[Mission 2023] Current Affairs Quiz , 4 May 2023

Solution: c)

“Operation Kaveri”, launched to evacuate Indians stuck inside war-torn Sudan. The operation involved the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy, coordinated by the Ministry of External Affairs.

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Solution: b)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities.

In 1992, India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which called for its signatories to “ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child”.

Presently, the country’s Right to Education Act covers children from 6 to 14 years of age.

Solution: a)

In 2018, the amended Section 17 of the RBI Act empowered the Reserve Bank to introduce the SDF – an additional tool for absorbing liquidity without any collateral. By removing the binding collateral constraint on the RBI, the SDF strengthens the operating framework of monetary policy. The SDF is also a financial stability tool in addition to its role in liquidity management.

The main purpose of SDF is to reduce the excess liquidity in the system, and control inflation.

Both the standing facilities — the MSF (marginal standing facility) and the SDF will be available on all days of the week, throughout the year.

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The concept of a biodiversity hotspot was put forward by Norman Myers in 1988.
• The criteria which are necessary for a region to be categorized as a biodiversity hotspot include:
• Species endemism – it must contain at least 1500 species of vascular plants, which is more than 0.5 percent of the world’s total plant population, as endemic species.
• Degree of threat – it must have lost at least 70 percent of its original habitat due to human interventions.
• Biodiversity hotspots in South Asia
  • Eastern Himalaya
  • Indo-Burma and Myanmar
  • Western Ghats and Sri Lanka

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/23/india-can-become-a-biodiversity-champion/

Solution: c)