INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 27 July 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country.
• The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram for effective implementation since 2018.
• It seeks to provide better socio-economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/pradhan-mantri-jan-vikas-karyakaram-pmjvk/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• It is a 7,200-km-long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight.
• Regions involved: India, Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe.
• This corridor connects India Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, Islamic Rep., and is then connected to Saint Petersburg and North European via Russia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/why-india-cant-bank-on-the-international-north-south-transport-corridor/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1 and S3: India on February 1, 2018 joined the Ashgabat agreement, which was instituted in April 2011 to establish an international multimodal transport and transit corridor between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.
• The Agreement was first signed by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Oman and Qatar on 25 April 2011. While Qatar subsequently withdrew from the agreement in 2013, Kazakhstan and Pakistan joined the grouping in 2016. The Ashgabat Agreement came into force in April 2016.
• S2: Its objective is to enhance connectivity within the Eurasian region and synchronize it with other regional transport corridors, including the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/why-india-cant-bank-on-the-international-north-south-transport-corridor/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: Jupiter has Auroras near both its poles which emit X-rays. However, scientists were puzzled about the reason behind these X-Ray emissions.
• S2: Auroras are caused by ions crashing into Jupiter’s atmosphere. These ions are ‘surfing’ the electromagnetic waves in Jupiter’s magnetic field to enter the planet’s atmosphere.
• S3: Juno’s primary goal is to reveal the story of Jupiter’s formation and evolution.
• Now, combining data from Juno mission and European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton mission, NASA has solved this puzzle.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/nasa-solves-mystery-of-jupiters-x-ray-auroras/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is the implementation wing of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
• It is a registered society originally formed by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• As per the 306th amendment in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, both NGRBA and NMCG were allocated to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR), now Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/clean-ganga-funds/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• The agarwood tree (Aquilaria malaccensis) oil is also known as liquid gold.
• A litre of agar oil costs Rs 5 lakh in the global market.
• IUCN has listed it under the critically endangered
• The agarwood tree is native to Northeast India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and parts of Southeast Asia.
• It is an evergreen tree that can grow to 40 metres.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-27-july-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ), the oldest export zone in the country, has become the “first green industrial city” in India to receive a platinum rating under IGBC Green Cities Rating for existing cities in the industrial cities category.
• The SEZ has increased its green cover and managed to grow 68 species of trees and attract 28 varieties of birds on a piece of land that was once a salt pan with almost no vegetation.
• Most of these trees have been planted post 2019, using the Miyawaki forestation method.
  • Miyawaki method originated in Japan, and is now increasingly adopted in other parts of the world, including Indian urban spaces. It has revolutionised the concept of urban afforestation by turning backyards into mini-forests.
  • Named after the Japanese botanist and plant ecologist Akira Miyawaki. Using this, it’s possible to grow a variety of native species in as little a space as 600 sq.ft.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-27-july-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: It is the only sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh with a population of Asian elephants, which migrated after 200 years from neighbouring regions.
• S2: The sanctuary is covered by southern tropical dry deciduous and thorn forests. Some of the important flora consists of Albizia amara, Acacia, Lagerstroemia, Ficus, bamboo, and a species which is a regeneration of Santalum album.

Refer: http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/site/factsheet/18021