QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 10 June 2017

Solution: a.

In an effort to curb antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) has divided the drugs into three categories — access, watch and reserve — specifying which are to be used for common ailments and which are to be kept for complicated diseases. This is the biggest revision of the antibiotics section in the 40-year history of the essential medicines list (EML).

TH: On antibiotics classification;

TH: WHO revises antibiotics protocol;

Solution: c.

The same question was posted here earlier.

Peshmerga are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan (naturally, an armed force consisting of the Kurds).

TH: Iraqi Kurds set to hold independence vote;

Solution: a.

Showcasing material collected from 183 renowned cultural institutions across 42 countries including India, the digital project showcases 30,000 photographs, videos and other documents on what people wear, the craft of textiles, key fashion movements and the icons of haute couture.

TH: New Google project digitises world’s top fashion archives;

Solution: d.

• The tradition of Baluchari sari weaving is as old as modern Bengal itself. Google’s digital collection shows Baluchari saris dating back to 19th century, with some of the pieces from the Tagore family.
• The origins and growth of the Baluchari weaving tradition is fascinatingly shrouded in mystery and speckled with speculation – beginning with the town that gave it its name to issues of patronage and the reasons for its decline.
• Baluchari saris were first referenced by N. G. Mookerji, an official of the British Civil Service, who spent several years studying, documenting and trying to revive the textile industry in Murshidabad – classifying and comprehensively describing the various types of fabrics made in the district.
• Among them, the Baluchari saris were certainly unique: made from locally-grown mulberry silk, dyed in lustrious shades of red, crimson, dark blue and purple, and distinguished by their long and elaborate pallus or anchals.

Google: Woven tales from India;

TH: New Google project digitises world’s top fashion archives;

Solution: d.

• PIB, 23rd December 2016: The Government of India is encouraging production of Second Generation (2G) Ethanol from agricultural residues to provide additional sources of remuneration to farmers, address the growing environmental concerns (farmers of Punjab, Haryana often left with no choice other than to resort to stubble-burning, which affects the quality of air in and around Delhi) and support the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme for achieving 10% Ethanol Blending in Petrol. The first such refinery is set to come up at Bathinda, Punjab.
• About 2G Ethanol: Second generation (2G) ethanol draws on previously unused (ligno-) cellulosic plant parts, such as straw or corn cobs. The core area of the new developments (2G refineries) is the preparation of the raw material. The support structure of the plant, lignocellulose, must be broken down in order to then make the cellulose accessible to the classical process of ethanol production.

Improvisation and In the news: “The Centre will shortly unveil a policy on the production of second-generation ethanol from biomass, which will be a “game changer” for farmers..”