Daily Current Affair Quiz: 10th March 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. ‘Kishori shakti karyakram’ is a campaign started 14 teenage girls from Odisha’s Berhampur to empower young girls living in slums of the city.
2. The campaign includes making adolescents and the community aware about menstrual hygiene, right age for marriage, motivating school and college drop-outs to restart studies, promoting gender equality, skill development and formation of adolescent groups.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- is a campaign started by 14 teenage girls from Odisha’s Berhampur to empower young girls living in slums of the city.
- The campaign includes making adolescents and the community aware about menstrual hygiene, right age for marriage, motivating school and college drop-outs to restart studies, promoting gender equality, skill development and formation of adolescent groups.
- As part of the campaign, ‘teen clubs’ are being established in the targeted slums. These clubs will have girls and boys as members.
2. Sahyadri Megha is
(a) Satellite to monitor Himalayas
(b) Rice Variety
(c) Women Empowerment Platform
(d) Pollution control device
Ans: b
Justification:
- It is a new variety of paddy resistant to blast disease and rich in nutrients.
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. NITI Aayog organizes the Women Transforming India Awards.
2. It also enables sharing of best practices amongst women entrepreneurs and partner organizations and promote evidence based policy making.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- NITI Aayog organizes the Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards.
- WTI Awards are NITI Aayog’s initiative to highlight the commendable and ground-breaking endeavours of India’s women leaders and changemakers.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true ?
1. Cord blood banking is the process of collecting the cord blood and extracting and cryogenically freezing its stem cells and other cells of the immune system for potential future medical use.
2. Stem cells can treat cancer, blood diseases like anemia, and some immune system disorders, which disrupt your body’s ability to defend itself.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Cord blood banking is the process of collecting the cord blood and extracting and cryogenically freezing its stem cells and other cells of the immune system for potential future medical use.
- Globally, cord blood banking is recommended as a source of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for haematological cancers and disorders where its use is recommended. For all other conditions, the use of cord blood as a source of stem cells is not yet established.
- The umbilical cord fluid is loaded with stem cells. They can treat cancer, blood diseases like anemia, and some immune system disorders, which disrupt your body’s ability to defend itself.
5. Namda- Traditional craft is associated with
(a) Toy Making
(b) Carpet Weaving
(c) Metallurgy
(d) Sculptures
Ans: b
Justification:
- Namda is a form of matting found at Kashmir.
- They are made from wool by practice of felting the wool rather than weaving it. The Felted carpets are predominantly made of pure wool
