Daily Current air Quiz: 18th April 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been administering ‘Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme’ since 1986.
2. The STEP Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- The STEP Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs.
- The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country including rural women. The grant-in-aid under the Scheme is given to institutions/ organizations including NGOs.
- The assistance under STEP Scheme will be available in any sector for imparting skills related to employability and entrepreneurship, including but not limited to the Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Processing, Handlooms, Tailoring, Stitching, Embroidery, Zari etc, Handicrafts, Computer & IT enable services along with soft skills and skills for the work place such as spoken English, Gems & Jewellery, Travel & Tourism, Hospitality.
2. Amrabad Tiger Reserve is located at
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Telangana
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: b
Justification:
- Centre granted “in-principle” clearance for uranium exploration in Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana.
- The area proposed for mining falls under the Amrabad and Nudigal Reserved Forests of the ‘core area’ of the tiger reserve
3. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is the first mission dedicated to looking deep beneath the Martian surface.
2. It is part of NASA’s Discovery Program.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight), is the first mission dedicated to looking deep beneath the Martian surface.
- It is part of NASA’s Discovery Program and is supported by a number of European partners including France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA).
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true.
1. Digital Heritage project is initiative of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), for the digital documentation and interpretation of our tangible and intangible heritage
2. First project under it was Poompuhar (Puhar).
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: a
Justification:
- Poompuhar, a port city in Tamilnadu, submerged under Sea 1000 years ago is being digitally reconstructed under Indian Digital Heritage project.
- It is initiative of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), for the digital documentation and interpretation of our tangible and intangible heritage.
- First project under it was ‘Digital Hampi’.
5. ‘We Think Digital’ programme is launched by
(a) Facebook
(b) Google
(c) Amazon
(d) Flipkart
Ans: a
Justification:
- Facebook launched the ‘We Think Digital’ programme in partnership with the National Commission for Women (NCW) and Cyber Peace Foundation to provide digital literacy training to 1,00,000 women across seven states.
