Quiz 86 – Answers
Questions can be found here :
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Q.1
a) 1 and 2 only
EXPLANATION –
Under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, developed two diagnostic kits developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izzatnagar, Bareilly.
The Bluetongue sandwich ELISA (sELISA) and the Japanese Encephalitis lgM ELISA kit for the Detection of Antigen and control of Swineflu.
The Bluetongue (BT) virus is an insect-transmitted viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants that includes the camelid species.
The disease is widespread among the sheep, goats, cattle, buffaloes and camels in the country.
Q.2
a) Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A
EXPLANATION –
The first-ever preschool NCERT’s new curriculum is aimed at all pre-school education, defined as the education of 3 to 6-year-olds, whether at anganwadis, nursery schools, kindergartens, playschools or Montessori schools.
It recommends that Children between the ages of three and six years should be taught in their own mother tongues. Also, the focus on learning should be through play instead of being subjected to rote learning, tests and examinations.
The draft National Education Policy has recommended that the Right to Education Act be extended to students in the three years of preschool before Class I.
Q.3
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
EXPLANATION –
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 on the initiative of the G7. The FATF Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris.
FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
The FATF monitors the progress of its members in implementing necessary measures, reviews money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and counter-measures and promotes the adoption and implementation of appropriate measures globally.
Q.4
c) 1 and 2 only
EXPLANATION –
National Medical Commission ordinance was brought in to replace Medical Council of India in early 2019 through an ordinance issued in January, 2019 by the President of India.
National Medical Commission Act 2019 proposes set up a National Medical Commission with 25 members. These members will be appointed by the central government on the recommendation of a committee.
The NMC will frame policies for regulating medical institutions and medical professionals, and will frame guidelines for determination of fees for up to 50 per cent of the seats in private medical institutions and deemed universities which are regulated under the Bill.
Q.5
b) A crypto currency
EXPLANATION –
“Libra” is a Facebook’s new cryptocurrency. Facebook says Libra is a “global currency and financial infrastructure”.
In other words, it is a digital asset built by Facebook and powered by a new Facebook-created version of blockchain, the encrypted technology used by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
