10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: August 31, 2020

Both statements are correct.

As per the provisions of the Constitution under Article 341:

Clause (1); President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, specify the castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be.

Clause (2); Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Castes specified in a notification issued under the clause given above any caste, race or tribe or part of or group within any caste, race or tribe, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.

: Statement 1 is incorrect. The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) free zone has launched an Agriota E-Marketplace to connect millions of rural Indian farmers to the UAE’s food industry, while eliminating middlemen.

The portal was jointly developed with CropData Technology, an Indian company that aids marginal and small farmers.

Statement 2 is correct. The platform uses blockchain technology to connect farmers with different entities in the UAE including food processing companies, traders and wholesalers.

It will initially offer cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments.

Statement 1 is incorrect. “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” is a group life insurance scheme to be implemented through the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).

Statement 2 is correct. The scheme will cover more than 10,000 employees in all 62 Cantonment Boards in event of any unfortunate fatal calamity with an insurance cover of Rs five lakhs each. The Scheme will benefit permanent and contractual employees including doctors, paramedics and sanitation staff.

Statement 1 is incorrect. As per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, there shall be a Council of Ministers consisting of not more than ten percent of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly, with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Lieutenant Governor.

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister.

Statement 2 is correct. Lieutenant Governor of the successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir may nominate two members to the Legislative Assembly to give representation to women, if in his opinion, women are not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly.

Statement 3 is correct. The Legislative Assembly may make laws for the whole or any part of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List except the subjects mentioned at entries 1 and 2, namely “Public Order” and “Police” respectively.

Option 1 is correctly matched. Etikoppaka toys (Etikoppaka Bommalu) are traditional toys are made by artisans in Etikoppaka village located on banks of river Varaha in Visakhapatnam district of the Andhra Pradesh. This craft form is protected as a geographical indication (GI).

Option 2 is correctly matched. Kandhamal Haladi, a variety of turmeric indigenous to South Odisha and mostly cultivated in Kandhamal district. It is protected as a geographical indication (GI).

Option 3 is incorrectly matched. Channapatna toys are a particular form of wooden toys (and dolls) that are manufactured in the town of Channapatna in the Ramanagara district of Karnataka. This traditional craft is protected as a geographical indication (GI).

Option 1 is correctly matched. The Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland located in southwestern Brazil and some part in neighboring Paraguay and Bolivia.

Option 2 is correctly matched. Los Llanos is vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an eco-region of the flooded grasslands and savannas biome.

Option 3 is incorrectly matched. The Sudd wetland in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile’s Baḥr al-Jabal section, represents one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world.

Both statements are correct.

There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C and D. Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease (known as the flu season) almost every year.

Influenza A viruses also are found in many different animals, including ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses and seals.

Influenza A viruses are divided into subtypes based on two proteins on the surface of the virus: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N).

Influenza type C infections generally cause mild illness and are not thought to cause human flu epidemics. Influenza D viruses primarily affect cattle and are not known to infect or cause illness in people.

# Influenza A(H1N1) viruses are related to the pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus that emerged in the spring of 2009 and caused a flu pandemic.

Doing Business Report, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is a series of annual studies measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies.

Doing Business covers 12 areas of business regulation. Ten of these areas—starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency—are included in the ease of doing business score and ease of doing business ranking.

Doing Business also measures regulation on employing workers and contracting with the government, which are not included in the ease of doing business score and ranking.

# The World Bank Group has ‘paused’ the publication of the Doing Business report to assess the irregularities that have been reported regarding changes to the data used in the report.

Option 1 is correctly matched. Exercise MITRA SHAKTI is a joint military training exercise between Indian and Sri Lankan armed forces.

Option 2 is correctly matched. Cobra Gold is a multinational military exercise held in the Kingdom of Thailand every year. It is among the largest multinational military exercises in which the United States participates with allied and partner nations. India is not a full participant in the Cobra Gold exercise.

Option 3 is correctly matched. Kavkaz 2020, also referred to as Caucasus-2020 is a Russian strategic military command-post exercise scheduled for September 2020.

India has recently pulled out of the Kavkaz 2020 citing logistics issues during COVID-19 pandemic.

The Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 113 countries. It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by the Economist’s intelligence unit.

The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 34 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.

India’s profile on the GFSI is given below (Dec. 2019).