19 July 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

Ans. (b) Namibia
Botswana shares its border with South Africa, but it is landlocked. Angola has coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but it does not share a border with South Africa. Mozambique shares its border with South Africa, but it has a coastline on the Indian Ocean. Namibia has a coastline on the Indian Ocean and shares a border with South Africa.

Ans. (b) 2 and 3 only
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): This is a flagship outcome-based skill training scheme aimed at benefiting 24 lakh youth. A monetary reward is provided to trainees on assessment and certification. The steering Com
Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood (SANKALP): SANKALP is a Centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with the primary focus on district-level skilling ecosystem through convergence and coordination.
Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM): Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities in 2020. Through ASEEM, agencies, employers, and job aggregators who are looking for a skilled workforce in the specific sectors will have access to the required details of the availability of skilled workforce and formulate their hiring plans.

Ans. (c) 3 only.
· A carbon credit (often called a carbon offset) is a tradable certificate or permit.
· One carbon credit is equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide.
· Carbon credits are a part of attempts to mitigate the growth in concentrations of GHGs.
· Carbon credits or carbon offsets can be acquired through afforestation, renewable energy, CO2 sequestration, methane capture, buying from an exchange (carbon credits trading) etc.
· Carbon trading is the name given to the exchange of emission permits.
· This exchange may take place within the economy or may take the form of international transaction.
· Under Carbon Credits Trading mechanism countries that emit more carbon than the quota allotted to them buy carbon credits from those that emit less.
· In Carbon trading, one credit gives the country or a company right to emit one tonne of CO2.
· A developing nation such as India, turns out to be a seller of such credits, which eventually provides them with monetary gains.
· Carbon credits are traded at various exchanges across the world.
Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) launched futures trading in carbon credits in 2009.

Ans. (b) 2 only.
Post-Independence, Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the MDM scheme in the 1960s.
The Midday Meal Scheme is covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013.
The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes.

Ans. (d) Australia
The Group of 7 (G7) is an informal group of seven countries — the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, the heads of which hold an annual summit with European Union and other invitees.
Together the member countries represent 40% of global GDP and 10% of the world’s population.