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The correct answer is 38.6

Key Points

• The average body temperature of a cow is 38.6 °C (101.5 ° F).
• The range is found to be 37.8 °C to 40.0 °C (100 to 104 °F).
• A cow's body temperature is lower in the morning, due to the rest the body received and higher at night after a day of muscular activity.

Important Points Normal body temperature of different animals

The correct answer is Social mobilisation, capital formation, and capacity building.

Key Points

• Social mobilisation refers to the process of bringing together all societal sectors to raise awareness, demand, and participation for the empowerment and development of Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
• Capital formation involves the accumulation of assets and investments to generate income and enhance the financial stability of SHGs.
• Capacity building focuses on enhancing the skills, knowledge, and abilities of SHG members to improve their organizational and operational efficiency.
• These three components together aim to strengthen SHGs, enabling them to become self-reliant and sustainable in their economic activities.

Additional Information

• Self-Help Groups (SHGs):
• SHGs are small, economically homogeneous affinity groups of rural poor, coming together to save and mutually contribute to a common fund.
• They provide members with support and resources to improve their living standards and economic conditions.
• Microfinance:
• It is a financial service for low-income individuals or those who do not have access to typical banking services.
• Microfinance includes loans, savings, insurance, and fund transfers to help the underprivileged.
• Financial Inclusion:
• It is the process of ensuring access to financial services and timely and adequate credit for vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low-income groups at an affordable cost.
• Financial inclusion aims to connect people to the formal banking system to promote economic growth and development.
• Livelihood Promotion:
• It involves creating and enhancing opportunities for the poor to improve their income and employment prospects.
• Livelihood promotion includes training, skill development, and access to markets and financial services.

The correct answer is HDFC Bank.

Key Points

• HDFC Bank has been adjudged the Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development.
• Notably, HDFC Bank was the only private bank to be felicitated for remarkable work in SHGs.
• As part of NRLM, HDFC Bank provides access to financial services to over 4.5 lakh individuals in unbanked and underbanked sections of society.

Additional Information

• HDFC Bank:
• Headquarters - Mumbai.
• Founded In: August 1994.

The correct answer is Mudra Yojana

Key Points

• The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) announced by the Hon'ble PM Modi on 8^th April 2015, envisages providing MUDRA loans, upto Rs.10 lakh, to income-generating micro-enterprises engaged in manufacturing, trading and services sectors.
• Shishu:- covering loans upto  50,000/-
• Kishor:- covering loans above  50,000/- and upto 5 lakh
• Tarun:- covering loans above  5 lakh and upto 10 lakh
• It is ensured that more focus is given to Shishu Category Units and then Kishore and Tarun categories with an objective to promote entrepreneurship among the new generation aspiring youth.
• The funding support from MUDRA are of two types:
• Micro Credit Scheme (MCS) for loans up to 1 lakh finance through MFIs
• Refinance Scheme for Commercial Banks/Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)/Small Finance Banks/Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs).

Additional Information

Implementing Agency for Different Breeding Programmes are given below:

The correct answer is Andhra Pradesh.

Key Points

• The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy recently launched a scheme in Amaravati, which seeks to provide loans to the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) of the state, at zero percent interest.
• The Chief Minister released about ₹1,400 crore for the scheme, which is expected to benefit nearly 8.78 lakh SHGs.
• The interest component of ₹20,000 to ₹40,000 will be borne by the state government. At present, the SHGs borrow from banks at interest rate of 7 to 13 per cent.

Self-Aid Groups (SHGs) are a cohesive group of 10-20 people who band together to save and help one another in times of need.  

Important Points

• In 1972, SHGs in India can be traced back to the foundation of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA).
• A Self-Help Group (SHG) is a group of micro entrepreneurs with similar social and economic origins and can be either registered or unregistered.

Hence, A Self Help Group in India can be both Registered and Unregistered.

The correct answer is Vitamin-E

Key Points

• Crazy chick disease is a neurological disorder in poultry that is caused by a vitamin E deficiency.
• Vitamin E is an antioxidant that is important for protecting cells from damage.
• A deficiency in vitamin E can lead to a number of problems in poultry, including:
• Crazy chick disease
• Encephalomalacia (soft brain)
• Exudative diathesis (bloody diarrhoea)
• Crazy chick disease is characterized by a number of symptoms, including:
• Ataxia (incoordination)
• Tremors
• Seizures
• Blindness
• Death
• The severity of the symptoms of crazy chick disease can vary depending on the severity of the vitamin E deficiency.
• In some cases, birds may only show mild symptoms, such as a slight tremor.
• In other cases, birds may show severe symptoms, such as seizures and death.

The correct answer is 2014

Key Points

• The Rangarajan Committee, appointed by the Government of India, was tasked with estimating the poverty line and suggesting a new methodology to measure poverty.
• The committee submitted its report in 2014, but it was formed and worked on its analysis starting in 2010.
• The committee’s approach was a revision to the previous methodology used by the Tendulkar Committee.
• The report aimed at creating a more accurate and updated framework for identifying the poverty line across the country.

The correct answer is Savings Account.

Savings Account can be opened by a Self Help Group.

Key Points

• Self Help Group(SHG):
• They are informal associations of people who voluntarily choose to come together to find ways to improve their living conditions.
• Self Help Groups promote small savings among their members.
• The savings collected by the members are kept with the bank in a savings account.
• The SHGs give small loans to its members from its common fund.
• Savings account:
• A savings account is an interest-bearing deposit account kept at a bank or any other financial institution.
• Savings accounts pay interest.

Additional Information

• A fixed deposit is an investment scheme that banks and non-banking financing companies provide to their customers.