IASbaba Daily Prelims Quiz
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to Garima Greh:
- The purpose of this scheme is to provide only shelter to transgender person only
- It is under Social Justice & Empowerment ministry
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution (c)
- ‘Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons is under Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment
- Under Garima Greh Scheme of Shelter Home for Transgender Persons, Garima Greh: Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ has been inaugurated, in Vadodara, Gujarat.
- It includes shelter facility, food, clothing, recreational facilities, skill development opportunities, legal support, technical advice for gender transition and surgeries, etc.
- The Nodal Ministry has identified 10 cities to set up the 13 Shelter Homes and extend the facilities to Transgender persons, in association with selected 13 Community based organizations (CBOs) in the country on pilot basis.
- The cities include Vadodara, New Delhi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Manipur, Chennai, Raipur and Mumbai.
- The scheme will rehabilitate a minimum of 25 transgender persons in each homes identified by the Ministry.
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Solution (c)
- ‘Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons is under Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment
- Under Garima Greh Scheme of Shelter Home for Transgender Persons, Garima Greh: Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ has been inaugurated, in Vadodara, Gujarat.
- It includes shelter facility, food, clothing, recreational facilities, skill development opportunities, legal support, technical advice for gender transition and surgeries, etc.
- The Nodal Ministry has identified 10 cities to set up the 13 Shelter Homes and extend the facilities to Transgender persons, in association with selected 13 Community based organizations (CBOs) in the country on pilot basis.
- The cities include Vadodara, New Delhi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Manipur, Chennai, Raipur and Mumbai.
- The scheme will rehabilitate a minimum of 25 transgender persons in each homes identified by the Ministry.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve which was recently awarded TX2 award for doubling the number of tigers in the past four years is in which state?
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Solution (a)
TX2 award:
- Launched recently, these awards were open to submissions from any site in a tiger range country that has achieved remarkable measurable progress since 2010.
- Site: An area having a functional tiger population, legally designated as a “site” under national legislation.
- Award winners were announced on 23rd November 2020 – the 10 year anniversary for the global TX2 goal.
- Sites will receive a small financial grant to be used to further tiger conservation.
- TX2 Award: It goes to one site that has achieved remarkable and measurable increase in its tiger population since 2010.
- Conservation Excellence Award: This award recognises one site that has achieved excellence in two or more of these five themes:
- Tiger and prey population monitoring and research (tiger translocation/prey augmentation),
- Effective site management,
- Enhanced law enforcement & protection & ranger welfare improvement,
- Community based conservation, benefits and human-wildlife conflict mitigation and
- Habitat and prey management.
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve:
- Location: Pilibhit district, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh
- The northern edge of the reserve lies along the Indo-Nepal border while the southern boundary is marked by the river Sharada and Khakra.
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Solution (a)
TX2 award:
- Launched recently, these awards were open to submissions from any site in a tiger range country that has achieved remarkable measurable progress since 2010.
- Site: An area having a functional tiger population, legally designated as a “site” under national legislation.
- Award winners were announced on 23rd November 2020 – the 10 year anniversary for the global TX2 goal.
- Sites will receive a small financial grant to be used to further tiger conservation.
- TX2 Award: It goes to one site that has achieved remarkable and measurable increase in its tiger population since 2010.
- Conservation Excellence Award: This award recognises one site that has achieved excellence in two or more of these five themes:
- Tiger and prey population monitoring and research (tiger translocation/prey augmentation),
- Effective site management,
- Enhanced law enforcement & protection & ranger welfare improvement,
- Community based conservation, benefits and human-wildlife conflict mitigation and
- Habitat and prey management.
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve:
- Location: Pilibhit district, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh
- The northern edge of the reserve lies along the Indo-Nepal border while the southern boundary is marked by the river Sharada and Khakra.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Chhath Puja was recently in news, is related to which god?
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Solution (b)
- Chhath is a Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun god and his wife Usha in order to thank them for bestowing the bounties of life on earth.
- The word chhath means sixth and the festival is celebrated on the sixth day of the month Kartika of the Hindu lunar Bikram Sambat calendar.
- The festival is observed over a period of four days, Goddess Chhathi Maiya is worshipped during the Chhath Puja.
- The main worshipers, called Parvaitin, are usually women.
- However, many men also observe this festival as Chhath is not a gender-specific festival.
- The rituals include holy bathing, fasting, standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prayers and food to the setting and rising sun.
- The festival is observed most elaborately in Mithila Province of Nepal, Terai-Madhesh region of Nepal, Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and UP.
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Solution (b)
- Chhath is a Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun god and his wife Usha in order to thank them for bestowing the bounties of life on earth.
- The word chhath means sixth and the festival is celebrated on the sixth day of the month Kartika of the Hindu lunar Bikram Sambat calendar.
- The festival is observed over a period of four days, Goddess Chhathi Maiya is worshipped during the Chhath Puja.
- The main worshipers, called Parvaitin, are usually women.
- However, many men also observe this festival as Chhath is not a gender-specific festival.
- The rituals include holy bathing, fasting, standing in water for long periods of time, and offering prayers and food to the setting and rising sun.
- The festival is observed most elaborately in Mithila Province of Nepal, Terai-Madhesh region of Nepal, Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and UP.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Arrange the following Places from North to South:
- Kabul
- Astana
- Tashkent
- Ashgabat
Which of the following order is/are correct?
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Solution (b)
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Solution (b)
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following Statements with respect to Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN):
- eVIN is an indigenously developed technology
- WHO is associating with India under this Mission
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution (a)
- The Indian government is using eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) in association with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to identify primary beneficiaries and vaccine distribution networks.
- eVIN is an indigenously developed technology.
- It digitises vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
- The innovative eVIN was first launched across 12 states in 2015 to support better vaccine logistics management at cold chain points.
- eVIN supports the central government’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points across states and UTs.
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Solution (a)
- The Indian government is using eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) in association with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to identify primary beneficiaries and vaccine distribution networks.
- eVIN is an indigenously developed technology.
- It digitises vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
- The innovative eVIN was first launched across 12 states in 2015 to support better vaccine logistics management at cold chain points.
- eVIN supports the central government’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points across states and UTs.
