Weekly PIB Quiz

Consider the following about Integrated Child Development Services:
1) It is a programme which provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children between 6 to 14 years of age
2) Mothers are also covered in this programme.
3) UNICEF and World Bank both are associated with the programme.
Choose the correct statement(s):

Which of the following statements is/are NOT true?
1) Monthly Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHND) are monthly days held at village level in Anganwadi centre to increase the awareness and bring about desired changes in the dietary practices including the promotion of breastfeeding
2) Under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), systematic efforts are undertaken to detect nutrition deficiency among children and adolescents respectively
3) Supplementary Nutrition in form of hot-cooked meals and take-home ration provided to children aged 6 months to 6 years under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
4) Vitamin A supplementation for children aged 6 months to 5 years and iron and folic acid supplementation is being carried out for children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women through life cycle approach under “National Iron Plus Initiative” programme.

Consider the following and select the correct statement(s):
1) As a project-based partnership, the SASEC program has been helping realize regional prosperity by enhancing cross-border connectivity, facilitating faster and more efficient trade and promoting cross-border power trade
2) The four countries that comprise the South Asia Growth Quadrangle, are the same countries of South Asia that requested from ADB to assist in facilitating economic cooperation among them during the foundation of SASEC
3) SASEC is expanding towards the West with Maldives formally becoming the 7th member of SASEC in 2017

What Is PowerTex India?
1) A comprehensive scheme for power loom sector development launched by the Government of India.
2) It was launched in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Consider the following statements:
1) The assets created under RKVY would be monitored by Geo tagging them using BHUVAN, a geo platform of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).
2) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is a wing of Indian Space Research Organisation located at Hyderabad.
3) NRSC also acts as a platform for hosting government data.
Which of the above mentioned statements is/are true?

Recently, NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 was held. What was its theme?

The Lok Sabha has recently cleared 102nd Constitutional Amendment Bill. Regarding it, which of the following is/are NOT correct?
1) It grants constitutional status to the Backward Classes Commission.
2) Any addition to the list of communities under the Other Backward Classes can now be done by state governments taking prior permission of President.
3) It will now be called the National Commission for Socially, Educationally and Economically Backward Classes.

Which of the following is/are correct about Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)?
1) The objective is to increase export and import of various goods and services in a time bound manner.
2) It comes under the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

Recently seen in news, ‘Swachhagraha- Bapu Ko Karyanjali” is-
1) A Mission, An Exhibition’ to mark 100th Anniversary of Kheda Satyagrah at the National Archives of India (NAI).
2) An Online Interactive Quiz “Karyanjali”, was also launched which will continue for 30 months till October, 2019.
Choose the correct code:

Consider the following w.r.t. Survey of India (SOI):
1) It is the oldest scientific department in India and one of the oldest survey establishments in the world
2) SOI has surveyed and mapped each and every part of the country and also prepared Topographic maps or Open Series Maps (OSM) containing natural and man-made geographical features including terrain or topography.
3) These OSM maps have been made available for free download from “NAKSHE” web portal.
Which of the above is/are Incorrect?

Which of the following is/are correct about India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)?
1) IPPB would focus on providing basic financial services such as all kinds of payments; including social security payments, utility bill payments, person to person remittances (both domestic and cross-border) etc.
2) IPPB will be related to the public service as well as promoting commercial interests.
3) Its Motto is “No customer is too small, no transaction too insignificant, and no deposit too little”.

What is TROPEX 17?

Consider the following about Operation Clean Money:
1) It’s the official name of recent Demonetization drive by GoI.
2) Operation Clean Money is an Income Tax Department (ITD) initiative.
Select the correct option:

Select the correct answer;
1) The Agro-meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) is operated at district scale through multimedia channels and also through SMS so as to plan farm operations accordingly.
2) It is prepared monthly by weather based AAS bulletins.

A new Section 357A has been inserted in the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 vide the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008. It was regarding: