Current Affairs Quiz 11 April 2022

Ans;- d) None of the above

Explanation;-

• The National Nutrition Mission launched in 2018, it is the Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
• It is backed by a National Nutrition Strategy prepared by the NITI Aayog with the goal of attaining “Kuposhan Mukt Bharat” or malnutrition-free India, by 2022.

• Aims
○ To reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.
○ To address the problem of malnutrition in a mission-mode.
• The 50% of the total budget comes from the World Bank or other multilateral development banks and the rest of the 50% is through Centre’s budgetary support.
○ The Centre’s budgetary support is further divided into 60:40 between the Centre and the States, 90:10 for the north-eastern region and the Himalayan States and 100% for the Union Territories (UTs) without legislature.
• The NITI Aayog recently released “Accelerating Progress on nutrition in India: What Will It Take”, the third progress report on the National Nutrition Mission or the Poshan Abhiyaan.
○ The third progress report (October 2019-April 2020) takes stock of the roll-out status on the ground and implementation challenges encountered at various levels through large scale datasets.
○ The initial Reports I and II, focused majorly on the mission’s preparedness and implementation by States and UTs, respectively.
○ The review report was drafted in March 2020 and does not factor worsening poverty and hunger levels since then, which are expected to have gone down further due to the Covid-19.

Ans;- c) East China sea

Explanation;-

About Senkaku Island Dispute

• The Japanese-administered island chain, formed by five islets and three barren rocks, covers an area of 7 square km.

• It is located about 200km southwest of Japan’s Okinawa Island and a similar distance northeast of Taiwan.

Ans:- c) Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Explanation;-
• The Guru Arjan 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606 was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus.
• He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib.

Ans;- c) TB

Explanation;-

The Strategic pillars of National Strategic Plan for TB elimination 2017–25

• The requirements for moving towards TB elimination have been integrated into the four strategic pillars of “Detect – Treat – Prevent – Build” (DTPB).

1. DETECT – Find all TB cases with an emphasis on reaching TB patients seeking care from private providers and undiagnosed TB in high-risk populations.

2. TREAT – Initiate and sustain all patients on appropriate anti-TB treatment wherever they seek care, with patient friendly systems and social support.

3. PREVENT -Treatment for latent TB infection in contacts of bacteriologically-confirmed cases.

4. BUILD – Build and strengthen enabling policies, empowered institutions and human resources with enhanced capacities.

Ans;- c )Both 1 and 2

Explanation;-

• As question asked to choose incorrect , both the statements are incorrect

• The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federations in India. It is associated with the Communist party of India.
• The Lala Lajpat Rai was the first President.
• According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 million in 2013.
• It was founded on 31 October 1920.

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