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August 24, 2020 - Daily Quiz

1. With reference to ‘Eco-Sensitive Zones’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Eco-Sensitive Zones are the areas that are declared under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 2. The purpose of the declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zones is to prohibit all kinds of human activities, in those zones except agriculture. Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Kalamkari painting refers to (a) hand-painted cotton textile in South India (b) handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North-East India (c) block-painted woollen cloth in Western Himalayan region of India (d) hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North-Western India 3. With reference to ‘LiFi’, recently in the news, which of the following statements is/are correct?
  1. It uses light as the medium for high speed data transmission.
  2. It is wireless technology and is several times faster than ‘WiFi’.
 Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 4. 'Recognition of Prior Learning Scheme' is sometimes mentioned in the news with reference to  (a) Certifying the skills acquired by construction workers through traditional channels. (b) Enrolling the persons in Universities for distance learning programmes. (c) Reserving some skilled jobs to rural and urban poor in some public sector undertakings. (d) Certifying the skills acquired by trainees under the National Skill Development Programme.   5. Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha? (a) Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement (b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement (c) Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement (d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops   ANSWERS 1. (d) Eco-sensitive zones was launched by Ministry of Environment and Forests around Protected Areas in order to save ecological damage which appears due to developmental activities around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. The idea behind this is to create buffer zone, where activities are performed to save demarcated areas. 2. (a) Kalamkari is prehistoric Indian Pen art work art which came appears 3000 years ago in which artist make use of bamboo or date palm stick and fixes hair to be used as brush or pen. The Machilipatnam Kalamkari craft which was prepared at Machilipatnam in Krishna district grows with support of Mughals and Golconda. It is seen that kalamkari art in India has two styles, one is Srikalahasti style and other is Machilipatnam style 3. (c) Li-Fi is a technology for wireless communication between devices using light to transmit data.
  • Li-Fi is similar to Wi-Fi. The key technical difference is that Wi-Fi uses radio frequency to transmit
  • Using light to transmit data allows Li-Fi to offer several advantages like working across higher bandwidth, working in areas susceptible to electromagnetic interference (e.g. aircraft cabins, hospitals) and offering higher transmission
  4. (a) RPL is a key element under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ scheme aims to certify the skills acquired by workers in the unorganised sectors through traditional, non- formal learning channels across construction sites dotting five states — Haryana, Telangana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Delhi 5. (c) Champaran Satyagraha, 1917
  • When Gandhiji returned from South Africa, he heard about the case in Champaran that the British forced the poor peasants to grow indigo and they had no other choice.
  • More than cultivation of Indigo what was appalling was the sharing system that was prevalent –Tinkathia System.
(According to the Tinkathia System, farmers were under compulsion to grow Indigo on 3/20th of their land and were allowed to take only one- third of the indigo produced by themselves)
  • Raj Kumar Shukla was an indigo cultivator of Champaran (Bihar), who met Gandhiji to make him aware of the plight of the cultivators in Champaran and persuaded him to come there.
  • It was during this agitation, that Gandhi was addressed by the people as Bapu (This was given by Subhash Chandra Bose) and Mahatma (It was given by Rabindranath Tagore).
  • Very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha was the joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement.
   






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