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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the following statements about State of Global Water Resource Report
- It is an annual report published by the United Nations Environment Programme since 2021.
- According to current report 2021 marked the driest year for global rivers in 33 years.
Choose the incorrect statements:
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Incorrect Incorrect · It is an annual report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) since 2021. · It offers a comprehensive and consistent overview of water resources worldwide.
· It is based on input from dozens of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and other organizations and experts.
Highlights of the 2023 Report: · The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in 33 years.
· The last five consecutive years have recorded widespread below-normal conditions for river flows, with reservoir inflows following a similar pattern.
· It notes that 2023 was also the second consecutive year in which all regions in the world with glaciers reported ice loss, the year in which “glaciers suffered the largest mass loss ever registered in 50 years.
· More than 600 gigatons (Gt) of water were lost across all glaciated regions of the world.
Context: The new annual State of the Global Climate report, published recently by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), found that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Incorrect Incorrect · It is an annual report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) since 2021. · It offers a comprehensive and consistent overview of water resources worldwide.
· It is based on input from dozens of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and other organizations and experts.
Highlights of the 2023 Report: · The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in 33 years.
· The last five consecutive years have recorded widespread below-normal conditions for river flows, with reservoir inflows following a similar pattern.
· It notes that 2023 was also the second consecutive year in which all regions in the world with glaciers reported ice loss, the year in which “glaciers suffered the largest mass loss ever registered in 50 years.
· More than 600 gigatons (Gt) of water were lost across all glaciated regions of the world.
Context: The new annual State of the Global Climate report, published recently by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), found that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements about Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY)
- It is a central sector scheme under the National Health Mission.
- It is implemented by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- Financial incentive of Rs.1000/- per month for each notified TB patient is provided.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Incorrect Incorrect Correct Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY): · NPY was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) as a centrally sponsored scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM) in April 2018.
· It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in India.
· Objective: Provides incentives for nutritional support to tuberculosis (TB) patients.
· Beneficiary: All notified TB patients are beneficiaries of the scheme.
Eligibility:
· All patients with TB who are notified to the government on or after April 1, 2018, including those who are already being treated for TB, are eligible for financial incentives.
· To be eligible for the incentives, patients must be registered or notified on the NIKSHAY portal.
· Benefits: Financial incentive of Rs.1000/- per month for each notified TB patient for duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment.
· The incentives can be distributed in Cash (only via DBT, preferably through Aadhaar enabled bank accounts) or in-kind.
· This scheme is implemented across all States and UTs in India.
Context: The Union Health Ministry has doubled the monthly nutrition support under Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana from the existing Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month for all TB patients, during treatment.
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Solution (a)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Incorrect Incorrect Correct Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY): · NPY was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) as a centrally sponsored scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM) in April 2018.
· It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in India.
· Objective: Provides incentives for nutritional support to tuberculosis (TB) patients.
· Beneficiary: All notified TB patients are beneficiaries of the scheme.
Eligibility:
· All patients with TB who are notified to the government on or after April 1, 2018, including those who are already being treated for TB, are eligible for financial incentives.
· To be eligible for the incentives, patients must be registered or notified on the NIKSHAY portal.
· Benefits: Financial incentive of Rs.1000/- per month for each notified TB patient for duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment.
· The incentives can be distributed in Cash (only via DBT, preferably through Aadhaar enabled bank accounts) or in-kind.
· This scheme is implemented across all States and UTs in India.
Context: The Union Health Ministry has doubled the monthly nutrition support under Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana from the existing Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month for all TB patients, during treatment.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements about Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
- ANNs are collections of nodes designed to mimic neuron networks in animal brains.
- Transformer, a new form of ANN is a two-part neural network that encodes and then decodes information.
Choose the correct statements:
Correct
Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · Artificial neural network (ANN) is a collection of nodes designed to operate like networks of neurons in animal brains. · Each node is a site where some input data is processed according to fixed rules to produce an output.
· A connection between nodes allows them to transfer input and output signals to each other.
· Stacking multiple layers of nodes, with each layer performing a specific task with great attention to detail, creates a machine capable of deep learning.
· Transformers – A new form of ANN is a two-part neural network that encodes and then decodes information. · The first part is an ‘encoder’ that ingests the input sentence in the source language (e.g. English) and the second is a ‘decoder’ that generates the translated sentence in the target language (Hindi).
· Transformers are also the bedrock of generative models that create realistic images and audio.
· Their utility in diverse domains makes transformers a very powerful and universal model.
Context: It was in news.
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Solution (c)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Correct Correct · Artificial neural network (ANN) is a collection of nodes designed to operate like networks of neurons in animal brains. · Each node is a site where some input data is processed according to fixed rules to produce an output.
· A connection between nodes allows them to transfer input and output signals to each other.
· Stacking multiple layers of nodes, with each layer performing a specific task with great attention to detail, creates a machine capable of deep learning.
· Transformers – A new form of ANN is a two-part neural network that encodes and then decodes information. · The first part is an ‘encoder’ that ingests the input sentence in the source language (e.g. English) and the second is a ‘decoder’ that generates the translated sentence in the target language (Hindi).
· Transformers are also the bedrock of generative models that create realistic images and audio.
· Their utility in diverse domains makes transformers a very powerful and universal model.
Context: It was in news.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Consider the following statements about Trachoma
- It is an eye disease caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- Blindness from trachoma is irreversible.
- India is the first country in the South-East Asia Region to eliminate trachoma.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct
Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect · Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. · It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis.
· Blindness from trachoma is irreversible.
· Transmission – Infection spreads through personal contact (via hands, clothes, bedding or hard surfaces) and by flies that have been in contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of an infected person.
· Symptoms – It causes pain and may permanently damage the cornea.
· Public health concern – It is a public health problem in 42 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.
· Prevention and control – Elimination programmes in endemic countries are being implemented using the WHO-recommended SAFE strategy. This consists of:
· Surgery to treat the blinding stage (trachomatous trichiasis),
· Antibiotics to clear infection, particularly mass drug administration of the antibiotic azithromycin, which is donated by the manufacturer to elimination programmes, through the International Trachoma Initiative,
· Facial cleanliness and
· Environmental improvement, particularly improving access to water and sanitation.
· Most endemic countries have agreed to accelerate the implementation of this strategy to achieve elimination targets.
· India – India has successfully eliminated trachoma, a bacterial infection that affects the eyes, as a public health problem.
· India is the 3rd country in the South-East Asia Region to eliminate trachoma.
Context: World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem.
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Solution (b)
Statement Analysis
Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Correct Correct Incorrect · Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. · It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis.
· Blindness from trachoma is irreversible.
· Transmission – Infection spreads through personal contact (via hands, clothes, bedding or hard surfaces) and by flies that have been in contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of an infected person.
· Symptoms – It causes pain and may permanently damage the cornea.
· Public health concern – It is a public health problem in 42 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.
· Prevention and control – Elimination programmes in endemic countries are being implemented using the WHO-recommended SAFE strategy. This consists of:
· Surgery to treat the blinding stage (trachomatous trichiasis),
· Antibiotics to clear infection, particularly mass drug administration of the antibiotic azithromycin, which is donated by the manufacturer to elimination programmes, through the International Trachoma Initiative,
· Facial cleanliness and
· Environmental improvement, particularly improving access to water and sanitation.
· Most endemic countries have agreed to accelerate the implementation of this strategy to achieve elimination targets.
· India – India has successfully eliminated trachoma, a bacterial infection that affects the eyes, as a public health problem.
· India is the 3rd country in the South-East Asia Region to eliminate trachoma.
Context: World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Doddalathur Megalithic Site, recently seen in news is located in which of the following state?
Correct
Solution (a)
Correct
Doddalathur megalithic site:
- Location: Doddalathur village, Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. Situated in a small valley formed by the Male Mahadeshwara Hill ranges.
- Discovery: Identified by C. Krishnamurti of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1961.
- Period: The site corresponds to the Iron Age, broadly placed between 1200 BC and 300 CE in South India.
- Significance: Contains hundreds of megalithic burials characterized by circles made of large boulders. Many burials remain intact despite agricultural expansion and land development.
- Current excavation: Led by a team from the University of Mysore and the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, with a focus on understanding megalithic-iron age culture and providing field training to archaeology students.
Incorrect
Solution (a)
Correct
Doddalathur megalithic site:
- Location: Doddalathur village, Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. Situated in a small valley formed by the Male Mahadeshwara Hill ranges.
- Discovery: Identified by C. Krishnamurti of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1961.
- Period: The site corresponds to the Iron Age, broadly placed between 1200 BC and 300 CE in South India.
- Significance: Contains hundreds of megalithic burials characterized by circles made of large boulders. Many burials remain intact despite agricultural expansion and land development.
- Current excavation: Led by a team from the University of Mysore and the Mythic Society, Bengaluru, with a focus on understanding megalithic-iron age culture and providing field training to archaeology students.
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