Quiz 85 – Answers
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Q.1
b) 2 and 3 only
EXPLANATION –
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, are the winners of 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. The prestigious Nobel Prize in Economics was given to the Trio for their Experimental Approach to Alleviating Global Poverty.
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel .
It is an award funded by Sveriges Riksbank and is annually awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to researchers in the field of economic sciences.
Q.2
a) Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A
EXPLANATION –
Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time.
The rights of authors of literary and artistic works (such as books and other writings, musical compositions, paintings, sculpture, computer programs and films) are protected by copyright, for a minimum period of 50 years after the death of the author.
Q.3
c) Both 1 and 2
EXPLANATION –
India has joined the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance.
G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance is a league of 15 of world’s leading city networks and technology governance organisations that will work towards advancing responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies.
It was established in June 2019, in conjunction with G20 Summit held in Osaka, Japan.
The aim of the alliance is to promote the responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies by establishing global norms and policy standards for the use of connected devices in public spaces.
Q.4
b ) LOTUS-HR (Local Treatment of Urban Sewage streams for Healthy Reuseplant ) is a joint collaboration of India and Netherlands
EXPLANATION –
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty, Queen Maxima of the Kingdom of the Netherlands a joint launch of the second phase of the Local Treatment of Urban Sewage streams for Healthy Reuse (LOTUS-HR) program.
The project was initiated in July 2017. It aims to demonstrate a novel holistic (waste) water management approaches that will produce clean water which can be reused for various purposes.
Q.5
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
EXPLANATION –
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966 and headquartered at Manila, Philippines.
The bank admits the members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP, formerly the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East or ECAFE) and non-regional developed countries.
It is modelled closely on the World Bank, and has a similar weighted voting system where votes are distributed in proportion with members’ capital subscriptions.
ADB defines itself as a social development organization that is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration.
