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MCQ 1
- State of the World Population 2019 is released by ECOSOC
- India’s fertility rate in 2019 is 2.5 births per woman, compared to 2.3 worldwide.
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- State of the World Population 2019, the flagship report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has been released.
- India- specific findings:
- India accounts for over one-sixth of the world’s population in 2019 (1.37 billion out of 7.71 billion). • It has grown at a rate (1.2% per year between 2010 and 2019) that is just over the world growth rate (1.2%).
- India’s life expectancy at birth is lower than the world’s (69 years to 72).
- It scores higher than the global average in terms of access to healthcare during childbirth, and also has a much lower adolescent birth rate.
- India’s maternal mortality ratio in 2015 was 174 deaths per lakh live births (down from 448 in 1994) while the global MMR in 2015 was 216.
- India’s fertility rate in 2019 is 2.3 births per woman, compared to 2.5 worldwide.
Top five most populous countries will look like the following in 2027:
- India – 1.5 billion.
- China – 1.1 billion.
- Nigeria – 733 million.
- United States – 434 million.
- Pakistan – 403 million.
Challenges ahead:
- Early marriage continues to present a major cultural obstacle to female empowerment and better reproductive rights.
- The absence of reproductive and sexual rights has a major and negative repercussions on women’s education, income and safety, leaving them “unable to shape their own futures”.
- About 35 million women, girls and young people will need life-saving sexual and reproductive health services this year, as well as services to address gender-based violence, in humanitarian settings.
- Overall population of the world is ageing, with the age group ‘65 and above’ growing at a fast rate. By 2050, one in six people will belong to this group, instead of one in 11 in 2019.
MCQ 2
- Constitution does not allow separate flag to states
- The Flag Code of India, 2002 was enacted to impose prohibitions on a State flag
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- Karnataka government has indicated that it may not pursue with the Centre a proposal made by the earlier government, for a separate state flag. Is there any provision in the constitution prohibiting a state from having its own flag?
- Supreme Court has said that there is no prohibition in the Constitution for the State to have its own flag. However, the manner in which the state flag is hoisted should not dishonour the national flag.
- Under the Constitution, a flag is not enumerated in the Seventh Schedule. However, Article 51A rules that every citizen shall abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the national flag, and the national anthem.
- The Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 regulates the hoisting of the national flag.
- Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950 prohibits the use of National Symbols for commercial use in India.
- Under the 1971 Act, insulting the national flag by burning it, mutilating it, defacing it, is prohibited. • Even the Flag Code of India, 2002 does not impose prohibitions on a State flag. The Code expressly authorises the flying of other flags under the condition that they should not be hoisted from the same masthead as the national flag or placed higher than it.
- By implication, the Code provides space for a State flag as long as it does not offend the dignity and honour of the national flag. Issues
- Allowing one state to have its own flag could trigger demands from other states too. • Arguments in favour of the decision stresses on the fact that states in both Germany and USA have their own flags without any danger of their imminent disintegration.
MCQ 3
Country which has launched a space command
- Pakistan
- Iran
- Russia
- None
- US has launched Space Command.
- It is the newest US military combatant command.
Key facts:
- The US Space command will be the 11th combatant command, the first one to be created in more than a decade.
- The space command will ensure that America’s dominance in space is never questioned and never threatened.
- Space command will soon be followed by the establishment of the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces.
- The space force will organize, train and equip warriors to support the Space Command’s mission.
- Space is a “war-fighting domain” and global powers like Russia and China are already treating it as such.
- Besides, the stakes are high. Much of our 21st-century economy and lifestyle — from bank transactions to weather forecasting to television service to the GPS directions — depends on satellites functioning round the clock and without interruption. The military depends on them too.
- In 2007, China shot down one of its own satellites — mission accomplished in its own right, it also littered orbit with potentially destructive space debris. Many saw the operation as a veiled display of military power.
MCQ 4
GlobalLinker is a
- Military satellite by USA
- A Solar powered Aircraft
- A network for Wildlife Protection
- None
MCQ 5
- Tb detection is done through sputum sample only
- TB Detect is developed by ICMR which uses LED fluorescence microscopy
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MCQ 6
Cholera is a
- Bacterial disease
- Viral
- Protozoa
- Bodily fluids imbalance
MCQ 7
- Biofilms help in controlling Antibiotic resistence in bacterias
- Biofilms are made of nanoplastic
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MCQ 8
Strait of Malacca is present between
- Indonesia & Cambodia
- Malaysia & Singapore
- Cambodia & Thailand
- Malaysia & Sumatra island
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