10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | April 2 2021

1st statement is incorrect. India has not yet adopted the net- zero emission target.

2nd statement is incorrect. It involves balancing of emission by equivalent absorption. Whereas zero emission targets at no emission at all.

3rd statement is correct. There is no fix year to achieve the net-zero emissions target. Some countries aim to achieve it by 2050, others aim to achieve it by 2045.

 Read more – What is Net Zero Target? |ForumIAS Blog 

Statement 1 is correct. The BIMSTEC region is home to around 1.5 billion people which constitute around 22% of the global population with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.7 trillion economy.

Statement 2 is incorrect. 17th ministerial meeting of BIMSTEC held recently and it was chaired by Sri Lanka.

Read more – “BIMSTEC” 17th Ministerial Meeting -ForumIAS Blog 

The JLN has been established with an aim of integrating the military’s logistics. Further, it aims to set up and improving the military’s war-fighting ability.

Read more – CDS operationalizes the third “Joint Logistics Node”(JLN) in Mumbai (forumias.com)

Statement 3 is correct.

The World Economic Forum(WEF) publishes the Global Gender Gap Report annually since 2006.

Parameters: The report ranks 156 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions. Namely,

Economic Participation and Opportunity

Educational Attainment

Health and Survival

Political Empowerment.

India’s ranking on the Index drops 28 places to 140 amongst the 156 nations. In 2020, India was ranked at 112th place in the report.

Read more – WEF released “Global Gender Gap Report 2021”-ForumIAS Blog 

Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1983.

• In 1994, Government of India declared Pong Dam Lake as a “Wetland of National Importance”. In 2002, it became a Ramsar Site in November 2002 by government notification.

• Vegetation: The sanctuary area is covered with tropical and subtropical forests. Thus, it shelters a great number of Indian Wildlife animals.

Read More – “Pong Dam wildlife sanctuary”-27 Migratory Birds Found Dead (forumias.com)

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories that was established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India in December 2020. INSACOG is since then carrying out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses, and correlating epidemiological trends with genomic variants.

Statement 2 is correct. A novel variant of the Sars-Cov-2 with double mutation has been detected in India. The variant carries mutations that include those denoted by the letters E484Q and L452R, which

have separately been linked to characteristics that make the virus spread more readily and defeat, to some extent, immunity from a vaccine or past infection.

Statement 1 is correct. CBSE Competency Based Education Project that aims to replace the existing rote learning model with a competency-based framework as directed in the NEP 2020 over the next 2-3 years.

The NEP 2020 calls for a ‘shift from [an assessment system] that is summative and primarily tests rote memorisation skills to one that is more regular and formative, is more competency-based, promotes learning development for our students, and tests higher-order skills, such as analysis, critical thinking and conceptual clarity’ and ‘encouraging and helping school boards to shift their assessment patterns towards meeting the skills requirements of the 21st century.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The CBSE Assessment Framework for Science, Maths and English classes as part of CBSE Competency Based Education Project has been launched recently. It is to strengthen India’s existing school education system for secondary level (classes 6-10) and improve the overall learning outcomes of students across India, mainly covering three subjects: English (reading), Science, and Maths.

British Council along with AlphaPlus as the UK knowledge partner, designed and developed this framework after extensive research and analysis of the current learning and assessment model in Indian schools.

Statement 1 is correct. Quality Control Orders (QCOs): For ensuring availability of quality products to consumers, Quality Control Orders (QCOs) are issued by various Ministries/Departments of Government of India in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 stipulating conformity of the products to Indian Standards.

Statement 2 is correct. Standard mark (ISI mark): BIS grants license to manufacturers to use the Standard mark (ISI mark) on the product conforming to the relevant Indian Standards.