English Language Quiz For SBI / RBI Main Exam | 02-04-2020

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Odisha, which is one of the Empowered Action Group States, or eight socioeconomically backward States of India, has done remarkably well in health and nutrition outcomes over the past two decades. Its infant mortality rate has significantly declined. Its under-five mortality rate almost halved in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 from NFHS-3. It has seen a steep decline in stunting in children under five. Anaemia in children and pregnant women has also decreased since NFHS-3. Antenatal care and institutional deliveries have shown good improvement. All these changes have been possible with financing, policy support, robust leadership, and innovations in delivery of services.

Nutrition has a strong correlation to health, and is integral to growth and development. Timely nutritional interventions of age-appropriate complementary feeding, Vitamin A supplementation, and full immunisation are effective in improving nutrition outcomes in children. Odisha has performed better than other Empowered Action Group States in reducing undernutrition, and sets an example with its nutrition action plan calling for convergence with health, nutrition, and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programmes. Odisha has taken a decisive step of decentralising the procurement of supplementary nutrition under the Integrated Child Development Services programme. This has led to fair access of services under the ICDS by all beneficiaries. This is evident from the rise in utilisation of services under the ICDS as compared to a decade ago. There has been a marked improvement in supplementary nutrition received by pregnant and lactating women in NFHS-4 compared to NFHS-3.

However, despite progress in child and maternal indicators, Odisha continues to be plagued by a high level of malnutrition. There is stark variability across districts in stunting ranging from as high as 47.5% in Subarnapur to a low of 15.3% in Cuttack. Wasting is high in 25 out of 30 districts. Almost half of the under-five children from tribal communities in Odisha are underweight, and 46% are stunted. The infant mortality rate among tribals is the fourth highest in Odisha, after Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Supplementary food given under the ICDS programme has shown a significant increase. However, data show that less of such food is given as children grow older. There is also a decline is children receiving timely complementary feeding. Less than 10% of children receive a minimum acceptable diet. This can be attributed to a possible lack of understanding and awareness about nutrition due to illiteracy.

Another challenge for Odisha is in reaching out to remote and particularly vulnerable tribal groups. This could be the reason why tribal women and children are lagging behind the national average on nutrition and health indicators. It is essential to improve the implementation of schemes, and ensure last-mile delivery of nutrition services. A part of the solution lies in setting up mini Anganwadi centres catering to far-flung tribal hamlets. Raising awareness through community campaigns on the need for good nutrition would help improve utilisation of services by beneficiaries.

The International Food Policy Research Institute, in its research, called for inter-department engagements to accelerate the nutrition outcome in Odisha. There is a need to improve sanitation, women’s education and underlying poverty, to be able to tackle undernutrition.

Underweight children should also be identified precisely so that the monitoring mechanism for improving service delivery can be strengthened. The National Nutrition Mission sets an example with its inter-ministerial convergence and real-time monitoring mechanism for tracking each beneficiary and tackling malnutrition.



Q.1 Which of the following factors are helpful in improving nutritional consequences of children?

i. Supplementation of Vitamin A

ii. Complete immunisation

iii. Minimum acceptable diet



(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) Both ii and iii



Q.2 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?

(1) Undernourished children should not be considered as the major concern of the country.

(2) Odisha has set an epitome for all the states in terms of nutritional outcomes.

(3) Despite all the awareness, accessible services are not available to all.

(4) Awareness about nutrition is directly connected to enlightenment.

(5) Both (2) & (4)



Q.3 What influential initiative/s has/have been taken by Odisha?

i. Dissemination of the procurement of supplementary nutrition under ICDS

ii. Changes were made possible with all financial assistance and policies.

iii. Last-mile delivery of nutrition services has been ensured.



(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) Both ii and iii



Q.4 How was the Mission of National nutrition able to handle malnutrition?

(1) By Inter-ministerial convergence

(2) By Real-time monitoring mechanism

(3) By raising awareness through campaigns

(4) By affecting nutritional outcomes.

(5) Both (1) and (2)



Q.5 What were the alterations that have occurred in NFHS-4 from NFHS-3?

i. There is a decrease in the patients of Anaemia.

ii. There is also a change in Antenatal care and institutional deliveries.

iii. There is also a major decrease in Infant-mortality rate



(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) All i, ii and iii



Q. (6-10) In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The report of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution red-flagging tap water quality in major Indian cities comes as no surprise, given that many official water distribution agencies routinely advise consumers to consume only boiled water. Going by the matrix of tests carried out by the Bureau of Indian Standards for the Ministry, Delhi has abysmal water quality, Chennai and Kolkata rank very low, and Mumbai is the only city with acceptable results. City water systems are normatively required to comply with the national standard for drinking water, IS 10500:2012, but most obviously feel no compulsion to do so. Their lack of initiative could be attributed partly to the expanding footprint of packaged drinking water, especially in populous cities, coupled with the high dependence on groundwater in fast-growing urban clusters where State provision of piped water systems does not exist. On paper, the Indian standard has a plethora of quality requirements, including absence of viruses, parasites and microscopic organisms, and control over levels of toxic substances. But in practice, municipal water fails these tests due to the lack of accountability of the official agencies, and the absence of robust data in the public domain on quality testing.

The Centre’s approach to the issue relies on naming and shaming through a system of ranking, but this is unlikely to yield results, going by similar attempts to benchmark other urban services. Making it legally binding on agencies to achieve standards and empowering consumers with rights is essential, because State governments would then take an integrated view of housing, water supply, sanitation and waste management. A scientific approach to water management is vital, considering that 21 cities — including many of those found to have unclean tap water — could run out of groundwater as early as 2020, as per a NITI Aayog report. Moreover, the Central Ground Water Board estimates that nearly a fifth of the urban local bodies are already facing a water crisis due to excessive extraction, failed monsoons, and unplanned development. On the issue of regular testing, there is a case to entrust a separate agency with the task in each State, rather than relying on the same agency that provides water to also perform this function. If data on water are made public on the same lines as air quality, it would ratchet up pressure on governments to act. For too long, the response of water departments to the challenge has been to chlorinate the supply, as this removes pathogens, ignoring such aspects as appearance, smell and taste. It is time to move beyond this and make tap water genuinely desirable.



Q.6 “On paper, the Indian standard has a plethora of quality requirements, including absence of viruses, parasites and microscopic organisms, and control over levels of toxic substances.”- What can be inferred from this line of the passage?



i. There are quality assurance parameters but municipal water lacks in achieving these parameters.

ii. All these parameters are given in writing but realistically it is not followed.

iii. The quality measures have to be implemented because it is required.



(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) Both ii and iii


Q.7 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?

(1) We are making a step ahead in packaged drinking water.

(2) The city water system follows the national standard for drinking water which is mandatory enough.

(3) Delhi is the one that has a satisfactory level of water quality.

(4) The data on water has been revealed with that Government is now bound to act.

(5) All of the above


Q.8 What has the author recommended for time to time inspection of the water?

(1) An autonomous body should be established.

(2) The same body should be relied for the task.

(3) Empowering consumers with rights to achieve standards.

(4) The official agencies have failed so a better accountability should be there.

(5) All except 4


Q.9 What are the reasons behind the water crisis that urban local bodies are facing?

i. Unnecessary extraction of water

ii. Irregular monsoon

iii. Unexpected development


(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) All i, ii and iii


Q.10 What have the consumers been advised by the officials?
i. To keep a check on water tap

ii. To have an access to water distribution agencies

iii. To consume boiled water


(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) Both ii and iii


Answers


1. (4)

2. (5)

3. (1)

4. (5)

5. (5)

6. (4)

7. (1)

8. (1)

9. (5)

10. (3)