ESI Quizzes For NABARD Grade A 2022- 22nd August

Q1. India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), In which sub-indices India ranked last?
(a) economic participation and opportunity
(b) educational attainment
(c) health and survival
(d) political empowerment
(e) None of these

Q2. A two-day meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Cyber Security Cooperation is being organised in which city?
(a) Delhi
(b) Bangkok
(c) Dhaka
(d) Chennai.
(e) Colombo

Q3. Who has launched the new mobile app called “AadhaarFaceRd”?
(a) C-DAC
(b) NIC
(c) UIDAI
(d) All of these
(e) Both a and c

Q4. The “DigiVaani Call Center” project is being run on a pilot basis and initially around 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs shall be covered across six states. Who is the implementing agency?
1. Nasscom Foundation
2. Google
3. Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP)
Choose the correct code
(a)1,2
(b)2,3
(c)1,3
(d)1,2,3
(e) 1 only

Q5. What is the name of the mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness towards their rights?
(a) Prakriti
(b) Veera
(c) Jagriti
(d) Perry
(e) None of these

Q6. Scheme for rebate of state and central taxes and levies is under which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of Textiles
(d) Ministry of Corporate affairs
(e) Both a ,b,c

Q7. Who calculates Index of mineral production?
(a) Niti Ayog
(b) Indian Bureau of Mines
(c) NSO
(d) Geological Survey of India
(e) Registrar of India

Q8. With whom World Food Programme, India will launch the Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices initiative for mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa?
(a) ICRISAT
(b) ICAR
(c) CSIR
(d) Niti Ayog
(e) ISRO

Q9. E-Shram portal was launched in which year?
(a) 2022
(b) 2021
(c) 2020
(d) 2019
(e) 2015

Q10. NAMASTE scheme comes under which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Culture
(c) Ministry of Housing and urban affairs
(d) Ministry of Tourism
(e) Ministry of Finance

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)
India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks gender parity across four key dimensions or sub-indices — economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. It measures scores on a 0 to 100 scale.
• economic participation and opportunity- 143
• educational attainment- 107
• health and survival- 146
• political empowerment – 48

Ans.2.(a)
A two-day meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Cyber Security Cooperation is being organised in New Delhi by the National Security Council Secretariat of the Indian Government. The BIMSTEC Expert Group will create an Action plan to address cyber security concerns in the BIMSTEC Region, as agreed upon during the conference of the BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs held in Bangkok in March 2019

Ans.3.(c)
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a face authentication feature through a new mobile app called “AadhaarFaceRd”. For authentication, Aadhaar card holders no longer need to physically visit an enrollment centre for iris and fingerprint scans.

Ans.4.(d)
Nasscom Foundation and Google have announced setting up a call centre in collaboration with a not-for-profit body Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) to help women farmers scale up their business. The “DigiVaani Call Center” project is being run on a pilot basis and initially around 20,000 rural women entrepreneurs shall be covered across six states, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan.

Ans.5.(c)
The Department of Consumer Affairs has launched “Jagriti”, a mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness towards their rights. Jagriti will be projected as an empowered consumer who is spreading awareness about consumer rights and addressing solutions to the problems faced by the consumers.
Veera : Khelo India University games 2021 mascot
Perry : Common wealth games 2022 mascot

Ans.6.(a)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) approved the continuation of the Scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) with the same rates as announced by the Ministry of Textiles for exports of apparel/garments and made-ups until March 31, 2024.

Ans.7.(b)
Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)
Recent news:
The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of May, 2022 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 120.1, was 10.9% higher as compared to the level in the month of May, 2021. The cumulative growth for the period April- May, 2022-23 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 9.4 percent.
As per the provisional figures of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) , production level of important minerals in May, 2022 were: Coal 712 lakh tonnes, Lignite 42 lakh tonnes, Natural gas (utilized) 2846 million cu. m., Petroleum (crude) 26 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 2276 thousand tonnes, Chromite 320 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 8 thousand tonnes , Gold 97 kg, Iron ore 221 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 30 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 235 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 129 thousand tonnes, Limestone 348 lakh tonnes, Phosphorite 143 thousand tonnes, Magnesite 8 thousand tonnes, and Diamond 22 carat.

Ans.8.(d)
NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme, India will launch the Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices initiative for mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa. NITI Aayog and WFP will prepare a compendium of good practices for scaling up the production and consumption of millets in India and abroad.

Ans.9.(b)
The government said around 28 crore unorganised workers have been registered on e-Shram Portal. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli said the government had launched e-Shram portal in August 2021 with an objective to create a national Database of unorganised workers

Ans.10.(c)
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore today said, the Government has formulated a National Action Plan for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem- NAMASTE scheme for cleaning of sewers and septic tank.