DAILY QUIZ- NOV 21

1. which of the following drug injected into the body during Narcho-analysis test?

a)     Sodium chloride

b)     Sodium hydroxide

c)      Sodium pentothal

d)     Sodium Sulphate

 

Answer: C

Explanation:

Narco Test:

·         In a narco or narco-analysis test: a drug called sodium pentothal is injected into the body of the accused, which transports them to a hypnotic or sedated state, in which their imagination is neutralised. 

·         In this hypnotic state, the accused is understood as being incapable of lying, and is expected to divulge information that is true.

·         Sodium pentothal or sodium thiopental is a fast-acting, short duration anesthetic, which is used in larger doses to sedate patients during surgery.

·         It belongs to the barbiturate class of drugs that act on the central nervous system as depressants.

 

2. Consider the following statements about Melocanna Baccifera:

1)     It is the temperate evergreen species of bamboo.

2)     It is native to the northeast India-Myanmar region.

3)     It is locally known as ‘Mautak’ due to the occurrence of ‘Mautam’.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a)     1 and 2 only

b)     2 and 3 only

c)      1 and 3 only

d)     1, 2 and 3

 

Answer: B

Explanation:

Muli Bamboo/ Melocanna Baccifera:

·         Muli is the tropical evergreen species of bamboo.

·         It is the largest fruit-producing bamboo and is native to the northeast India-Myanmar region.

·         It accounts for 90% of the bamboo forests found in the north-eastern state.

·         It can be recognised easily by diffused clump habit.

·         The plant is also grown as an ornamental.

·         ‘Mautam’ is a strange ecological phenomenon associated with Muli Bamboo that occurs once every 48 years.

Mautam:

·         ‘Mautam’ means ‘Bamboo death’ in Mizo (mau means bamboo and tam means death).

·         During ‘Mautam’, the cyclical, mass bamboo flowering and large fruit production occurs.

·         This attracts animal visitors/predators including pollen predators (honey bees), fruit predators (millipedes, slugs and snails, fruit borers, monkeys, rats, porcupines, wild boars and palm civets), seedling predators (rabbits, deer), and insect/pest predators (ants, mantis).

·         Black rats greatly relish the fleshy, berry-like fruit of the Muli Bamboo and during this period, the black rats also multiply rapidly, a phenomenon dubbed as ‘Rat Flood.’

·         Once the fruits are gone, they start quickly eating-up standing crops.

·         This leads to famines claiming thousands of human lives.

·         Due to the occurrence of ‘Mautam’, Muli bamboo is locally known as ‘Mautak’.

 

3. Consider the following statements about Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:

1)     Its members are countries which describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy.

2)     The members of OECD must be high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index.

3)     India is a member of OECD. 

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a)     1 and 2 only

b)     2 and 3 only

c)     1 and 3 only

d)     1, 2 and 3

 

Answer: C

Explanation:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

·         The forerunner of the OECD was the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), which was formed to administer American and Canadian aid under the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.

·         The Convention transforming the OEEC into the OECD was signed at the Chateau de la Muette in Paris on 14 December 1960 and entered into force on 30 September 1961.

·         It is a forum and its members are countries which describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

Economies:

·         The majority of OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries. 

Secretary-General:

·         The head of the OECD Secretariat and chair of the OECD Council is the Secretary-General.

·         Secretary-General selections are made by consensus, meaning all member states must agree on a candidate.

·         HQ: Paris, France

Members:

o    OECD has 38 member countries.

India:

·         India is not a member of OECD. 

·         Although, India is one of those non-member economies with which the OECD has working relationships in addition to its member countries.