[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 29 March 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

Gram Sabha:

• The term Gram Sabha is defined in the Constitution of India under Article 243(b).
• Gram Sabha is the primary body of the Panchayati Raj system and by far the

largest.

• It is a permanent body.
• The power to annul a decision of the Gram Sabha rests with the Gram Sabha only.

Composition:

• Persons, those who are above 18 years of age.
• Living in the village.
• Whose names are included in the electoral rolls for the Panchayat at the village level.

Powers and functions:

• Constitution mentions that Gram Sabha exercises such powers and performs such functions at the village level as the Legislature of a State may, by law, provide.

Solution: c)

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has expanded the ambit of an advisory board that conducts first level examination of large bank frauds to now cover all fraud cases involving amount of Rs 3 crore and above. 

Earlier Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) conducted initial examination in all large fraud cases (of above Rs 50 crore) before recommendations or references are made to investigative agencies such as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the respective public sector banks (PSBs) and financial institutions.

Officials of the level of general managers and above, whole-time directors, including former officials or former whole-time directors are under the ambit of the board.

The board may also periodically carry out frauds analysis in the financial system and give inputs for any policy formulation related to the frauds to the RBI and to the CVC.

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Solution: a)

The Assessment Reports, the first of which had come out in 1990, are the most comprehensive evaluations of the state of the earth’s climate. Hundreds of experts go through every available piece of relevant, published scientific information to prepare a common understanding of the changing climate. These have formed the basis of the global response to climate change.

The latest report has, for the first time, made an assessment of regional and sectoral impacts of climate change. It has included risks to, and vulnerabilities of, mega-cities around the world. 

Also for the first time, the IPCC report has looked at the health impacts of climate change.

IPCC reports form the scientific basis on which countries across the world build their policy responses to climate change. These reports, on their own, are not policy prescriptive: They do not tell countries or governments what to do. They are only meant to present factual situations with as much scientific evidence as is possible.

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Solution: a)

The IPCC report shows that the number of cyclones in the Arabian Sea before and after the monsoon has increased over the years and is attributed to climate change.

The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea generate only 7 per cent of the world’s cyclones. However, their impact are huge as some of the most densely populated regions of the world, including some mega-cities, are susceptible.

Solution: c)