[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 20 April 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: c)

e-GramSwaraj Portal and Mobile App:

• Launched by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• It will provide the Gram Panchayats with a single interface to prepare and implement their Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).
• The portal will ensure real time monitoring and accountability.

Solution: c)

Different festivals being celebrated in several parts of country:

• Vaisakhi-Spring harvest festival celebrated by Hindus ans Sikhs. The day marks the formation of Khalsa Panth of warriors under Guru Gobind Singh. It is celebrated as the first day of the month of Vaisakha according to Hindu calendar.
• Vishu- It is a Malayali festivalcelebrated in the South Indian state of Kerala, Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka, bordering areas of Tamil Nadu and their diaspora communities. The festival marks the first day of Medam, the ninth month in the solar calendar followed in Kerala.
• Rongali Bihu- Celebrated in Assam.It marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year.
• Naba Barsha- BengaliNew Year according to the Gregorian Calendar.
• Puthandu – Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated on the first day of the Tamil month – Chithirai – and marks the beginning of the Tamil New Year.

Solution: d)

InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years ago. It is the first outer space robotic explorer to study in-depth the “inner space” of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

InSight’s primary objective is to study the earliest evolutionary processes that shaped Mars. By studying the size, thickness, density and overall structure of Mars’ core, mantle and crust, as well as the rate at which heat escapes from the planet’s interior, InSight will provide a glimpse into the evolutionary processes of all of the rocky planets in the inner Solar System. It detected quakes and magnetic pulses on the planet Mars.

Solution: c)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

President of CSIR is Prime Minister of India.

About:

• It is an autonomous body and the largest research and development (R&D) organisation in India.
• Although it is mainly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, it operates as an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act, 1860.
• The research and development activities of CSIR includes aerospace engineering, Structural engineering, ocean sciences, Life sciences, metallurgy, chemicals, mining, food, petroleum, leather, and environment.

Solution: d)

Yellow rust or stripe rust is a fungal disease which attacks the leaves of wheat crop by forming yellow stripes and affects their photosynthesis that causes shrivelling of grain size. It is a disease of cool weather in the northern hills and north-western plains zone.