Daily Current Affairs Quiz : September 14, 2022
September 14, 2022 September 14, 2022
1. What is the retail inflation in August in India, as per the official data?
[A] 6.5 %
[B] 7.0 %
[C] 7.5 %
[D] 8.0 %
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Correct Answer: B [7.0 %]
Notes:
India’s retail inflation rose to 7% in August from 6.71% in July due to higher food prices. The consumer price index-based inflation is above the RBI’s target level of 6% for the eighth month in a row.
As per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s industrial production rose 2.4% in July, while the IIP had grown 11.5% in July 2021. Food inflation soared as prices of essential crops like wheat, rice and pulses were driven higher.
2. FAO and World Food Program warned recently about acute food insecurity in which neighbouring country of India?
[A] Myanmar
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Nepal
[D] Afghanistan
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Correct Answer: B [Sri Lanka]
Notes:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned in a new report that around 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity.
Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report also warned that their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided.
3. India is set to re-introduce Cheetahs from Namibia in which National Park?
[A] Kuno Palpur National Park
[B] Jim Corbett National Park
[C] Ranthambore National Park
[D] Kaziranga National Park
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Correct Answer: A [Kuno Palpur National Park]
Notes:
India is set to re-introduce Cheetahs from South Africa’s Namibia in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur National Park.
After the Cheetahs arrive in the National Park, they will stay in smaller enclosures during the quarantine phase before being shifted to the bigger ones. Cheetahs went extinct in India in 1952 and the ‘African Cheetah Introduction Project in India’ was started in 2009.
4. Which organisation in its report stated that 50 million people worldwide are stuck in ‘modern slavery’?
[A] FAO
[B] IMF
[C] ILO
[D] WEF
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Correct Answer: C [ILO]
Notes:
The United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) released a report, in which it stated that 50 million people worldwide are stuck in ‘modern slavery’.
The number of people trapped in forced labour or forced marriage and other crises has rose by one fifth in recent years to about 50 million on a single day. The study was conducted along with the Walk Free Foundation.
5. What is the share of government health expenditure in GDP in 2018-19?
[A] 0.85 %
[B] 1.01 %
[C] 1.28 %
[D] 2.0 %
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Correct Answer: C [1.28 %]
Notes:
As per the findings of the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India for 2018-19, there has been an increase in the share of government health expenditure in the total GDP of the country.
The share has increased from 1.15% in 2013-14 to 1.28% in 2018-19. In 2017-18, it was at 1.35 %. The share of Government Health Expenditure in Total Health Expenditure has also increased in 2018-19 at 40.6%.
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