1. The Global Nutrition Report is published by which of the following institute

      (a) WHO

      (b) UNDP

      (c) UNEP

      (d) Independent Expert Group

 

2. Consider the following statements about Goal Programme:

1. It has designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode.
2. The program intends to upskill and empower 1 lakh tribal youths in the current phase to harness the full potential of digital platforms and tools

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

      (a) 1 only

      (b) 2 only

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) Neither 1nor 2

 

 

3. Consider the following statements about Khudol Initiative:

1. The initiative entails ensuring food, health and hygiene of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children and adolescents.
2. Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All, an Imphal-based NGO.
3. It is under the NITI Aayog’s supervision.

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 1 and 2

      (c) 3 only

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

 

 

4. Consider the following statements about Katkari Tribe:

1. The Katkari are an Indian Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Odisha and Chhatisgarh.
2. They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language.
3. They believe that their strength and long life comes from eating the meat of rodents

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 2 and 3

      (b) 3 only

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

 

 

1. Consider the following statements about University of Calcutta:

1. The University of Calcutta was set up in 1857
2. The proposal to establish two universities, one in Calcutta and the other in Madras, was accepted in 1854.
3. In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became the first graduates of the university.

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 3 only

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

 

 

2. Consider the following statements about SAMARTH:

1. The Department of Higher Education has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH.
2. It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions.
3. The objective of this initiative is to make student android users friendly to make the processes more worthy.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) 2 only

 

 

3. Which among the following initiative include under PM e-VIDYA:

1. Manodarpan initiative 
2. DIKSHA
3. SWAYAM

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1, 2 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 1 and 3

      (d) 3 only

 

 

 

 

Answers

Topic : Social Issue

 

1. The Global Nutrition Report is published by which of the following institute

      (a) WHO

      (b) UNDP

      (c) UNEP

      (d) Independent Expert Group

Answer: (d)

Explanation:

The option (d) is correct

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Global Nutrition Report 2020

• India is among 88 countries that are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025, according to the Global Nutrition Report 2020 released recently.

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• It also identified the country as one with the highest rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition.
• Between 2000 and 2016, underweight rates have decreased from 66.0% to 58.1% for boys and 54.2% to 50.1% in girls. However, this is still high compared with the average of 35.6% for boys and 31.8% for girls in Asia.
• In addition, 37.9% of children under five are stunted and 20.8% are wasted, compared with the Asia average of 22.7% and 9.4% respectively.
• One in two women of reproductive age is anaemic, while at the same time the rate of overweight and obesity continues to rise, affecting almost a fifth of the adults, at 21.6% of women and 17.8% of men.
• India is identified as among the three worst countries, along with Nigeria and Indonesia, for steep within country disparities on stunting, where the levels varied four-fold across communities.

Background

• In 2012, the World Health Assembly identified six nutrition targets for maternal, infant and young child nutrition to be met by 2025.
• These require governments to reduce stunting by 40% in children under five and prevalence of anaemia by 50% among women in the age group of 19-49, ensure 30% reduction in low-birth weight and no increase in childhood overweight, increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months up to at least 50% and reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%.
• According to the Global Nutrition Report 2020, India will miss targets for all four nutritional indicators for which there is data available — stunting among under-five children, anaemia among women of reproductive age, childhood overweight and exclusive breastfeeding.

About Global Nutrition Report

• Global Nutrition Report has been produced by the Independent Expert Group of the Global Nutrition Report, supported by the Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group.
• The Global Nutrition Report was conceived following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013. The first report was published in 2014.
• The Global Nutrition Report acts as a report card on the world’s nutrition—globally, regionally, and country by country—and on efforts to improve it.
• It assesses progress in meeting Global Nutrition Targets established by the World Health Assembly.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) is a Global Nutrition Report Partner.

 

2. Consider the following statements about Goal Programme:

1. It has designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode.
2. The program intends to upskill and empower 1 lakh tribal youths in the current phase to harness the full potential of digital platforms and tools

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

      (a) 1 only

      (b) 2 only

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) Neither 1nor 2

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

1. Statement 1 is correct: It has designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode
2. Statement 2 is incorrect: The program intends to upskill and empower 5,000 tribal youths in the current phase to harness the full potential of digital platforms and tools

 

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Goal Programme

• Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the “GOAL (Going Online As Leaders)” programme in partnership with Facebook.

About the GOAL Programme

• The GOAL programme is designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode.
• The digitally enabled program envisages to act as a catalyst to explore hidden talents of the tribal youth, which will help in their personal development as well as contribute to all-round upliftment of their society.
• The program intends to upskill and empower 5,000 tribal youths in the current phase to harness the full potential of digital platforms and tools to learn new ways of doing business, explore and connect with domestic and international markets.
• The programme has been designed with a long term vision to develop the potential of tribal youth and women to help them acquire skills and knowledge through mentorship in various sectors including horticulture, food processing, bee keeping, tribal art and culture, medicinal herbs, entrepreneurship among others.
• Starting with 5000, the programme can be extended to cover any number of tribal persons who show keen interest in being mentored to achieve their goals.

What is planned?

• In this program, 5000 scheduled tribe youth (to be called as ‘Mentees’) will get an excellent opportunity to get training by experts from different disciplines and fields (to be called as ‘Mentors’).
• There will be 1 mentor for 2 mentees. The program aims to enable Scheduled Tribe (ST) youth in remote areas to use digital platforms for sharing their aspirations, dreams and talent with their mentors.

All the selected mentees will be provided with smartphones and Internet access (for one year) by Facebook along with exposure to various external forums that will give opportunity to the participants to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and leadership abilities.

 

3. Consider the following statements about Khudol Initiative:

1. The initiative entails ensuring food, health and hygiene of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children and adolescents.
2. Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All, an Imphal-based NGO.
3. It is under the NITI Aayog’s supervision.

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 1 and 2

      (c) 3 only

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

Explanation:

1. Statement 1 is correct: The initiative entails ensuring food, health and hygiene of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children and adolescents
2. Statement 2 is correct: Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All, an Imphal-based NGO
3. Statement 3 is incorrect: read the following

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Khudol Initiative

• Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All, an Imphal-based NGO that had created India’s first transgender football team.

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• The initiative entails ensuring food, health and hygiene of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children and adolescents.
• The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth has listed Manipur’s Khudol (gift) among the top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Ya_All, was founded in 2017, for organising mental health workshops and founding Meitram, the first co-working and networking space owned and run by queer individuals in India.
• Manipur has also been more accommodative to the transgender community than other States during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, ensuring that they were not put into quarantine centres for men.
• Ya_All created a model of an inclusive safe space for transgender returnees.

 

4. Consider the following statements about Katkari Tribe:

1. The Katkari are an Indian Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Odisha and Chhatisgarh.
2. They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language.
3. They believe that their strength and long life comes from eating the meat of rodents

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 2 and 3

      (b) 3 only

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

1. Statement 1 is incorrect: The Katkari are an Indian Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Maharashtra
2. Statement 2 is correct: They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language
3. Statement 3 is correct: They believe that their strength and long life comes from eating the meat of rodents.

 

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Katkari Tribe

• Katkari Tribe has formed “Adivasi Ekatmik Samajik Sanstha” in Shahapur area of Thane district, which markets Giloy and other products.

What is ‘Giloy’?

• Tinospora cordifolia,which is known by the common names heart-leaved moonseed, guduchi, and giloy in Ayurveda, is used in medicines which treat various kinds of fever (viral fever, malaria, etc.) as well as diabetes.
• It is used in extract form, powder form or cream. It is indigenous to the tropical areas ofBangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.

About Katkari Tribes

• The Katkari are an Indian Tribe mostly belonging to the state of Maharashtra. They have been categorised as a Scheduled tribe. They are one of the 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
• They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language,a dialect of the Marathi-Konkani languages, with each other; they speak Marathi with the Marathi speakers, who are a majority in the populace where they live.
• In Maharashtra the Katkari have been designated a Particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), along with two other groups included in this sub-category: theMadia Gond and the Kolam.
• The Census of India 2001 (GOI 2012) indicates that Maharashtra is home to 235,022 Katkari, mainly in Raigad and Thane districts.
• Small numbers of Katkari also live the states of Gujarat, Karnatakaand Rajasthan.
• The food habits of the Katkari are a reason for their social exclusion. The Katkari are one of only a few tribal groupsin India that eat rodents, including the Little Indian Field Mouse, the Black Rat and the Greater or Indian Bandicoot.
• They believe that their strength and long life comes from eating the meat of rodents.

What are PVTGs?

• There are certain tribal communities who have declining or stagnant population, low level of literacy, pre-agricultural level of technology and are economically backward. They generally inhabit remote localities having poor infrastructure and administrative support.
• These groups are among the most vulnerable section of our society as they are few in numbers, have not attained any significant level of social and economic development.
• 75 such groups have been identified and categorised as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).

About Pradhan Mantri Van Dhana Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY) is a retail marketing led value addition plan for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), meant for forest-based tribes to optimise the tribal income, locally.
• Under the program, MFP-based tribal groups/enterprises of around 300 members are formed for collection, value addition, packaging & marketing of Minor Forest Produces (MFPs).
• These tribal enterprises will be in the form of Van Dhan SHGs which will be a group of 15-20 members and such 15 SHG groups will further be federated into a larger group of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKS) of around 300 members.
• TRIFED will support the VDVKs through providing them with model business plans, processing plans & tentative list of equipment for carrying out the value addition work of MFPs.

 

 

 Topic- Education

 

1. Consider the following statements about University of Calcutta:

1. The University of Calcutta was set up in 1857
2. The proposal to establish two universities, one in Calcutta and the other in Madras, was accepted in 1854.
3. In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became the first graduates of the university.

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 3 only

      (d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

1. Statement 1 is correct: The University of Calcutta was set up in 1857
2. Statement 2 is incorrect: The proposal to establish two universities, one in Calcutta and the other in Bombay, was accepted in 1854
3. Statement 3 is correct: In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became the first graduates of the university

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Calcutta University’s digital collection goes online

What’s n News?

• The University of Calcutta has placed the entire digital collection of its library online so that physical visits are no longer necessitated and the world at large benefits from it.

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• In the spirit of online education, the University has also decided to open up free access to its digital collections.
• The digitised collection of full-text materials has been made accessible for free reading — from any part of the world.

University of Calcutta:

• The University of Calcutta was set up in 1857.
• The proposal to establish two universities, one in Calcutta and the other in Bombay, was accepted in 1854 and the necessary authority was given through Wood’s Despatch.
• The first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University were Governor General Lord Canning and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir Willam Colvile, respectively.
• In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became the first graduates of the university.

 

2. Consider the following statements about SAMARTH:

1. The Department of Higher Education has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH.
2. It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions.
3. The objective of this initiative is to make student android users friendly to make the processes more worthy.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

      (a) 1 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 1 and 2

      (d) 2 only

Answer: (c)

Explanation:

1. Statement 1 is correct: Department of Higher Education has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH
2. Statement 2 is correct: It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions
3. Statement 3 is incorrect: The objective of this initiative is to automate the processes of the Institute

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SAMARTH

• Department of Higher Education has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH (Enterprises Resource Planning) ERP, under the National Mission of Education in Information and Communication Technology Scheme (NMEICT).

What is SAMARTH?

• ERP, SAMARTH, is an Open Standard Open Source Architecture, Secure, Scalable and Evolutionary Process Automation Engine for Universities and Higher Educational Institutions.
• It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions.
• Now, the ERP, SAMARTH, has been implemented at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, a participating unit under the World Bank supported Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP).
• The objective of this initiative is to automate the processes of the Institute.

What is NMEICT?

• The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has been envisaged as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to leverage the potential of ICT, in teaching and learning process for the benefit of all the learners in Higher Education Institutions in any time any where mode.
• This was expected to be a major intervention in enhancing the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education by 5 percentage points during the XI Five Year Plan period.
• The three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality could be served well by providing connectivity to all colleges and universities, providing low cost and affordable access-cum-computing devices to students and teachers and providing high quality e-content free of cost to all learners in the country.
• NMEICT encompasses all the three elements. The Mission has two major components – providing connectivity, along with provision for access devices, to institutions and learners, and Content generation.
• It seeks to bridge the digital divide, i.e. the gap in the skills to use computing devices for the purpose of teaching and learning among urban and rural teachers/learners in Higher Education domain.

 

3. Which among the following initiative include under PM e-VIDYA:

1. Manodarpan initiative 
2. DIKSHA
3. SWAYAM

Which of the given statements are correct?

      (a) 1, 2 and 3

      (b) 2 and 3

      (c) 1 and 3

      (d) 3 only

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

All the statements are correct

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PM e-VIDYA

• Union Finance Ministry has announced several initiatives to boost Education Sector.

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• A comprehensive initiative called PM e-VIDYA will be launched which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education.
• This will enable multi-mode access to education, and includes:

1. DIKSHA (one nation-one digital platform) – nation’s digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content in school education for all the states/UTs.
2. TV (one class-one channel)where one dedicated channel per grade for each of the classes 1 to 12 will provide access to quality educational material.
3. SWAYAM online coursesin MOOCS format for school and higher education.
4. IITPALfor IITJEE/NEET preparation.
5. Air through Community radio and CBSE Shiksha Vani podcast.
6. Study material for the differently abled developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY)and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.
7. Manodarpan initiative– It is being launched to provide psychosocial support to students, teachers and families for mental health and emotional wellbeing through a website, a toll-free helpline, national directory of counselors, interactive chat platform, etc. This initiative will benefit all school going children in the country, along with their parents, teachers and the community of stakeholders in school education.
8. Expanding e-learning in higher education– by liberalizing open, distance and online education regulatory framework. Top 100 universities will start online courses. Also, online component in conventional Universities and ODL programmes will also be raised from present 20% to 40%. This will provide enhanced learning opportunities to nearly 7 crore students across different colleges and Universities.
9. National Curriculum and Pedagogical Framework– To promote critical thinking, creative and communication skills, along with experiential and joyful learning for the students focusing on learning outcomes.