any constraints. Typically, it would mean no restrictions on the amount of rupees you can convert into foreign currency to enable you, an Indian resident, to acquire any foreign asset. Similarly, there should be no restraints on your NRI cousin bringing in any amount of dollars or dirhams to acquire an asset in India.

India has come a long way in liberating the capital account transactions in the last three decades and currently has partial capital account convertibility.

Since India has partial capital account convertibility, this implies that private foreign denominated debt also needs to be met by either private export earnings or India’s forex reserves.

There is no correlation between capital account convertibility and sovereign credit rating.

Solution: d)

Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups

• Extinct (EX)No known individuals remaining.
• Extinct in the wild (EW)Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.
• Critically endangered (CR)Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
• Endangered (EN)High risk of extinction in the wild.
• Vulnerable (VU) High risk of endangerment in the wild.
• Near threatened (NT)Likely to become endangered in the near future.
• Least concern (LC)Lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at-risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
• Data deficient (DD)Not enough data to assess its risk of extinction.
• Not evaluated (NE)Has not yet been evaluated against the criteria.