[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 25 January 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Registration of Political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
• A party seeking registration under the said Section with the Election Commission has to submit an application to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the date of its formation as per guidelines prescribed by the Election Commission of India in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 324 of the Commission of India and Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/recognition-derecognition-of-political-parties-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: A registered party is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils any one of the three conditions listed below:

• A party should win 2% of seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three different states.
• At a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.
• A party gets recognition as a state party in four states.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/recognition-derecognition-of-political-parties-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Criminal law in India:

• The Criminal law in India is contained in a number of sources – The Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
• Criminal Justice System can impose penalties on those who violate the established laws.
• The criminal law and criminal procedure are in the concurrent list of the seventh schedule of the constitution.
• Lord Thomas Babington Macaulayis said to be the chief architect of codifications of criminal laws in India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/criminal-justice-reforms-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Madhav Menon Committee:It submitted its report in 2007, suggesting various recommendations on reforms in the Criminal Justice System of India (CJSI).
• Malimath Committee Report:It submitted its report in 2003 on the Criminal Justice System of India (CJSI).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/criminal-justice-reforms-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• How does Biofortification differ from food fortification?
  • Biofortificationhas the increased nutritional micronutrient content embedded in the crop being grown.
  • Food fortificationincreases the nutritional value of foods by adding trace amounts of micronutrients to foods during processing.
• What is biofortification?
  • It is the process of increasing nutritional value of food crops by increasing the density of vitamins and minerals in a crop through either conventional plant breeding; agronomic practices or biotechnology.
  • Examples of these vitamins and minerals that can be increased through biofortification include provitamin A Carotenoids, zinc and iron.
• How are crops fortified?
  • Conventional crop breeding techniques are used to identify varieties with particularly high concentration of desired nutrients.
  • These are cross-bred with varieties with other desirable traits from the target areas (such a virus resistance, drought tolerance, high yielding, taste) to develop biofortified varieties that have high levels of micronutrients (for example, vitamin A, iron or zinc), in addition to other traits desired by farmers and consumers.
• What is Agronomic biofortification?
  • It entails application of minerals such as zinc or iron as foliar or soil applications, drawing on plant management, soil factors, and plant characteristics to get enhanced content of key micronutrients into the edible portion of the plant.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/food-fortification/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. Rice fortification is the practice of increasing the content of essential micronutrients in rice and to improve the nutritional quality of the rice.
• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)has formulated a comprehensive regulation on fortification of foods namely ‘Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2016’. These regulations set the standards for food fortification and encourage the production, manufacture, distribution, sale and consumption of fortified foods.
• Fortification can be an excellent way of increasing the content of vitamins in breast milk and thus reducing the need for supplementation in postpartum women and infants.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/01/25/food-fortification/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

Refer: World Physical Map

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• STARSstands for Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS).
• STARS project would be implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Schemeunder the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.
• It is a project to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
• Six states are-Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
• Some 250 million students (between the age of 6 and 17) in 1.5 million schools, and over 10 million teachers will benefit from the program.

Refer: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1664361

Ans: (c)

Explanation: ENFUSER (ENvironmental information FUsion SERvice):

• It is a very high resolution city scale modellaunched recently for Delhi.
• It has been operationalized recently by IMD to identify the air pollution hotspots and pollution upto street level.
• It has been developed in technical collaboration with Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).
• The speciality of the ENFUSER is the high utilization of measurement data such as air quality observations, a detailed description of the road network, buildings, land-use information, high resolution satellite images, ground elevation and population data.

Refer: pib.gov.in