Quiz 93 – Answers
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Q.1
a) 1 and 2 only
EXPLANATION –
The ozone hole over Antarctica is the smallest observed since 1982, due to abnormally warm temperatures in the upper atmosphere that dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October this year, according to NASA.
Ozone is a molecule that is composed of three oxygen atoms. It is responsible for filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. The gas is constantly being made and destroyed in the stratosphere, about 20-30km above the Earth.
In an unpolluted atmosphere, this cycle of production and decomposition is in equilibrium. But chlorine and bromine-containing chemicals released by human activity have unbalanced the process, resulting in a loss of ozone that is at its greatest in the Antarctic spring in September/October.
Q.2
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
EXPLANATION –
Mission Indradhanush was launched was launched to ensure full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years of age and pregnant women, in December 2014.
To further intensify the immunization programme, the government launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on October 8, 2017.
Through this programme, Government of India aims to reach each and every child up to two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme/UIP.
To ensure that not a single child in the country misses out on vaccination, the government will launch the ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0‘ on October 31 with a special focus on improving coverage in areas with “low” immunisation.
Q.3
b) To raise awareness and take steps against hunger and malnutrition in India.
EXPLANATION –
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a cinema advertisement campaign ‘Feed Our Future’.
Feed Our Future’ campaign aims to raise awareness and take steps against hunger and malnutrition in India. It is launched in collaboration with UFO Movies.
Q.4
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
EXPLANATION –
The Credit Suisse Group, a Switzerland-based multinational investment bank, has released the 10th edition of its annual Global Wealth Report.
Wealth is defined in terms of “net worth” of an individual. This, in turn, is calculated by adding up the value of financial assets (such as money) and real assets (such as houses) and then subtracting any debts an individual may have.
China has overtaken the United States this year to become “the country with most people in the top 10% of global wealth distribution”. 44% of total wealth with 0.9%: 47 million people – accounting for merely 0.9% of the world’s adult population – owned $158.3 trillion.
Global financial crisis of 2008-09 has hurt those at the bottom of the pyramid more than the wealthiest as inequalities within countries grew in the wake of the GFC. As a result, the top 1% of wealth holders increased their share of world wealth.
Q.5
a) Identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge.
EXPLANATION –
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme is being started to identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge.
the Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme (PMILP) would be to allow talented students to realize their full potential and contribute to society. In centres of excellence across the country, gifted children will be mentored and nurtured by renowned experts in different areas, so that they can reach their full potential.
