Daily Current Affair Quiz: 5th June 2020
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June 5, 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Facebook Pragati is a Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) initiative by Facebook India.
2. The initiative will incubate and accelerate earlystage women-led non-profits that are working to drive women entrepreneurship and to spread awareness and adoption of technology among women in India.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Facebook Pragati is a Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) initiative by Facebook India in collaboration with Nudge Centre for Social Innovation by awarding four grants of up to Rs 50 lakh for each non-profit to scale their work.
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The initiative will incubate and accelerate earlystage women-led non-profits that are working to drive women entrepreneurship and to spread awareness and adoption of technology among women in India.
2. ARPIT is associated with?
(a) Online professional development of higher education faculty
(b) Technical Textiles Mission
(c) Build seamless national cold supply chain for perish-able goods like milk, meat and fish
(d) Programme to enhance self-awareness among university students
Ans: a
Justification:
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ARPIT is an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for online professional development of 15 lakhs higher education faculty using the (Massive open online course) MOOCs platform SWAYAM.
3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. NITI Ayog has developed life skills (Jeevan Kaushal) curriculum for undergraduate students at Universities and Colleges.
2. This Curriculum covers the courses on communication skills, professional skills, leadership & management skills and universal human values.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: b
Justification:
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has developed life skills (Jeevan Kaushal) curriculum for undergraduate students at Universities and Colleges.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true?
1. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released the Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI).
2. GSNI is a social norms index which captures how social beliefs can obstruct gender equality along four dimensions: political, educational, economic and physical integrity.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
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Overall, the GSNI reflects how prevalent are biases from social norms in these dimensions as well as how are they evolving.
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The index provides insights into widespread biases against gender equality by country and gender in 75 countries (80 percent of the world’s population), and across time, GSNI trends for 31 countries (59 percent of the global population).
5. Which of the following is/are matched correctly?
1. Baul – West Bengal
2. Khomjom Parva – Manipur
3. Pai Song – Madhya Pradesh
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: d
Justification:
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The Baul or Bauls are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism and Vaishnavism from Bengal region, comprising Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Barak Valley. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect and a musical tradition.
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Khongjom Parva is a traditional musical art of Manipur that involves ballad singing accompanied with the sounds of a dholak or drum.
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Pai Songs are accompanied by saira dance during rainy season.
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State: Madhya Pradesh
