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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsA vaccine usually consists of two parts and is usually given through an injection. What are those parts?
1. Antigen
2. AdjuvantChoose the correct answer from the code given below:
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World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April month.
The week aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people against various diseases. Immunization is recognised as the most successful and cost-effective health invention, which saves millions of lives every year.
The theme for this year’s immunization week is – Protected Together: Vaccines Work!
Vaccines work by exposing you to a safer version of a disease. While the body responds to the vaccine, it builds an adaptive immune system, which helps the body to fight off the actual infection in the future.
A vaccine has two parts:
A vaccine usually consists of two parts and is usually given through an injection. The first part is the antigen, which is a piece of disease one’s body must learn to recognise. The second part is the adjuvant, which sends a danger signal to the body and helps your immune system to respond strongly against the antigen. All this helps in developing your immunity.Incorrect
World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April month.
The week aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people against various diseases. Immunization is recognised as the most successful and cost-effective health invention, which saves millions of lives every year.
The theme for this year’s immunization week is – Protected Together: Vaccines Work!
Vaccines work by exposing you to a safer version of a disease. While the body responds to the vaccine, it builds an adaptive immune system, which helps the body to fight off the actual infection in the future.
A vaccine has two parts:
A vaccine usually consists of two parts and is usually given through an injection. The first part is the antigen, which is a piece of disease one’s body must learn to recognise. The second part is the adjuvant, which sends a danger signal to the body and helps your immune system to respond strongly against the antigen. All this helps in developing your immunity. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold its entire stakes in which of the following financial entities?
1. National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)
2. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
3. National Housing Bank (NHB)Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold its entire stakes in the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) and National Housing Bank.
The decision to divest its entire stake was taken based on the recommendations of the second Narasimham Committee.
The government now holds a 100 per cent stake in both NHB and NABARD.
NHB is an All India Financial Institution (AIFl), set up in 1988, under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.
It is an apex agency established to operate as a principal agency to promote housing finance institutions both at local and regional levels and to provide financial and other support incidental to such institutions and for matters connected therewith.Nabard is an apex development and specialized bank established on 12 July 1982 by an act by the parliament of India.
Its main focus is to uplift rural India by increasing the credit flow for elevation of agriculture & rural non farm sector.
It replaced the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC).Incorrect
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold its entire stakes in the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) and National Housing Bank.
The decision to divest its entire stake was taken based on the recommendations of the second Narasimham Committee.
The government now holds a 100 per cent stake in both NHB and NABARD.
NHB is an All India Financial Institution (AIFl), set up in 1988, under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.
It is an apex agency established to operate as a principal agency to promote housing finance institutions both at local and regional levels and to provide financial and other support incidental to such institutions and for matters connected therewith.Nabard is an apex development and specialized bank established on 12 July 1982 by an act by the parliament of India.
Its main focus is to uplift rural India by increasing the credit flow for elevation of agriculture & rural non farm sector.
It replaced the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC). -
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) which was in news recently:
1. GTCI, launched in 2013, is an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent.
2. It is released by UNICEF in partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group.Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/people-at-work/talent-magnets/article26935227.ece
GTCI, launched in 2013, is an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent.
It is released by INSEAD business school in partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group.
The report measures levels of Global Talent Competitiveness by looking at 68 variables such as ease of hiring, gender earnings gap, and prevalence of training in firms.
India remains the laggard in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) region and was ranked 80.
It performs better than its lower-income peers when it comes to growing (48th) talent, primarily by virtue of the possibilities for Lifelong Learning (38th) and Access to Growth Opportunities (41st).
In this sixth edition, Switzerland continues to lead the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness index, while Singapore and the United States come in second and third respectively.Incorrect
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/people-at-work/talent-magnets/article26935227.ece
GTCI, launched in 2013, is an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent.
It is released by INSEAD business school in partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group.
The report measures levels of Global Talent Competitiveness by looking at 68 variables such as ease of hiring, gender earnings gap, and prevalence of training in firms.
India remains the laggard in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) region and was ranked 80.
It performs better than its lower-income peers when it comes to growing (48th) talent, primarily by virtue of the possibilities for Lifelong Learning (38th) and Access to Growth Opportunities (41st).
In this sixth edition, Switzerland continues to lead the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness index, while Singapore and the United States come in second and third respectively. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Bt Brinjal:
1. India allowed the introduction of Bt Brinjal in farms in 2010.
2. Bt Brinjal acreage in India is the highest in the world
3. Bt Brinjal is created by inserting Cry 1Ac gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal.Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
Correct
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/bt-brinjal-being-illegally-grown-in-haryana/article26945204.ece
India banned Bt brinjal in 2010.
The debate around BT brinjal started in 2000 when Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co) came up with a GM brinjal. Seeds were exported to Bangladesh and Philippines in 2006, as the civil society resisted field trials in India.
Bt Brinjal is a GM crop created by inserting Cry 1Ac gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal.
The insertion of the gene gives Brinjal plant resistance against lepidopteron insects like the Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) and Fruit Borer (Helicoverpa armigera).Incorrect
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/bt-brinjal-being-illegally-grown-in-haryana/article26945204.ece
India banned Bt brinjal in 2010.
The debate around BT brinjal started in 2000 when Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co) came up with a GM brinjal. Seeds were exported to Bangladesh and Philippines in 2006, as the civil society resisted field trials in India.
Bt Brinjal is a GM crop created by inserting Cry 1Ac gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal.
The insertion of the gene gives Brinjal plant resistance against lepidopteron insects like the Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) and Fruit Borer (Helicoverpa armigera). -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following National Parks is unique in being a swamp with floating vegetation that supports a rich biodiversity?
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2015 UPSC Prelims Question
It is the only floating park in the world, located in Manipur, North East India, and an integral part of Loktak Lake.
The national park is characterized by many floating decomposed plant materials locally called phumdis.
The park is a swamp established by Mann Sharma with floating mass of vegetation (created by accrual of organic garbage and biomass with soil particles that has been thickened into a solid form called phumdis, at the south–eastern side of the Loktak Lake, which has been declared a Ramsar site. Two third’s to three fourth’s of the total park area is formed by phumdis.
http://www.north-east-india.com/manipur/keibul-lamjao-national-park.htmlIncorrect
2015 UPSC Prelims Question
It is the only floating park in the world, located in Manipur, North East India, and an integral part of Loktak Lake.
The national park is characterized by many floating decomposed plant materials locally called phumdis.
The park is a swamp established by Mann Sharma with floating mass of vegetation (created by accrual of organic garbage and biomass with soil particles that has been thickened into a solid form called phumdis, at the south–eastern side of the Loktak Lake, which has been declared a Ramsar site. Two third’s to three fourth’s of the total park area is formed by phumdis.
http://www.north-east-india.com/manipur/keibul-lamjao-national-park.html
