[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 27 November 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

Bacteriophages are the viruses that can kill the bacteria.

They are comprised of a protein capsule around an RNA or DNA genome.

They are ubiquitous viruses, found wherever bacteria exist. 

They are seen as a possible therapy against multi-drug-resistant strains of many bacteria.

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Solution: a)

Rice is a staple food for the overwhelming majority of the population in India.

It is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.

In the areas of less rainfall, it is grown with the help of irrigation.

In southern states and West Bengal, the climatic conditions allow the cultivation of two or three crops of rice in an agricultural year. In West Bengal farmers grow three crops of rice called ‘aus’, ‘aman’ and ‘boro’.

Solution: b)

The term ‘Federation’ has nowhere been used in the Constitution.

Article 1, on the other, describes India as a ‘Union of States’ which implies two things: one, Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement by the states; and two, no state has the right to secede from the federation.

That’s why, Indian Constitution has been variously described as ‘federal in form but unitary in spirit’, ‘quasi-federal’ by K C Wheare.

Solution: c)

The planet’s thick atmosphere traps heat and is the reason that it is the hottest planet in the solar system, despite coming after Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Surface temperatures on Venus can go up to 471 degrees Celsius, which is hot enough to melt lead, NASA notes.

Venus moves forward on its orbit around the Sun but spins backwards around its axis slowly. This means on Venus the Sun rises in the west and sets in the East. Venus also does not have a moon and no rings.

Because of the planet’s harsh environment, no humans have visited it and even the spacecraft that have been sent to the planet have not survived for a very long time. “Venus’ high surface temperatures overheat electronics in spacecraft in a short time, so it seems unlikely that a person could survive for long on the Venusian surface.

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Solution: a)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said interoperability amongst Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) issued by banks and non-banks should be enabled by March 31, 2022.

PPIs are instruments that facilitate purchase of goods and services, including financial services, remittances, funds transfers, against the value stored in/on such instruments.

They facilitate inter-personal remittance transactions such as sending money to a friend or a family member.

RBI said it will be mandatory for PPI issuers to give the holders of full-Know-Your-Customer (KYC) PPIs (KYC-compliant PPIs) interoperability through authorised card networks (for PPIs in the form of cards) and UPI (for PPIs in the form of electronic wallets). Interoperability shall be mandatory on the acceptance side as well, it added.

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