Daily Quiz: 6th May 2019
1. Which of the following statements are true:
1. The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Geneva, Switzerland.
2. It is the oldest among all the 15 specialized agencies of UN.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index is published by?
(a) UNDP
(b) IMF
(c) World Bank
(d) SCO
3. Global Environment Outlook Report is published by?
(a) IUCN
(b) CITES
(c) UN Environment
(d) None of the above
4. Which of the following statements are true:
1. West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex, which can cause neurological disease and death in people.
2. WNV is maintained in nature in a cycle involving transmission between birds and mosquitoes, Humans, horses and other mammals can be infected.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Which of the following countries participate in the Joint field training Exercise AFINDEX ?
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) None of the above
ANSWERS
1. Ans: c
Justification:
- The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Geneva, Switzerland.
- It is the oldest among all the 15 specialized agencies of UN.
- ITU is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.
- The role of ITU are as follows
- It coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum.
- It promotes international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits.
- It works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world.
- It assists in the development and coordination of worldwide technical standards.
2. Ans: a
Justification:
- Global MPI 2018 Report is prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
- MPI is the product of the following factors
- Poverty rate as a percentage of the population.
- Intensity as the average share of deprivations that poor people experience.
3. Ans: b
Justification:
- The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report is often referred as UN Environment’s flagship environmental assessment.
- The first publication was in 1997 and was originally requested by Member States.
- The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a consultative and participatory process to prepare an independent assessment of the state of the environment, the effectiveness of the policy response to address these environmental challenges and the possible pathways to be achieve various internationally agreed environmental goals.
4. Ans: c
Justification:
- West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex, which can cause neurological disease and death in people.
- WNV is commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia.
- WNV is maintained in nature in a cycle involving transmission between birds and mosquitoes, Humans, horses and other mammals can be infected.
- Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds, which circulate the virus in their blood for a few days.
- Human infection is most often the result of bites from infected mosquitoes.
- Horses, just like humans, are “dead-end” hosts, meaning that while they become infected, they do not spread the infection.
- Infection with WNV is either asymptomatic (no symptoms) in around 80% of infected people, or can lead to West Nile fever or severe West Nile disease.
- People who become infected with WNV will develop West Nile fever.
- Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, and body aches, nausea, vomiting, occasionally with a skin rash (on the trunk of the body) and swollen lymph glands.
- For West Nile Virus no vaccine is available for humans.
5. Ans: d
Justification:
- AFINDEX It is a Joint Field Training Exercise between the Indian Army and 16 African nations.
- AFINDEX aims to train the participating contingents in Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) and Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) under the United Nations Charter through practical and comprehensive discussions and tactical exercises.
- The joint exercise focus on achieving interoperability, learning each other’s methodologies and tactics through synchronized operational level planning and tactical level training.
