QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 23 JANUARY 2018

Solution: c.

The 42^nd Amendment Act, 1976 is the most comprehensive amendment made so far to the Constitution; it is known as ‘Mini-Constitution’’; it gave effect to the recommendations of Swaran Singh Committee. Certain recommendations of the Committee (with respect to Fundamental Duties) were not accepted by the Congress Party and hence, not incorporated in the Constitution. These include:

• The Parliament  may  provide  for  the  imposition  of  such  penalty  or  punishment  as  may  be considered appropriate for any non-compliance with or refusal to observe any of the duties.
• No law  imposing  such  penalty  or  punishment  shall  be  called  in  question  in  any  court  on  the ground  of  infringement  of  any  of  Fundamental  Rights  or  on  the  ground  of  repugnancy  to  any other provision of the Constitution.
• Duty to pay taxes should also be a Fundamental Duty of the citizens.

Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

Improvisation (letter to The Hindu): http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/minister-on-evolution/article22492822.ece;

Solution: b.

The 91^st Amendment Act, 2003 made provisions to limit the size of Council of Ministers, to debar defectors from holding public offices, and to strengthen the anti-defection law.

Constitutional Amendments at a Glance, Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

Improvisation (http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/profit-and-loss/article22486454.ece): “..Mr. Kejriwal should have been mindful of the growing perception, as evident in several judicial decisions, that the post of parliamentary secretary is a way of getting around the constitutional limit on the size of ministries..”

Solution: c.

About DRIP and Dam Safety Conferences:

• Dam Safety Conferences are organized as an annual event under the Dam Safety Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) being run by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD & GR) in the seven states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand.
• Launched in the year 2012 with a financial outlay of Rs. 2100 Crores, this World Bank-aided project aims at the rehabilitation of old dams in the country that may be experiencing distress and are in need of attention for ensuring their structural safety and operational efficiency. The project also aims to strengthen the institutional capacity and project management in this area.
• As part of this exercise, DRIP has been engaged in bringing greater awareness on dam safety issues and finding novel solutions to address them by pooling the best technologies, knowledge and experience available around the world. In this direction, Dam Safety Conferences are being organized as annual events in the different DRIP states.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=175798;

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Solution: c.

• Surya Siddhanta is a Sanskrit treatise on astronomy from ancient India.
• The Ashtangahridaya was the work of Vagabhata. Another important work ascribed to the same author is the Astangasamgraha which too is an Ayurveda text.

Source: http://ccrtindia.gov.in/readingroom/nscd/ch/ch13.php;

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=175799;

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Solution: a.

A GK question.

About Patient Navigation

• Patient Navigation is a rapidly growing and evolving healthcare profession. The aim of initiating a patient navigation program is to create a trained taskforce to facilitate patient’s journey right from entry to the Hospital to follow-up and getting back to normalcy; taking care in addition of emotional, economic and various other needs in a holistic way.
• This Patient Navigation Program – KEVAT, initiated by TMC (a grant-in-aid institution under the Department of Atomic Energy) is one of the first in India to focus on an emerging patient navigation model that can be applied across all cancer care institutions. The course will address the need for a structured patient support system for cancer care that will form a bridge between patients and access to care.

Need for such a course

• The increasing burden of the disease of cancer coupled with diversity of patient population and multi-disciplinary and complex nature of cancer-care necessitates creation of a dynamic network for efficient patient navigation for addressing diverse patient needs. With the ever-increasing number of patients visiting hospitals each year, it is impossible to do justice to every interaction a doctor has with a patient.

https://tmc.gov.in/index.php/kevat-patient-navigator;

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=175799;

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