05 September 2022: Daily Current Affairs & GK for HAS/HPAS & Allied Services
Ques:1 Which of the following statement(s) regarding Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) is/are correct?
- It is an attached body of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Its purpose is formulation, coordination, development, and promotion of research on scientific lines in Ayurveda and Sowa-Rigpa systems of medicine.
- Recently CCRAS has developed the Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying in recognised Ayurveda colleges.
Select the correct option using the code given below:
Solution : B
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), has developed the Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying in recognised Ayurveda colleges.
CCRAS is an autonomous body of the Ministry of AYUSH. It aims to promote the culture of evidence based scientific research in the field of Traditional Medicine.
Ques:2 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is published by which of the following bodies?
Solution : C
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is released by World Bankevery two years based on a world-wide survey of stakeholders.
LPI index measures countries across 6 components like Customs, Quality of trade and transport related infrastructure, Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments, Logistics quality and competence, Tracking and tracing, and Timeliness.
Ques:3 Which of the following statement(s) regarding sea cucumbers is/are correct?
1. It is an animal belonging to the phylum Arthropoda.
2. It is a benthic animal.
3. Indian government promotes the commercial harvest and transport of sea cucumbers.
Select the correct option using the code given below :
Solution : B
A Chinese firm investing in a sea cucumber farm off Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka has led to protests from local fishermen over its potential impact on their livelihoods, marine ecosystem, and land.
Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea. They are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad.
Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor (Benthic animals).
Many of these are gathered for human consumption and some species are cultivated in aquaculture systems.
In India, the commercial harvesting and transportation of sea cucumbers is banned.
Ques:4 Which of the following statement(s) regarding nano urea is/are correct?
- It is liquid urea in the form of a nanoparticle.
- It is developed by by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), commonly known as the Pusa Institute.
- Nano urea can curtail the requirement of traditional urea by at least 50%.
Select the correct option using the code given below:
Solution : B
Nano urea, a product developed by the Indian Farmers and Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) is liquid urea in the form of a nanoparticle.
It is a nitrogenous nutrient to which is an improved alternative to the conventional urea: nano urea can curtail the requirement of traditional urea by at least 50%. A single half litre bottle of the liquid can compensate for a 45 kg sack of urea that farmers traditionally rely on, it is claimed.
It is expected that by 2025, India’s domestic urea production as well as production of nano urea would together mean India would be self sufficient and would no longer require the 90 lakh tonnes that it imported every year and would save the country close to ₹40,000 crore.
Ques:5 Which of the following best explains the term ‘creative economy’?
Solution : B
A creative economy is based on people's use of their creative imagination to increase an idea's value. John Howkins developed the concept to describe economic systems where value is based on novel imaginative qualities rather than the traditional resources of land, labour and capital.
Art and craft are the core of creative economy.
India’s creative economy comprising the arts and crafts, audio and video arts and design, among others, accounted for exports of goods and services worth $121 billion in 2019, according to a paper by the Exim Bank of India.
The research paper maps the untapped export potential of India’s creative economy, Exim Bank said in a release on the inauguration of Exim Bazaar at the National Crafts Museum, New Delhi.
Ques:6 Recently, at which location Department of Science & Technology (DST) announced the set up of India’s first Dark Sky Reserve
Solution : (A)
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has announced the setting up of India’s first Dark Sky Reserve in Hanle, Ladakh in the next three months.
A Dark Sky Reserve is a designation given to a place that has policies in place to ensure that a tract of land or region has minimal artificial light interference.
As Hanle, which is about 4,500 metres above sea level, hosts telescopes and is regarded as one of the world’s most optimal sites for astronomical observations.
Ques:7 Consider the following pairs:
India’s agreement Country
1. Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics Support Japan
2. Mutual Logistics Support Agreement Australia
3. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement Russia
4. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement USA
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
Solution : (C)
Pair 1 not is correctly matched: September, 2020, India and Japan signed an “Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement” that would allow the militaries of the two countries to exchange supplies and services on a reciprocal basis during exercises in which both participate
Pair 2 is correctly matched.: Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) is signed between India-Australia
Pair 3 is not correctly matched: Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics Support (ARLS) is signed between India- Russia.
Pair 4 is correctly matched: Similarly, India has signed logistic pact with USA in 2016,
Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA). It is designated military facilities on either side for the purpose of refuelling and replenishment . The agreement primarily covers four areas — port calls, joint exercises, training and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.
Ques:8 Which of the following is/are initiative of government to promote the sustainable agriculture:
1. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) :
2. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:
3. MOVCDNER
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution : (C)
Government’s initiative for sustainable agriculture:
Statement 1 is correct: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) : It is an elaborated component of Soil Health Management (SHM) of major project under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). Under PKVY Organic farming is promoted through adoption of organic village by cluster approach and PGS certification.
The Scheme envisages:
- Promotion of commercial organic production through certified organic farming.
- The produce will be pesticide residue free and will contribute to improve the health of consumer.
- It will raise farmer's income and create potential market for traders.
- It will motivate the farmers for natural resource mobilization for input production.
Statement 2 is correct: Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana: RKVY scheme was initiated in 2007 as an umbrella scheme for ensuring holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors. The scheme has come a long way since its inception and has been implemented across two plan periods (11th and 12th). The scheme incentivizes States to increase public investment in Agriculture & allied sectors.
Statement 3 is correct: Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Regions (MOVCDNER): It is a Central Sector Scheme, a sub-mission under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), in North-Eastern states which aims to development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value chain starting from inputs, seeds, certification, to the creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiative.
Ques:9 Consider the following statements, with reference to installed energy capacity of India
- Coal based energy accounts nearly 50% of total energy production capacity.
- Renewable energy sector accounts more than 35 % of total energy production capacity.
- Nuclear based energy accounts less than 3% of total energy production capacity.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution : (C)
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Ques:10
Arrange the following strategic locations from north to south:
1. Coco Channel
2. Sombrero Channel
3. Duncan Passage
4. Great channel
Select the correct answer using the code given below
Solution : (A)
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Hence from the above map., It can be known that
Coco Channel is northern most strategic location that connects North Andaman with Coco island of Myanmar.
Duncan Passage: It connects South Andaman with little Andaman.
Sombrero Channel: It connects Car nicobar island with Great Nicobar island (India’s Naval station INS Baaz is set up here)
Great channel: It is also known as six degree channel which is between Great Nicobar and Aceh Province of Indonesia.
