[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 20 December 2021 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: Portuguese were the first ones to colonize parts of India and were the last to leave.
• S2: The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when the governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1510 from Adil Shahis.
• S3: Goa Liberation Day is observed on 19 December every year in India and it marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 following 450 years of Portuguese rule.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/goa-liberation-day-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Stat1: The Indian voter IDcard is an identity document issued by the Election Commission of India to adult domiciles of India who have reached the age of 18, which primarily serves as an identity proof for Indian citizens while casting their ballot in the country’s municipal, state, and national elections
• Stat2: It serves as general identity, address, and age proof for other purposes such as buying a mobile phone SIM card or applying for a passport. It also serves as a Travel Document to travel to Nepal and Bhutan by Land or Air.
• Stat3: It is also known as Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC). It was first introduced in 1993 during the tenure of the Chief Election Commissioner T. N. Seshan. Initially, voter IDs were printed with black ink on regular paper and laminated. Starting in 2015, the Indian government started rolling out a less perishable PVC colour version, compliant with the ISO/IEC 7810 size standard used by most payment and ATM cards.
• Stat4: On the front, the Elector Photo Identity Card contains the voter’s name, the name of a relative they have chosen (such as their father or mother), and the voter’s picture, along with the voter’s ID numbe
• On the back of the card, the voter’s home address is printed, along with an image of their Electoral Registration Officer’s signature. The back also mentions the voter’s electoral district and their assembly constituency. The newer series also contains a ‘part number’, which lets voters and election officials locate voters on their electoral roll.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/bill-on-voter-id-aadhaar-link/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: e-Aadhaar is a password protected electronic copy of Aadhaar, which is digitally signed by the competent Authority of UIDAI.
• S2: Aadhaar Virtual ID, a 16-digit number that is randomly generated, is used in place of Aadhaar number for authentification purposes. It is valid until a new VID is generated by the user. It is generated at the UIDAI portal. It provides limited KYC access to agencies.
• S3: Mask Aadhaar option allows you to mask your Aadhaar number in your downloaded e-Aadhaar. Masked Aadhaar number implies replacing of first 8 digits of Aadhaar number with some characters like “xxxx-xxxx” while only last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Number are visible.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/bill-on-voter-id-aadhaar-link/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The tracker is one of the important pillars of the Poshan Abhiyan and helps the Government monitor services delivered at 12.3 lakh anganwadi centres and record nutritional indicators of 9.8 lakh beneficiaries, including children in the age of six months to six years as well as pregnant women and lactating mothers.
• The Government has spent ₹1,053 crore to develop the tracker. Of the total, ₹600 crore was spent on procurement of smartphones, followed by ₹96 crore on smartphone recharge and maintenance, ₹180.68 crore on incentives to anganwadi workers and helpers for using the technology and ₹68 crore on training.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/poshan-tracker-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It is a highly contagious viral disease affecting puppies and dogs.
• It affects the intestinal tract of canines with puppies being more susceptible.
• Bloody diarrhoea, vomiting, drastic weight loss, dehydration and lethargy are some of the symptoms.
• The virus has reported a 90 per cent mortality rate.
• This virus was discovered in 1967and has rapidly become a serious threat to canine health. This is primarily due to the fact that the virus is hard to kill, can live for a long time in the environment, and is shed in large quantities by infected dogs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/what-is-parvovirus/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It is an international organization founded in 1969,consisting of 57 member states.
• It is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations.
• The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony “.
• The OIC has permanent delegations to the United Nations and the European Union.
• Permanent Secretariatis in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/20/organization-of-islamic-cooperation/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Stat1: The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has held it unconstitutional to provide 100% reservation for tribal teachers in schools located in Scheduled Areas across the country.
• What has the Court said?
  • 100% reservation is not permissible under the Constitution as the outer limit is 50% as specified in Indra Sawhney case, 1992.
  • The citizens have equal rights and the total exclusion of others by creating an opportunity for one class is not contemplated by the Constitution.
  • It also deprives SCs and OBCs of their due representation.
  • The opportunity of public employment cannot be denied unjustly to the incumbents and it is not the prerogative of few.
• Stat2: In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has said that there is “no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions”, and also no court can order a state government to provide for reservation to SC/STs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/23/no-100-quota-for-tribal-teachers-sc/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Education for Justice (E4J) initiative was launched by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes to teach next generation about crime prevention and address problems under law.
• The initiative seeks to prevent crime and promote a culture of lawfulness through education activities designed for primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
• The E4J initiative is under the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration.

Refer: https://www.unodc.org/e4j/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Two black holes recently collided to create a larger one – the biggest black hole merger yet detected. It has a mass more than 80 times that of the sun.
• The resulting energy injected into the fabric of spacetime was also record breaking, with five sun’s worth of mass released in the form gravitational waves as the two holes spiralled in towards each other.
• Such titanic amounts of energy meant that the signal was still detectable by the time it reached gravitational wave detectors on Earth. It produced a record-breaking result – the most distant collision detected so far, nine billion light years away

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018