Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 10th & 11th May 2020

Correct Answer-D

Explanation–

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘Pravasi Rahat Mitra’ App.
• The mobile app has been developed by the state revenue department in collaboration with United Nation Development Program.
• It is aimed at aiding migrant citizens coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states so that they can take advantage of government schemes.

Correct Answer-A

Explanation–

• Tata Power SED has won a contract worth Rs 1,200 crore for the Modernization of Air field Infrastructure (MAFI) from the defence ministry.
• It involves the modernization of 37 airfields for Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in the second phase of the MAFI.
• It includes installation and commissioning of modern airfield equipment like Cat-II Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Cat II Air Field Lightning System (AFLS).
• The modern equipment around the airfield will also be directly connected to Air Traffic Control (ATC), thereby providing control of the airfield systems to the air traffic controllers.

Correct Answer-A

Explanation–

• On 8th May 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN’’s postal agency have released a commemorative postage stamp on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox.
• Smallpox was eradicated on the back of a 10-year-old effort spearheaded by the WHO involving thousands of health workers around the world to administer half a billion vaccinations.
• The commemorative stamp was designed and developed by Sergio Baradat, United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) in collaboration with WHO.

Correct Answer-B

Explanation–

• Recently, the Central government has released the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018.
• This data was released by the Registrar General of India.
• It states that the national birth rate in 2018 stood at 20, and death and infant mortality rates stood at 6.2 and 32, respectively.
• These rates are calculated per one thousand of the population.
• Against the national IMR of 32, Madhya Pradesh has an IMR of 48 and Nagaland 4.

Correct Answer-D

Explanation–

• Recently, the Central government has released the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018.
• This data was released by the Registrar General of India.
• It states that the national birth rate in 2018 stood at 20.
• Birth rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and a crucial determinant of population growth.
• India’s birth rate has declined drastically over the last four decades from 36.9 in 1971 to 20.0 in 2018.
• These rates are calculated per one thousand of the population.

Correct Answer-C

Explanation–

• Recently, the Central government has released the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin based on data collected for 2018.
• This data was released by the Registrar General of India.
• It states that the national birth rate in 2018 stood at 20.
• Birth rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and a crucial determinant of population growth.
• Bihar continues to remain at the top of list in birth rate while Andaman and Nicobar is at the bottom.
• India’s birth rate has declined drastically over the last four decades from 36.9 in 1971 to 20.0 in 2018.
• The rural-urban differential has also narrowed. However, the birth rate has continued to be higher in rural areas compared to urban areas in the last four decades.
• There has been about an 11 per cent decline in birth rate in the last decade, from 22.5 in 2009 to 20.0 in 2018. The corresponding decline in rural areas is 24.1 to 21.6, and in urban areas, it is 18.3 to 16.7.

Correct Answer-C

Explanation–

• The Government of India has launched Mission Sagar, an outreach program amidst COVID-19 situation.
• Under this, India sent Food Items, COVID related Medicines including HCQ Tablets and Special Ayurvedic Medicines with Medical Assistance Teams embarked to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros.
• The operation is being progressed in close coordination with the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs, and other agencies of the Government of India.
• The Indian Naval Ship Kesari has been deployed under the mission.
• The ship would enter the Port of Male in Republic of Maldives, to provide them 600 tons of food provisions.

Correct Answer-E

Explanation–

• Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad has developed an automated contactless UVC sanitisation cabinet, called Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS).
• It has been designed to sanitise mobile phones, iPads, laptops, currency notes, cheque leafs, challans, passbooks, paper, envelopes, etc.
• It has contactless operation which is very important to contain the spread of virus.
• It provides 360 degree exposure of UVC to the objects placed inside the cabinet.
• Once the sanitisation is done, the system goes in sleep mode hence the operator need not wait or stand near the device.
• Bundles of currency notes can be sanitised using DRUVS, however disinfection of each currency notes using it will be a time consuming process.

Correct Answer-E

Explanation–

• Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad has developed an automated UV-C currency sanitising device, called NOTESCLEAN.
• It can be used for the sanitisation of bundles of notes.
• One has to just place the loose currency notes at the input slot of the device.
• It picks the notes one by one and makes them pass through a series of UVC lamps for complete disinfection.

ABOUT RCI

• It is Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) premier lab.
• Location-Hyderabad, India

Director-BHVS Narayana Murthy

Correct Answer-B

Explanation–

• Favirpavir is a drug which is commonly used in Japan, China and some other countries.
• It is sold under the brand name Avigan.
• It is used to treat influenza that has a very broad spectrum of RNA polymerase.
• It is derived from Pyrazinamide that is frequently used against West Nile virus, Arenavirus or Bunyavirus, and Yellow fever etc.
• The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has received approval from Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) for its two clinical trial drugs – ‘favipiravir’ and ‘phytopharmaceutical’ – to combat coronavirus.
• The clinical trial of Favipiravir is to be completed in about one and half months.
• If the tests are successful, the drugs are to be available at affordable rate.