Daily Current Affair Quiz: 11th October 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. SANKALP is a Centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
2. It is an outcome focused scheme marking shift in government’s implementation strategy in vocational education and training from inputs to results.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- SANKALP is a Centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It is an outcome focused scheme marking shift in government’s implementation strategy in vocational education and training from inputs to results.
- It will provide market relevant training to 3.5 crore youth.
- Objective: To enhance institutional mechanisms for skills development and increase access to quality and market-relevant training for the work force.
2. What is Cas9 protein?
(a) A molecular scissors used in targeted gene editing
(b) A biosensor used in the accurate detection of pathogens in patients
(c) A gene that makes plants pest-resistant
(d) A herbicidal substance synthesized in genetically modified crops
Ans: a
Justification:
- CRISPR-Cas9 is a system used by bacterial cells to recognise and destroy viral DNA as a form of adaptive immunity. Using components of the CRISPR system, researchers can remove, add or alter specific DNA sequences in the genome of higher organisms.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges was established under Poshan Abhiyan.
2. The key role of the council is to coordinate and review convergence among ministers.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The National Council was established under Poshan Abhiyan. The key role of the council is to coordinate and review convergence among ministers. This is to help them providing policy directions to address nutrition challenges in India. Objectives of the council It provides policy directions through coordinated inter – sectoral action The Council reviews programs for nutrition on quarterly basis. It also reviews and coordinates convergence among ministries.
4. With reference to India’s Five -Year Plans, which of the following statements is/are correct??
1. From the Second Five -Year Plan, there was a determined thrust towards substitution of basic and capital good industries.
2. The Fourth Five -Year Plan adopted the objective of correcting the earlier trend of increased concentration of wealth and economic power.
3. In the Fifth Five -Year Plan, for the first time, the financial sector was included as an integral part of the Plan.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 Only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
Ans: a
Justification:
- India adopted the strategy of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) in the fifties. The chief objective was to build self -reliant economy. From the Second Five Year Plan, there was determined thrust towards substitution of basic and capital goods industries. The ISI strategy was based on the model of growth as propounded by PC Mahalonobis.
- The Fourth Plan provided a necessary corrective to the earlier trend which helped particularly the stronger sections in agriculture as well as in industry to enable them rapidly to enlarge and diversify the production base. In the long run, the full potential of growth cannot be realised unless the energies of all our people are put to profitable use. The emphasis on spreading the impetus and benefits of economic growth to the weaker sections is thus necessary in the interest of equality as well as growth. The Plan will now assist the less prosperous sections of our farming population to improve their position and make a yet bigger contribution to the national economy.
- The financial sector become an integral part of the plan in the 9th five -year plan.
5. The word ‘Denisovan’ is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to
(a) fossils of a kind of dinosaurs
(b) an early human species
(c) a cave system found in North -East India
(d) a geological period in the history of Indian subcontinent
Ans: b
Justification:
- The first evidence for Denisovans or Denisova hominins was first discovered in 2008 in a cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia. Analysis of a fossil jawbone containing molars recovered from Baishiya Karst cave in Xiahe, Gansu, China shows Denisovans lived in the Tibetan Plateau some 1,60,000 years ago. This is the firsttime evidence of Denisovan presence has been found outside the Denisova cave.
