10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : February 12, 2018

Qatar does not open out to the Gulf of Oman.
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman is a strait (and not an actual gulf) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It borders Iran (in broader definition also Pakistan) on the north, Oman on the south, and the United Arab

Scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered three new species of eel along northern Bay of Bengal coast. They are Gymnothorax pseudotile, Gymnothorax visakhaensis and Enchelycore propinqua.

All of the statements are correct.

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003 is an Act of Parliament enacted in 2003 to prohibit advertisement of and to provide for regulation of trade and commerce in and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products in India. It was enacted by Parliament to give effect to Resolution passed by 39th World Health Assembly (WHA), urging member states to implement measures to provide non-smokers protection from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The National Deworming Day is a single fixed-day approach to treating intestinal worm infections in all children aged 1- 19 years and is held on 10 February and 10 August each year. It aims to conduct mass deworming program to mobilize health personnel, state governments and other stakeholders to prioritize investment in control of Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) infections—one of the most common infections.

Statement 2 is correct. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) launched National Deworming Initiative on the occasion of National Deworming Day (observed on 10 February). This year it is fourth edition of National Deworming Day after it was launched in 2015.

All the statements are correct.

Fly ash is end product of combustion during process of power generation in the coal based thermal power plants. Fly ash is proven resource material for many applications of construction industries and is used in manufacturing of Portland Cement, road embankment construction, bricks/blocks/tiles manufacturing and low lying area development, etc.

Environmental benefits: Fly ash utilization, especially in concrete, has significant environmental benefits including: (1) increasing the life of concrete roads and structures by improving concrete durability, (2) net reduction in energy use and greenhouse gas and other adverse air emissions when fly ash is used to replace or displace manufactured cement, (3) reduction in amount of coal combustion products that must be disposed in landfills, and (4) conservation of other natural resources and materials.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 is a targeted anti-poverty programme in the rural areas. This act was modelled on wage employment to fight poverty more effectively. MGNREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment. The non-negotiable provisions of the MGNREGA allow work only to Job Card holders. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005. It provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

Both the statements are correct.

Yunani or Unani medicine is the term for Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Mughal India and in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia.

The term Yunani(Unani) means “Greek”. The Perso-Arabic system of medicine was based on the teachings of the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen.