Daily Quiz – 27th March 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
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Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY)
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The CSCs would provide high quality and cost-effective video, voice and data content and services, in the areas of e-governance, education, health, telemedicine, entertainment as well as other private services.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Which of the following ministry has launched Stree Swabhiman Mission?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child development
(b) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d) All of the above
3. Global Energy Transition Index is published by
(a) International Energy Agency
(b) World Economic Forum
(c) World Bank
(d) UNDP
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. India’s emissions growth this year was higher than that of the United States and China
2. India’s per capita emissions were about 3/4th of the global average and contributed 7% to the global carbon dioxide burden.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Dark Fibre refers to?
(a) Optical fibre which cannot transmit data
(b) Bugs in the optical fibre network
(c) Unused optical fibre
(d) None of the above
ANSWERS
1. Ans:c
Justification:
- Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. CSCs are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society.
- CSCs are more than service delivery points in rural India. They are positioned as change agents, promoting rural entrepreneurship and building rural capacities and livelihoods. They are enablers of community participation and collective action for engendering social change through a bottom-up approach with key focus on the rural citizen.
2. Ans:b
Justification:
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) has launched Stree Swabhiman Initiative.
- This service intends to provide employment to at least 8-10 women. Common Service Centres is empowering its women entrepreneurs, not only to provide sanitary pads at their centres but also to educate women of their society to overcome this social taboo and encourage the usage of sanitary pads.
- It shall provide unit for manufacturing Bio-degradable, eco-friendly sanitary pads at CSC units.
3. Ans:b
Justification:
- India ranks 76th on WEF’s global Energy Transition index.
4. Ans:a
Justification:
- India’s emissions growth this year was higher than that of the United States and China the two biggest emitters in the world and this was primarily due to a rise in coal consumption. China, the United States, and India together accounted for nearly 70% of the rise in energy demand.
- India’s per capita emissions were about 40% of the global average and contributed 7% to the global carbon dioxide burden. The United States, the largest emitter, was responsible for 14%.
5. Ans: c
Justification:
- The traditional meaning of Dark Fibre refers to unused or ‘dark’ network infrastructure that is a mixture of cabling, switches and repeaters. Data is transported over optical fibre networks by passing light through the cables. If there is no data being transported, there is no light – this means that the fibre is ‘dark’. Dark Fibre is essentially optical fibre infrastructure that is not in use.
