[Mission 2023] Current Affairs Quiz , 6 March 2023

Solution: d)

Statements 1, 2 and 3: United States of America usually runs a trade deficit, but it is not a developing country, neither is its currency weak, nor is the demand for its exports weak.

A negative trade balance simply implies that the demand of the resident for foreign goods outstrips what foreign residents demand from that nation.

Moreover, you should see other factors like capital flows in the nation, remittances etc and the overall BoP situation.

Statement 4: It again depends on the overall BoP situation. If the BoP as well as trade balance is negative, the nation may suffer from currency devaluation. However, still we cannot conclusively say anything about

the growth and inflation in the country. It depends on the economy’s structure and its export-import composition. For e.g. if rupee devaluates, we pay a higher price of essential commodities like oil, which inflate domestic prices.

Solution: c)

Soil Organic Matter (SOM) is mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but also has small amounts of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur, potassium, calcium and magnesium contained within organic residues.

After carbon enters the soil in the form of organic material from soil fauna and flora, it can persist in the soil for decades, centuries or even millennia. Eventually, SOC can be lost as CO2 or CH4 emitted back into the atmosphere, eroded soil material, or dissolved organic carbon washed into rivers and oceans.

Solution: b)

Census:

• The census provides information on size, distribution and socio-economic, demographic and other characteristics of the country’s population.
• The Census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872.
• It helped in framing new policies, government programs to uplift areas of improvement in the community.
• The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.
• Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten years.

The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Solution: d)

A vast number of diseases and disorders are genetic in nature — that is, they are caused by unwanted changes or mutations in genes. These include common blood disorders like sickle cell anaemia, eye diseases including colour blindness, several types of cancer, diabetes, HIV, and liver and heart diseases. Many of these are hereditary as well.

Solution: a)

United Nations Security Council (UNSC):

• The Security Council was established by the UN Charter in 1945.
• It is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
• Its primary responsibility is to work to maintain international peace and security.
• The council is headquartered at New York.

The council has 15 members:

• Five (5) permanent members
• Ten (10) non-permanent members elected for two-year terms

• Each year, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of ten in total) for a two-year term.
• The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis.
• The council’s presidency is a capacity that rotates every month among its 15 members.
• Permanent members: United States, the Russian Federation, France, China and the United Kingdom