[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 7 March 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: c)

Wheat crop has wide adaptability. It can be grown not only in the tropical and sub-tropical zones, but also in the temperate zone and beyond even the 60-degree north altitude. Wheat can tolerate severe cold and snow and resume growth with the setting in of warm weather in spring.

India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses in the world, contributing nearly 24 per cent to the global output.

Pulses are 20 to 25 per cent protein by weight which is double the protein content of wheat and three times that of rice.

Solution:  b)

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject aimed at replicating the fusion processes of the Sun to create energy on the Earth.

The long-term goal of fusion research is to generate electricity. ITER’s stated purpose is scientific research, and technological demonstration of a large fusion reactor, without electricity generation.^[

India is one of the member country of the project and is also funding the project.

Solution: a)

The First Five-year Plan was launched in 1951 which mainly focused in development of the primary sector.

The period of the three consecutive Annual Plans was 1966–69. It was the period between the third and fourth five year plans.

In indicative Planning, the planning authority sets the broad goals for the economy. The implementation of the plan requires the co-ordination of the various units in the economy. This type of planning in India started since the 8th Five-Year Plan.

Solution: a)

In the Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court also held that ‘the Indian Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles.

This harmony and balance between the two is an essential feature of the basic structure of the Constitution.

The Parliament can amend the Fundamental Rights for implementing the Directive Principles, so long as the amendment does not damage or destroy the basic structure of the Constitution.

However, the Parliament cannot amend the Directive principles on its whims and fancies and affect the ‘welfare state’ credential of Indian constitution since it forms a part of the basic structure.

Solution: d)

GNP measures the total monetary value of the output produced by a country’s residents. Therefore, any output produced by foreign residents within the country’s borders must be excluded in calculations of GNP, while any output produced by the country’s residents outside of its borders must be counted.

GNP does not include intermediary goods and services to avoid double-counting since they are already incorporated in the value of final goods and services.

The items which are counted in the segment ‘Income from Abroad’ is:

(i) Private Remittances

(ii) Interest on External Loans

(iii) External Grants