Daily Quiz | 15 March 2024

Explanation:

• Kochrab ashram is located in Kochrab village, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• It is still preserved as a memorial and tourist space by Gujarat Vidyapeeth.
• It is the first ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi upon his return to India from South Africa in 1915.
• It was called Satyagraha Ashram based on his ideas of achieving India's independence from British rule through peaceful methods.

Explanation:

• Bhima Nayak (Bhima Naik) was a resident of Dhaba Bawdi in the Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh. 
• He was a prominent leader of the Bhils of Nimar.
• He was called Robinhood of Nimar as he looted British treasury & distributed same amongst poor people.

Explanation:

• PM SVANidhi is a Central Sector Scheme.
• The vendors can avail a working capital loan of up to Rs. 10,000, which is repayable in monthly instalments in the tenure of one year. 
• The scheme promotes digital transactions through cash back incentives up to an amount of Rs. 100 per month.
• The PM SVANidhi scheme is available to all street vendors who are engaged in vending in urban areas as on or before March 24, 2020.

Explanation:

• India ranked 134th in global human development index as per UNDP report.
• The HDI is a summary composite measure of a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: 
  • Health- Life expectancy at birth,
  • Education- Expected years of schooling and Mean of years of schooling
  • Living standard- Gross National Income per capita 
• The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.
• It does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human security.
• India ranked below Bhutan and Bangladesh in the 'Medium Human Development' category. 
•  India’s improvements across all HDI Indicators: Life expectancy increased from 67.2 to 67.7 years, expected years of schooling reached 12.6, mean years of schooling rose to 6.57, and GNI per capita grew from USD 6,542 to USD 6,951.
• South Asia’s loss in the HDI due to inequality is among the highest in the world (after Sub-Saharan Africa), followed by the Pacific.

Explanation:

• Simultaneous Elections 
• •Currently, the elections to the State Assemblies and the Lok Sabha are held separately — that is whenever the incumbent government’s five-year term ends or whenever it is dissolved due to various reasons. 
• The idea of “One Nation, One Election” envisages a system where elections to all states and the Lok Sabha will have to be held simultaneously. 
• It was felt that holding simultaneous elections would reduce the massive expenditure incurred for conduct of separate elections every year.
• Elections lead to imposition of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the poll bound State/area and as a result, the entire development programme and activities of the Union and State Governments in the poll bound State would come to a standstill. 
• Frequent elections lead to disruption of normal public life and impact the functioning of essential services. So, point 2 is correct.
• If simultaneous elections are held, this period of disruption would be limited to a certain pre-determined period of time.
• The system will help ruling parties focus on governance instead of being constantly in election mode.
• It would free the crucial manpower which is often deployed for prolonged periods on election duties. So, point 3 is correct.
• Frequent elections can perpetuate caste, religion and communal issues across the country. So, point 4 is correct.
• Simultaneous elections will also keep alive the enthusiasm of voters and will boost voter turnout. So, point 5 is correct.
• Despite its desirability, there are several difficulties which might be encountered for conducting simultaneous elections. 
• Since elections will be held once in five years, it will reduce the government's accountability to the people. Repeated elections keep legislators on their toes and increases accountability. So, point 1 is not correct.
• Hence, only four of the points given above are correct.