10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: November 30, 2020

The Government of India (GOI) has announced the third stimulus package of Rs. 900 Crore for the Mission COVID Suraksha- The Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission. This grant will be provided to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for Research & Development of Indian COVID-19 vaccines.
The important objectives of the fund will be accelerating pre-clinical& clinical development; licensure of COVID-19 vaccine candidates that are currently in clinical stages or ready to enter clinical stage of development, establishing clinical trial sites, and strengthening the existing immunoassay laboratories, central laboratories and suitable facilities for animal studies, production facilities and other testing facilities to support COVID-19 vaccine development.

Statement 1 is incorrect. India International Science Festival (IISF) launched in 2015 is a celebration to promote Science and Technology and demonstrate how science could lead India towards a developed nation within a short span of time.
Several curtain raiser events are being organized by government departments for generating awareness about the 6thIndia International Science Festival (IISF-2020) to be held virtually this year.
Statement 2 is incorrect. IISF is an annual event organised jointly by science & technology-related Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and Vijnana Bharati (Vibha).

Both are part of the Private final consumption expenditure (PFCE).
Private final consumption expenditure (PFCE) includes final consumption expenditure of (a) households and (b) non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) like temples, gurdwaras. The final consumption expenditure of households relates to outlays on new durable as well as non‑durable goods (except land) and on services.
This consumption expenditure also includes the imputed gross rent of owner‑occupied dwellings, consumption of Own-account production evaluated at producers’ prices and payments in kind of wages and salaries valued at cost, e.g., provision for food, shelter and clothing to the employees.
The final consumption expenditure of non‑profit institutions serving households includes the value of goods and services produced for own use on current account i.e., the value of gross output reduced by the sum of the value of their commodity and non‑commodity sales.

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker (CPI-IW) with base year 2016 is being compiled and maintained by Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour& Employment.
The new series of CPI (IW) with base 2016=100 will replace the existing series with base 2001=100 in October 2020.
As per the recommendations of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Index Review Committee (IRC) and National Statistical Commission (NSC), the base year of price index numbers should be revised at frequent intervals generally not exceeding 10 years to reflect the changes that take place in the consumption pattern of consumers.

Both statements are incorrect.
Herd immunity happens when so many people in a community become immune to an infectious disease that it stops the disease from spreading. This can happen in two ways:
–Many people contract the disease and in time build up an immune response to it (natural immunity).
–Many people are vaccinated against the disease to achieve immunity.
The percentage of people who need to have antibodies in order to achieve herd immunity against a particular disease varies with each disease. For example, herd immunity against measles requires about 95% of a population to be vaccinated. The remaining 5% will be protected by the fact that measles will not spread among those who are vaccinated. For polio, the threshold is about 80%.

Statement 1 is correct. Vaccines help develop immunity by imitating an infection. This type of infection, however, almost never causes illness, but it does cause the immune system to produce T-lymphocytes and antibodies.
Once the imitation infection goes away, the body is left with a supply of “memory” T-lymphocytes, as well as B-lymphocytes that will remember how to fight that disease in the future.
Statement 2 is correct. Vaccines may require more than one doses.
— For some vaccines (primarily inactivated vaccines), the first dose does not provide as much immunity as possible. So, more than one dose is needed to build more complete immunity.
— For some vaccines, after a while, immunity begins to wear off. At that point, a “booster” dose is needed to bring immunity levels backup.
— For some vaccines (primarily live vaccines), studies have shown that more than one dose is needed for everyone to develop the best immune response.

Option 1 is correctly matched. COVAXIN is India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech is developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Virology (NIV).
Option 2 is incorrectly matched. ZyCOV-D is another indigenous DNA based vaccine being developed by Zydus Cadila.
Option 3 is incorrectly matched. The COVISHIELD vaccine is under clinical trial in India by the Serum Institute. It has been developed by the Oxford University.

The Seventh Schedule places “agriculture” in entry 14 and “market and fairs” in entry 28 of the State List.
There is no explicit mention of ‘agriculture market’ in seventh schedule. The Centre has powers to regulate “inter-state trade and commerce” under entry 42 of the Union List.
Further, entry 33 of the Concurrent List covers trade and commerce in, among others, “foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and oils”, “cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates”, “raw cotton, whether ginned or unginned, and cotton seed”, and “raw jute”.

Statement 1 is correct. Paris Agreement was signed after over deliberation in Paris during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) and adopted on December 12, 2015.
The agreement formally came into force on 4 November 2016, several days before the COP22.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Countries that sign on to be a part of the pact agreed to limit the century’s global average temperature increase to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the levels from the years 1850-1900 (the pre-industrial era).
The agreement also states a more rigid goal of limiting temperature increases to only 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial era levels.
Statement 3 is correct. The Paris Agreement requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead. This includes requirements that all Parties report regularly on their emissions and on their implementation efforts. It also provides for a global stocktake every 5 years to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the agreement and to inform further individual actions by Parties.

Both statements are incorrect.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is an agreement reached by Iran and the P5+1 (China France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) on July 14, 2015. The nuclear deal was endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, adopted on July 20, 2015.
It aimed to limit the nuclear enrichment by Iran. The United States unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA on May 8, 2018, and subsequently re-imposed all U.S. sanctions on Iran lifted by the accord.
# The incoming Biden administration in USA has been reported to be inclined to reenter the JCPOA with Iran.