10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : October 27

Statement 1 is correct. DNA profiling is most commonly used as a forensic technique in criminal investigations to identify an unidentified person or whose identity needs to be confirmed, or to place a person at a crime scene or to eliminate a person from consideration.

Statement 2 is correct. DNA profiling has also been used to help clarify paternity, in immigration disputes in parentage testing and in genealogical research or medical research.

More about DNA profiling:

· DNA profiling, (also called DNA fingerprinting, DNA testing, or DNA typing) is the process of determining an individuals’ DNA characteristics, called a DNA profile that is very likely to be different in unrelated individuals, thereby being as unique to individuals as are fingerprints.
· DNA profiling is a technique to identify individuals using their DNA in skin cells, a hair root or a tiny amount of blood or saliva.
Uses of DNA profiling:
· DNA profiling is most commonly used as a forensic technique in criminal investigations to identify an unidentified person or whose identity needs to be confirmed, or to place a person at a crime scene or to eliminate a person from consideration.
· Only a small sample of cells is needed for DNA fingerprinting. A drop of blood or the root of a hair contains enough DNA for testing.
· DNA finger printing has also been used in the study of animal and floral populations and in the fields of zoology, botany, and agriculture.
· The Law Commission records that DNA profiling is used for disaster victim identification, investigation of crimes, identification of missing persons and human remains and for medical research purposes.
· The Commission notes that privacy concerns and the ethics involved in this scientific collection of data are very serious.

Statement 1 is correct: The Bay of Bengal initiative for Muli-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organization involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia.

Statement 2 is correct: Technological and economic co-operation among south Asian and south east Asian countries along the coast of the bay of Bengal .

India has decided to provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya community through Operation Insaaniyat. The government assured the relief material will be delivered in multiple consignments. Items include rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea, ready to eat noodles, biscuits, mosquito nets etc.The Indian Air Force was tasked to airlift the relief material from India to Bangladesh.

The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 is a money bill of the Parliament of India. Thus, statement 1 correct.

It was passed on the 11 March 2016 by the Lok Sabha. It aims to provide legal backing to the Aadhaar unique identification number project. Aadhaar Act seeks to provide efficient, transparent and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services to individuals residing in India by assigning them unique identity numbers (UID) or Aadhaar number. It will be used for all benefit that will be linked to consolidated fund of India or the expenditure incurred from it. Both central and state government can use Aadhaar for disbursal for benefits and subsidies. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect.

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched Start-up Sangam initiative. Thus statement 1 is incorrect.

It aims to develop new business models, marketing plans, technology and innovations in heavy oil and gas industry sector by supporting 30 start-ups. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

For the same, 10 oil and gas PSUs have setup Rs. 320-crore venture capital fund to to encourage start-ups based on innovative ideas in the energy sector.

Explanation: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana under the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank is a new institution being set up by Government of India for development and refinancing activities relating to micro units. It was announced by the Finance Minister while presenting the Union Budget for FY 2016. The purpose of MUDRA is to provide funding to the non corporate small business sector. Loans worth about Rs 1 lakh have been sanctioned to small entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, emphasising that the government wants youth to be job creators and not job seekers.

Explanation: Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and are managed jointly by state governments in India. Thus, statement 1 is correct.

This scheme was launched in June 1947. It distributes subsidized food and non-food items to India’s poor.  Major commodities distributed include staple food grains, such as wheat, rice, sugar, and kerosene, through a network of fair price shops (also known as ration shops) established in several states across the country. Food Corporation of India, a Government-owned corporation, procures and maintains the PDS. Thus, statement 2 is correct.