ALL EXAM QUIZ 17.08.2024

Explanation:

• The registration of temples, mutts, and trusts has been made compulsory by the Bihar government.
• The Bihar government has directed all district magistrates of the state to ensure that the bodies are registered and details of their immovable properties are submitted to the Bihar State Board of Religious Trusts (BSBRT) immediately.
• The BSBRT functions under the State’s Law Department.
• As per the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act, 1950, all public temples, mutts, dharamshalas, and trusts must be registered with the BSBRT.

Explanation:

• Ancient Maharashtra rock art declared a 'Protected Monument'.
• On August 11, the geoglyphs and petroglyphs in Ratnagiri were declared 'protected monuments' by the Maharashtra government under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1960.
• According to a notification issued by the Culture Department, the group of petroglyphs at Deud in Ratnagiri dates back to the Mesolithic Age (about 20,000–10,000 years ago).
• Geoglyphs and petroglyphs are different types of ancient art.
• They involve the creation of images or designs on the surface of the earth or on a rock surface.
• According to the notification, the petroglyphs depict rhinoceros, deer, monkey, donkey and footprints.

Explanation:

• IITGN and IIT Indore have jointly set up cNARMADA to assess the river ecosystem.
• The Centre for Narmada River Basin Management (cNARMADA) has been set up at the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN).
• IITGN has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IITI) to conduct the Condition Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) of the Narmada River basin.
• cNARMADA was inaugurated to assess and identify existing conditions affecting the river ecosystem.
• It will also prepare a road map for comprehensive rejuvenation and conservation of the riverine ecosystems.
• Narmada and its tributaries will be studied using a basin-wide approach considering major human activities.

Explanation:

• Rwanda’s Kagame has been sworn as president for the fourth term.
• Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been sworn in for a fourth term with more than 99 per cent of the vote.
• Heads of state and other dignitaries from different African nations attended the inauguration ceremony.
• Kagame took the oath of office before Chief Justice Faustin Ntezilyayo.
• He won 99.18 per cent of the ballots cast to secure another five years.
• Democratic Green Party leader Frank Habineza received second place with 0.5 per cent of the votes.
• Rwanda is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. It is the fifth-most densely populated country in the world.

Explanation:

• RBI has formed an expert committee to benchmark its statistics.
• The committee has been constituted by RBI under the chairmanship of deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra.
• It has been constituted for benchmarking the statistics regularly disseminated by RBI against global standards.

The Expert Committee has been constituted for following purposes

• Benchmark the statistics regularly disseminated by it against global standards / best practices
• Study the quality of other regular data, where such benchmarks do not exist (e.g., sectors of national priority)
• Provide guidance on the scope for any further data refinement

The Committee is expected to submit its report by the end of November 2024. The Committee has 10 members. The members of the committee include R. B. Barman, Sonalde Desai, Partha Ray, Bimal Roy, Paul Schreyer, Sudarshan Sen, Bruno Tissot, Muneesh Kapur and O.P. Mall.

Question 6

Explanation:

• DRDO successfully conducted maiden test flight of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV.
• The successful maiden test flight was conducted from Sukhoi-30 MK-I of the Indian Air Force.
• The test was carried out off the coast of Odisha. GAURAV is an air-launched glide bomb.
• It is one thousand-kilogram class glide bomb. It is capable of reaching and hitting targets at long distances.
• Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad has been designed and developed it indigenously.
• At the time of the flight test, the target was erected at Long Wheeler’s island. The glide bomb hit the target with pinpoint accuracy.

Explanation:

• Union Minister released version 2.0 of 'FloodWatch India' mobile application.
• The upgraded version of the 'FloodWatch India' mobile application aims to provide a comprehensive and detailed overview of flood conditions across the country.
• This new version of the 'FloodWatch India' app has been developed by the Central Water Commission (CWC).
• The earlier version was providing flood forecasts from 200 monitoring stations.
• Version 2.0 of the app provides information to the additional 392 flood monitoring stations. The total number of stations reached to 592.
• The latest version mobile app also provides additional information regarding the storage positions of 150 major reservoirs in the country.
• It uses advanced technologies such as satellite data analysis, mathematical modelling and real-time monitoring to deliver accurate and timely flood forecasts.
• This app will provide information in 2 languages - English and Hindi.

Explanation:

• 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme portal has been launched by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.
• 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme portal would enable Parsis to apply, check the status of their application and to receive financial assistance online through direct benefit transfer mode.
• The Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing the Jiyo Parsi scheme to reverse the declining trend of the Parsi population.
• Under this scheme, the declining trend of the Parsi population is trying to be reversed by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions to stabilise their population.
• This scheme provides financial assistance to Parsi couples for medical treatment under standard medical protocol and child care.
• It also provides financial assistance to dependent elderly people.

Explanation:

• Madhya Pradesh became the first state to provide money to girl’s students to buy sanitary napkins.
• Madhya Pradesh government will provide three hundred rupees to each girl’s student annually to buy sanitary napkins.
• Under the Sanitation and Hygiene Scheme, the amount will be transferred to each girl student’s account.
• This initiative will benefit around 19 lakh students from class seventh to twelfth.
• More than 57 crore 18 lakh rupees have been transferred to the accounts of more than 19 lakh girl students.
• Some states like Karnataka, Rajasthan and Delhi, provide free sanitary napkins that are given to students.
• Chief Minister Dr. Mohan also announced the inclusion of Rani Durgavati in the curriculum of state government schools.
• The Chief Minister also felicitated the girl’s students who performed well in international and national level competitions in sports activities.

Explanation:

• Neelakurinji officially becomes a ‘threatened species’.
• Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) has been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) official Red List of threatened species.
• This is the first-ever Global Red List assessment for this flagship species.
• Neelakurinji blooms once in 12 years. The mass blooming of the flower is a huge tourist attraction.
• As per the latest global assessment, it has threatened status in the Vulnerable (Criteria A2c) category of the IUCN.
• Strobilanthes kunthiana is an endemic shrub of three meters in height. It is found in high-altitude shola grassland ecosystems.
• Neelakurinji is threatened mainly due to conversion for tea and softwood plantations, and urbanization.
• Almost 40% of the habitat of Neelakurinji has been lost, and the remaining is under pressure from the invasion of exotic species such as eucalyptus and black wattle.
• The actual area of occupancy of Neelakurinji is 220 sq km. This species has 34 subpopulations within 14 ecoregions of the high-altitude mountain ranges.