IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Nov 21 & 22, 2016

ANSWER: It has audio described films for children with disabilities

Explanation:
Three films viz., Gandhi, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Dhanak are screened at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for children with disabilities through audio-description under the Accessible India Campaign (Sugayama Bharat Abhiyan).

This is first of its kind initiative in India in collaboration with Saksham NGO and UNESCO.

The concept of audio described content has been well established internationally.

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2

Explanation:
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) are a system of alternate schools for gifted students in India.

They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India.

JNVs are fully residential and co-educational schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, with classes from VI to XII standard.

JNVs are specifically tasked with finding talented children in rural areas of India and providing them with an education equivalent to the best residential school system, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2

Explanation:
As on date, there are 598 sanctioned JNVs in 576 districts spread across 35 States / Union Territories. Out of these, 591 are functional.

Each JNV has classes from VI to XII with a sanctioned strength of 80 students per class and total strength of 560 students.

Admissions to JNVs in class VI are done through an entrance examination.

At least 75% of the seats in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas of the district.

ANSWER: 9^th Sikh Guru

Explanation:
Guru Tegh Bahadur, revered as the ninth Nanak, was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.

Guru Tegh Bahadur continued in the spirit of the first guru, Nanak; his 115 poetic hymns are in the text Guru Granth Sahib.

Guru Tegh Bahadur resisted the forced conversions of Kashmiri Pandits to Islam, and was publicly beheaded in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for refusing to convert to Islam.

Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib and Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi mark the places of execution and cremation of the Guru's body.

ANSWER: Tamil Nadu

Explanation:
Twenty years after the introduction of JNVs, run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Tamil Nadu remains the only State which does not have a JNV, reportedly because of the perception that importance is given to Hindi in these schools.

JNVs, renowned for quality education, provide residential education from Class VI to Class VIII free of cost while a nominal fee of Rs. 200 is charged from students in Class IX to Class XII. In the admission, which is done through an entrance exam, 75 percent of seats are reserved for children from rural areas, apart from reservations for children belonging to SC and ST communities.

Many in the education sector opine that opening of JNVs is being prevented in the State because of misconceptions about the language policy of JNVs.

ANSWER: Rice

Explanation:
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through R&D support to IIT, Kharagpur has developed the requisite technology on the fortification with Iron for addressing the incidence of anaemia.

This involves production of Iron fortified rice premix through extrusion process using broken rice kernels.

This iron fortified rice kernel premix matches with the normal rice kernel in shape and size, and when mixed with normal rice in the ratio of 1:100 provides 50% of recommended daily allowance (RDA) of Iron.

This technology can also be used to fortify rice with other micro nutrients, as well.

The incremental cost of fortification has been estimated by IIT-Kharagpur to be up to 80 paise per kg of rice.

The Government will be taking forward the rice fortification model to all parts of the country to deal with nutritional deficiency among the women and children.

ANSWER: Only 2

Explanation:
40% of the DMFs funds will be utilized for the following areas:
(i) physical infrastructure
(ii) irrigation
(iii) energy and watershed development; and
(iv) any other measures for enhancing environmental quality in mining district.

PMKKKY, provides for Special provisions for Scheduled areas.

The provision red as - “The process to be adopted for utilization of DMF and PMKKKY funds in the scheduled areas shall be guided by the provisions contained in Article 244 read with Schedule V and Schedule VI to the Constitution relating to administration of the Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas and the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006”.

ANSWER: Only 2

Explanation:
The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme aims at making good quality education available, accessible and affordable to all young persons in the age group of 14 to 18 years.

In higher Education, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), state higher educational institutions are being strengthened.

The 42^nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976 brought about a fundamental change by transferring education from the State List to the Concurrent List recognizing the federal structure of our country and giving equal responsibility to both the Central and State Governments to promote education.

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) makes it incumbent on Government to provide free and compulsory education to all children of 6-14 years of age and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for universalizing elementary education.

The Mid Day Meal Scheme is also being implemented in order to enhance enrolment and attendance to children studying in elementary classes which supplements the efforts of SSA.

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2

Explanation:
LIN (Labour Identification Number) is provided by Shram Suvidha Portal.

Shram Suvidha Portal facilitates businessmen to get all kinds of registrations and submit returns that are required under labour laws at a single online window.

It also makes available to them the inspection reports prepared by the enforcement agency inspectors online. The procedures have been simplified; returns and registration forms have been unified to provide a business environment that encourages compliance by reducing transaction costs and promoting ease of business.

A unit registered with different labour enforcement agencies is identified uniquely and allotted a single unique LIN.

The LIN would gradually subsume the multiple registration numbers presently being issued separately by Labour Enforcement Agencies i.e. ESIC registration Number, EPFO number, Registration or license number issued under Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, etc.

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:

• The Government of India has initiated a SMS based electronic vaccine intelligence network (e- VIN) to enable real time monitoring of vaccine stocks at 4476 cold chain storage points across all 160 districts of 3 states viz. Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh under Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Health System Strengthening support.
• This represents a bold new approach, because for the first time in the country, mobile technology has been adopted all along the value chain, up to the last cold chain points (CCPs) for vaccine management under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Now real-time stock availability is accessible online for all CCPs, and session-wise vaccine consumption data is available on-demand.