DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS CLASS TEST –MARCH- 08

1. Which of the following schemes are brought to improve the women education in India?

  1. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme
  2. Digital Gender Atlas
  3. UDAN
  4. STEM education
  5. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

2. Consider the following statements regarding Electoral Bonds scheme:

  1. It is an anonymous bearer banking instrument that can be purchased by individual or entity incorporated in India only.
  2. It can be used for making donations to only those registered political parties which have secured not less than one per cent of the votes polled in the last assembly election.
  3. The information furnished by the buyer is treated confidential by the authorized bank- State Bank of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

3. With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements: 

  1. There are around 32 elephant Reserves in India notified by the state governments. 
  2. The first elephant reserve was the Singhbhum elephant Reserve of Jharkhand. 
  3. Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Karnataka.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

4. Consider the following statements regarding the POCSO Act, 2019:

  1. The Act increased minimum punishment for penetrative sexual assault from 7 years to 15 years.
  2. It also provides for with imprisonment between 20 years to life, with fine if person commits penetrative sexual assault on child below age of 16 years.
  3. The Act also defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct that involves child such as photograph, video, digital or even computer generated image indistinguishable from actual child.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

5. Consider the following statements regarding the International Big Cat Alliance: 

  1. South Africa has proposed to launch a mega global alliance under its leadership to protect big cats and assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of $100 million.
  2. Membership to the alliance will be open to 97 “range” countries, which contain the natural habitat of these big cats, as well as other interested nations, international organisations, etc.
  3. After the first five years, the IBCA is expected to sustain itself through membership fees, and contributions from bilateral and multilateral institutions and the private sector.

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6. Which of the following statements is not true about the SWAMIH fund? 

 

 
 
 
 

7.

Consider the following statements with regard to the Great Indian Bustard:

  1. The Great Indian Bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world and has disappeared from 90% of its habitat except in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
  2. The IUCN has categorised the species as ‘critically endangered’.
  3. The Supreme Court in April 2021 ordered that all overhead power transmission lines in core and potential GIB habitats in Rajasthan and Gujarat should be made underground.

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8. With regard to Bio-Computers, consider the following:

  1. It is a combination of brain organoids with modern computing methods using machine learning.
  2. They can record the neurons firing patterns and mimic sensory stimuli.
  3. While Bio brains are slower than human brains at simple arithmetic, they outshine human brain at processing complex information.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

9. Consider the following with regard to SWAMIH (Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing) Investment Fund:

  1. It has been set up as a Category-II Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) debt fund registered with the Reserve Bank of India.
  2. The only eligibility criteria for the real estate projects to obtain loan from SWAMIH Fund is that they must be registered under RERA.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

10. Consider the following, with reference to Migration in India Report 2020-21:

  1. The report is released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation.
  2. According to report most of the female migration was caused in search of employment.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

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