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Dec 7th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. The term ‘Kyhytysuka sachicarum’, recently in the news, is a/an
(a) Petrified mammal
(b) Living fossil bird
(c) Marine Reptile
(d) Extinct Himalayan tree
2. Which of the following is/are eligible of the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Pension Scheme?
- Should be an unorganised Worker
- Monthly Income Rs 15000 or below.
- Entry age between 18 and 40 years.
Select the correct answer using the following codes:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 Only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3. ‘Pyrostria lalji’ recently discovered species is a/an
(a) Tea
(b) Banana
(c) Sandalwood
(d) Coffee
4. Consider the following statements regarding National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013:
- It allows migrant workers to access food at free with his/her ration card in any part of the country.
- It covers 75% of the rural population and up to 50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized food grains or overall 67% of the total population.
Which of the Statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Consider the following pairs:
- Blue hydrogen : Produced by electrolysis of water using renewable energy.
- Brown hydrogen : Produced using coal where the emissions are released to the air.
- Grey hydrogen : Produced from natural gas, where the emissions are captured using carbon capture and storage.
Which of the Pairs given above is/are incorrectly matched?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answers
- (c)
Kyhytysuka sachicarum: An international team of researchers has discovered a new marine reptile. The specimen, a metre-long skull, has been named Kyhytysuka sachicarum. The fossil is one of the last surviving ichthyosaurs – ancient animals that look eerily like living swordfish.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-kyhytysuka-sachicarum-7649998/
- (d)
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/1816-lakh-obcs-among-4578-lakh-beneficiaries-registered-under-pm-sym-govt-1058224.html
http://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_docs/PDFs/MiscPDFs/Scheme_PM-SYM.pdf
- (d)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/15-metre-tree-discovered-in-andaman-nicobar-islands/article34806204.ece
- (b)
National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013
- Notified on: 10th September, 2013.
- Objective: To provide for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantities of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity.
- Coverage: 75% of the rural population and upto 50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
- Overall, NFSA caters to 67% of the total population.
- Eligibility:
- Priority Households to be covered under TPDS, according to guidelines by the State government.
- Households covered under existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana.
- Provisions:
- 5 Kgs of foodgrains per person per month at Rs. 3/2/1 per Kg for rice/wheat/coarse grains.
- The existing AAY household will continue to receive 35 Kgs of foodgrains per household per month.
- Meal and maternity benefit of not less than Rs. 6,000 to pregnant women and lactating mothers during pregnancy and six months after the child birth.
- Meals for children upto 14 years of age.
- Food security allowance to beneficiaries in case of non-supply of entitled foodgrains or meals.
- Setting up of grievance redressal mechanisms at the district and state level.
- (d)
However, sex ratio at birth for children born in the past five years only improved from 919 per 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 929 per 1,000, underscoring that boys, on average, continued to have better odds of survival than girls.
Most Indian States and Union Territories (UTs) had more women than men, the NFHS-5 shows. The States that had fewer women than men included Gujarat, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab and Union Territories such as Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Ladakh.
All of these States and UTs, however, showed improvements in the population increase of women.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/family-health-survey-suggests-more-women-than-men-in-india/article37678156.ece
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