INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 15 July 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The commission was the outcome of Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India. The Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations to constitute a permanent body in the nature of a Commission or Tribunal for entertaining, examining and recommending upon requests for inclusion and complaints of over-inclusion and under-inclusion in the list of OBCs.
• S2: It is a constitutional body under India’s Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  • The present Commission (8th) has been accorded Constitutional Status and constituted through “The Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018” Act dated 11.8.2018, whereby Article 338B has been inserted, forming a Commission for the socially and educationally backward classes to be known as NCBC.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/15/commission-to-examine-the-issue-of-sub-categorization/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Ultraviolet (UV) is a type of light or radiation naturally emitted by the Sun.
• Ultraviolet (UV) light has shorter wavelengths than visible light. It covers a wavelength range of 100-400 nm.
• The human visible light ranges from 380–700 nm.
• UV is divided into three bands: UV-C (100-280 nm), UV-B (280-315 nm) and UV-A (315-400 nm).
• UV-A and UV-B rays from the Sun are transmitted through our atmosphere and all UV-C is filtered by the ozone layer.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/15/what-is-uv-c-technology/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The European Commission unveiled its so-called ‘Fit for 55’ package of revised climate and energy laws – aiming to align key EU policies with the new 55-percent net-emissions reduction by 2030.
• These measures are a EU’s roadmap to achieve its target to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/15/new-european-climate-law/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It is a pilgrimage organised in the Hindu calendar month of Shravana (Saavan).
• Saffron-clad Shiva devotees generally walk barefoot with pitchers of holy water from the Ganga or other holy rivers. The water is used by the pilgrims to worship Shiva lingas at shrines of importance.
• Devotees carry the pitchers of holy water on their shoulders, balanced on decorated slings known as
• In the Gangetic plains, the water is taken from pilgrimage sites such as Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand, Sultanganj in Bihar, and Prayagraj, Ayodhya or Varanasi from Uttar Pradesh.
• An important festival with similarities to the Kanwar yatra in North India, called the Kavadi festival, is celebrated in Tamil Nadu, in which Lord Muruga is worshipped.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/15/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-15-july-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Great Hornbills are found in three separate areas in South Asia; in the Western Ghats, the Himalayan foothills in Uttaranchal to south Nepal and Bhutan, and north-east India.
• They occur in primary evergreen and moist deciduous forest, mainly in lowland forest, but they can be found up to 2,000 meters in some areas.
• http://www.hornbills.in/great-hornbill.php

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: Verbatim from CPCB Website, “River basin will be the unit of planning and management. This is an internationally accepted strategy for integrated management of rivers.
  • Accordingly, a new institutional mechanism in the form of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) will spearhead river conservation efforts at the national level. Implementation will be by the State Agencies and Urban Local Bodies”.
• S3: PM Chairs the NGRBA.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: The founding of TEER is actually a bit elaborate. It started from the G8+5 environment ministers since 2007. You can read more about it in the source given below.
• The TEEB office is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• S2 and 3: Lifted nearly verbatim from the source below.
• http://www.teebweb.org/about/the-initiative/

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: Red Sanders (a tree) has a highly restrictive distribution in the South Eastern portion of Indian peninsula (Eastern Ghats of South India) to which it is endemic. So, clearly 1 is correct.
• S2: It occurs in the forest formation which is classified as “Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests”. So, clearly 2 is wrong.
• It is generally found at altitudes of 150 – 900 m. It grows on dry, hilly, often rocky ground, and occasionally found on precipitous hill sides also. It prefers lateritic and gravelly soil and cannot tolerate water logging.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016