Daily Quiz 20 December 2024

Answer: C
Explanation:
● Statement 1 is correct: The President of India or the Governor appoints the Speaker Pro-tem and administers their oath of office. Usually, the senior-most member is chosen with the agreement of assembly members to manage activities until a permanent speaker is elected.
● Statement 2 is incorrect: The pro tem speaker’s responsibility is to oversee the speaker and deputy speaker elections. The pro tem speaker’s position is abolished with the election of a new Speaker. However, he has additional roles too:
o He conducts the floor test
o He administers the oath of office to newly elected members.
o Depending on the specific rules and procedures of the legislative body, the pro-tem speaker may have additional responsibilities.
● Statement 3 is correct: The first pro-tem speaker, appointed in 1952 under Article 93 of the Indian Constitution, was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar. He served from 1952 to 1956 and was appointed by the President of the Constituent Assembly. President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Bhartruhari Mahtab who served as a seven-term MP from Cuttack, as the pro tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha under Article 95(1) of the Constitution

Answer: A

Explanation:

• Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is a statutory body established on 1st March 1952. An act of the Indian Parliament established the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to offer social security to Indian workers. This law was enacted by the Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act of 1952. The Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Indian government is responsible for running EPFO. Its Schemes are administered by a Tripartite Body called Central Board of Trustee.

Statement 3 is incorrect: An overall board of trustees is in charge of administering the EPFO. The Central Board and Executive Committee are members of the Trustees Board. Both the Central Board and the Executive Committee are comprised of a chairperson. The Executive Committee has a central PF commissioner, and the central board has a vice-chairman. They are all represented by the federal government, the states, the unions, and the employers. Each zone in the regulatory structure of EPFO is headed by an Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner. The Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) is the Chief Executive Officer of EPFO and is the ex-officio Member Secretary of the Central Board, EPF.

Answer: A

Explanation:

• Pair 1 is correctly matched: Hornbill Festival is a 10 day annual tourism promotional event organised by the Nagaland State Govt. to showcase its rich and traditional cultural heritage in all its ethnicity, diversity and grandeur. It is named after the Hornbill bird given its association with the socio-cultural life of the Nagas through folklore, dances, songs and usage of the bird’s feather as motifs on ceremonial attires and men’s headgear.
• Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Chapchar Kut is a popular spring festival celebrated by the Mizo people of Mizoram. It celebrates the completion of the jhum operations in the state. Jhumming or slash and burn agriculture is a cultivation technique used in woodland or forested terrains.

Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: The Ladainha or Ladin festival is a thanksgiving ritual celebrated by Christians in Goa. The word “Ladin” literally means “a litany to the Virgin Mary”. It is a religious function where people give thanks to God for the spiritual and material benefits they have received or are seeking.

Answer: C

Explanation:

Option (c) is correct: The Reserve Bank of India has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool MuleHunter.AI, to address the growing issue of mule bank accounts involved in online financial fraud. It focuses on identifying and tracking mule accounts, which are often used to facilitate fraudulent transactions. MuleHunter analyzes transaction patterns, and flags suspicious accounts that are being used to transfer illegally obtained funds. Mule accounts are bank accounts misused by criminals for illegal activities, such as laundering illicit funds. Accounts are purchased from individuals, often from lower-income groups or with low technical literacy. It is the Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning-based model developed by: Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).

Answer: D

Explanation:

• Statements 1 and 2 are correct: A Farmer ID is a unique digital identity of farmers based on Aadhaar, linked dynamically to the State’s land records system, which means the Farmer ID gets automatically updated with the changes in the land record details of an individual farmer. The Farmer ID, along with the crop sown data being captured digitally under the Digital Agriculture Mission, is intended to provide the following farmer-centric benefits like – Simplified and seamless access to Government schemes, Streamlined paperless and contactless crop loans and credit that can be processed within an hour and Personalised agricultural extension services tailored to the farmer’s need.

Statement 3 is correct: The Government of India achieved a landmark milestone in demonstrating the way forward in creating the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) under the Digital Agriculture Mission announced on the 2^nd of September, 2024. On 5^th December 2024, Gujarat became the first State in the country to generate Farmer IDs for 25% of the targeted number of farmers in the State. This breakthrough represents a significant step towards creating a comprehensive standards-driven digital agriculture ecosystem as a part of the ‘Agri Stack initiative’ of the Government of India.