[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 21 August 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: He employed a large number of European officers, especially French, to train his troops.
• S2: He turned Harimandir Sahib at Amritsar into the Golden Temple by covering it with gold.
• S3: Under his tenure, the Sikh Empire was very secular since it allowed men from different religions as well, to rise to commanding positions of authority.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/maharaja-ranjit-singh/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Gandhiji along with Shaukat Ali, the leader of the Khilafat movement in India, visited Calicut in August 1920 to spread the combined message of non-cooperation and Khilafat among the residents of Malabar.
• In response to Gandhiji’s call, a Khilafat committee was formed in Malabar and the Mappilas, under their religious head Mahadum Tangal of Ponnani who pledged support to the non-cooperation movement.
• Kunhj Koya of the Thangal was the President of the Khilafat Committee in Malappuram, Kerala.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/malabar-rebellion-of-1921/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
• It is aimed at ensuring energy security for farmers in India, along with honouring India’s commitment to increase the share of installed capacity of electric power from non-fossil-fuel sources to 40% by 2030 as part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/pm-kusum-scheme/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man-made chemicals referred to as ozone depleting substances (ODS).
• S2: Adopted on 15 September 1987, the Protocol is to date the only UN treaty ever that has been ratified every country on Earth – all 198 UN Member States.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/kigali-amendment-to-the-1989-montreal-protocol/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol was established in 1991 under Article 10 of the treaty. The Fund’s objective is to provide financial and technical assistance to developing country parties to the Montreal Protocol whose annual per capita consumption and production of ODS is less than 0.3 kg to comply with the control measures of the Protocol.
• The Multilateral Fund’s activities are implemented by four international agencies – UN Environment Programme (UNEP) , UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the World Bank – as well as bilateral agencies of non-Article 5 countries.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/kigali-amendment-to-the-1989-montreal-protocol/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims at sharing the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way
• The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity effective since 2003.
• What is Kigali Amendment?
  • Negotiated in the Rwandan capital in October 2016.
  • The amendment has already come into force from the start of 2019.
  • It enables the gradual phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a family of chemicals used extensively in the air-conditioning, refrigeration and furnishing foam industry.
• The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol) is an international agreement made in 1987. It was designed to stop the production and import of ozone depleting substances and reduce their concentration in the atmosphere to help protect the earth’s ozone layer.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/kigali-amendment-to-the-1989-montreal-protocol/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Hazara is an ethnic group from Afghanistan.
• They are believed to be descendants of the founder of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan, and his army that overran the entire region during the 13th century.
• Their distinct Asiatic features and use of a Persian dialect called Hazaragi also sets them apart from the rest of the country.
• Why in News?
  • Their distinct Asiatic features and use of a Persian dialect called Hazaragi also sets them apart from the rest of the country.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/21/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-21-august-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Birsa Munda died at an early age of 24, but left a great impact by firing the imagination of the tribals. By mobilising them against the tyrant British rulers. He had raised the slogan Abua raj seter jana, maharani raj tundu jana which means “Let the kingdom of the queen be ended and our kingdom be established”. This slogan threatening the British Raj became widely popular.

Refer: Improvisation of UPSC CSE 2020; Q15 (Set-B)

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Pushyamitra Shunga ruled c. 185 – c. 149 BCE, but Panini is dated to about 4^th So, 1 is wrong. Also, as you would see below, since 2 is correct,
• S2: Amarasimha (IAST: Amara-siṃha, c. CE 375) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been “one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya, not Harshavardhana.
• S3: The noted Sanskrit poet Kalidasa is said to be the court poet of Chandragupta II.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020