Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 12-06-2021 - (Online Prelims Test) - IAS Parliament
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Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 12-06-2021 - (Online Prelims Test)
1) Consider the following statements:
1. It is surrounded by the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary to its north, the Buxa Tiger Reserve to its west
and the Manas National Park to its east.
2. The National Park, which has 11 different forest types and subtypes, is home to the golden langur,
elephant, tiger, clouded leopard and Indian gaur.
Identify the National Park using the description give above:
a. Rajbari National Park
b. Mouling National Park
c. Raimona National Park
d. Saddle Peak National Park
Answer : c
Two new national parks, Dehing Patkai and Raimona, was recently notified in Assam.
Raimona National Park
Recently, the Assam government created the Raimona National Park in western Assam.
The National Park will be administered by the Kachugaon Forest Division of Bodoland
Territorial Council.
Raimona is bounded on the west by the Sonkosh river, on the east by the Saralbhanga River
and on the south by the Pekua river.
It adjoins the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal to its west, Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in
Bhutan to its north and the first addition to Manas National Park to the east.
Raimona, which has 11 different forest types and subtypes, is home to the golden langur,
elephant, tiger, clouded leopard and Indian gaur.
Conservation of this area shall provide water security to the people downstream in Kokrajhar
and Dhubri district.
2) Consider the following statements with respect to Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
Scheme
1. The scheme is being implemented in all the states, to promote the usage of farm mechanization
and increase the ratio of farm power to cultivable unit area up to 2.5 kW/ha.
2. The scheme comprises both Central Sector Schemes as well as Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2Answer : c
To empower the farmers through Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) scheme,
Government of India has released funds for various activities of Farm Mechanization like
Establishment of Custom Hiring Centres, Farm Machinery Bank, High-tech Hubs and
distribution of various agricultural machinery etc to different states.
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched a Sub-Mission on Agricultural
Mechanization (SMAM) in 2014-15.
It aims to increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the
regions & difficult area where farm power availability is low.
The scheme will be implemented in all the states, to promote the usage of farm mechanization
and increase the ratio of farm power to cultivable unit area up to 2.5 kW/ha.
SMAM will have Central Sector Schemes under component No.1 & 2 in which Government of
India contributes 100%.
Centrally Sponsored Schemes are covered under component No. 3 to 8 including
Administrative and Flexi funds in which Government of India contributes 60% and states
contribute 40% except North eastern states and Himalayan regions states where it is 90
%(Central Share) and 10% (State Share).
For Union Territories, it is 100% Centre share.
Objectives
1. Increasing the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions
where availability of farm power is low
2. Promoting ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to
small landholding and high cost of individual ownership
3. Creating hubs for hi-tech & high value farm equipments
4. Creating awareness among stakeholders through demonstration and capacity building
activities
5. Ensuring performance testing and certification at designated testing centers located all over
the country.
3) With respect to a recent report titled, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on e-Waste, consider the
following statements:
1. It was released by the United Nations University (UNU) and the UN International
Telecommunication Union (UN-ITU).
2. The report highlights the reduction of 4.9 million metric tonnes of e-waste generated in the future
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : a
A report titled 'Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on e-waste - First three quarters of 2020'
was released recently by the United Nations University (UNU) and the UN Institute for
Training and Research (UNITR).
The report highlights the lower consumption of electronic and electrical devices in the first
three quarters of 2020, compared to a "business-as-usual" scenario.
This led to a drop in e-waste generation by 4.9 million metric tonnes.But, this reduction was 30% in low and middle-income countries whereas in only 5% in high-
income countries.
This inequality has a large social side effect: whereas the population in low- and middle-
income countries is continuously growing the gap of having access to modern communication
technologies and other electronics, the so-called digital divide is increasing.
4) Consider the following statements with respect to Central Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS)
1. It is a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
2. It aims to provide the best of sports injury management support nearest to the athlete’s
geographical location.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : c
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju has recently launched the Central
Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS).
Central Athlete Injury Management System (CAIMS)
It is a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for streamlining the
sports medicine and rehabilitation support offered to the athletes.
It aims to provide the best of sports injury management support nearest to the athlete’s
geographical location.
CAIMS will help to standardize appropriate injury treatment protocol for athletes across the
country.
It will start with support for athletes who are a part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme
(TOPS) development group expected to participate in 2024 and beyond.
It will have the following four structures: Athlete Wellness Cell, On-Field Sports Medicine
Experts, National Resource Referral Teams and a Central Core Team.
5) Dihing Patkai National Park, often seen in the news recently, is located in?
a. Assam
b. Manipur
c. Meghalaya
d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer : a
Two new national parks, Dehing Patkai and Raimona, was recently notified in Assam.
Dihing Patkai National Park
Recently, the Assam government notified Dihing Patkai as the seventh National Park of the
state.
[The six other National Parks in Assam are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang, Dibru-Saikhowa
and Raimona.
Assam now has the third most National Parks after the 12 in Madhya Pradesh and nine in the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.]
Dihing Patkai national park will be administered by Soraipung Range of Digboi Forest Division
and Jeypore Range of Dibrugarh Forest Division.Dehing is the name of the river that flows through this forest and Patkai is the hill at the foot
of which the sanctuary lies.
The Dihing Patkai straddling eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts is a major
elephant habitat.
It encompasses the erstwhile Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, Jeypore Reserve Forest and
the western block of Upper Dihing Reserve Forest.
The forest village area diverted under Forest Conservation Act has been excluded.
Stretches of Dirak and Buri Dihing rivers have been included in the park.
6) Consider the following statements with respective to Content Delivery Network
1. It refers to a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery
of Internet content.
2. It aims to help protect websites against traffic spikes, distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks,
etc.
3. It offers an easy way to increase the speed of a website while also lowering the latency.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3
Answer : d
Content Delivery Network
It is essential for the fast, efficient and secure delivery of content to users around the world.
The platforms such as Netflix, Facebook, Amazon (ones with large quantities of data held in
global libraries) host their geographically relevant content closer to where that content is to
be consumed.
7) Consider the following statements with respective to Foodborne Diseases
1. Salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause food-borne illnesses known as salmonellosis.
2. Norovirus is thought to be the most common cause of diarrhoea and vomiting illness.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : c
Foodborne Diseases
Food borne disease are often caused by eating raw or undercooked meat, eggs, fresh produce
and dairy products contaminated by norovirus, Campylobacter, non-typhoid Salmonella and
pathogenic E coli.
Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of the global burden of foodborne
diseases, causing 550 million people to fall ill and 230,000 deaths every year.
WHO African and South-East Asia Regions have the highest burden of foodborne diseases.
8) Aduhelm drug will be altering the course which of the following diseases?a. Parkinson
b. Epilepsy
c. Autism
d. Alzheimer
Answer : d
Aduhelm
It is a monoclonal antibody that is designed to reduce the presence of amyloid beta, a protein
that forms plaques in the brain.
It aims at altering the course of the disease by slowing the deterioration of brain function.
It is a novel drug that is designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s and not a cure.
9) Which of the following statement(s) is/ are correct with respect to Galgal Fruit?
1. It is a thick-skinned citrus fruit indigenous to India.
2. Commercial cultivation of the fruit is largely found in the Western Ghats region most particularly in
Karnataka.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : a
Galgal Fruit
Galgal is rarely cultivated, it is rather collected from the wild.
It is more commonly found in north-western foothills of the Himalayas, including Jammu and
Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Galgal has a high yield, is tolerant to citrus canker, and is adapted to temperature variations.
It can survive in both 40 degrees Celsius summers and 4°C winters.
10) Which of the following states has introduced the Smart Kitchen Project?
a. Kerala
b. West Bengal
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Gujarat
Answer : a
Smart Kitchen Project
Kerala government’s revised budget for the current fiscal has announced the introduction of a
Smart Kitchen project.
It is meant to modernise kitchens and ease the difficulty faced by homemakers in household
chores.
Under the scheme, KSFE would give soft loans to women from all walks of life for purchasing
household gadgets or equipment.
The cost of household equipment can be repaid as instalments within a particular period.You can also read
