[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 15 March 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: b)

In the Parliamentary system of government, which has been adopted in India, functions of the executive and the legislature are closely connected. For example, When the legislative assembly is in session, administrative officers are required all the time for the presentation of the bill, for briefing the ministers, etc.

When the legislative assembly is not in session, the decision making by the executive requires a lot of inputs from various sources including the legislators who are the representative of the people.

Present High court of Andhra Pradesh Judgement:

• Holding the State government to its promise of developing the region into the capital city, it has directed the government to complete the required developmental work in Amaravati within six months.
• As a consequential relief to the farmers who had given up their land for the specific purpose, the court has asked the State and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authorityto develop the surrendered land and deliver reconstituted plots to them within three months.

A welcome feature of the verdict is that it has invoked the doctrines of constitutional trust and promissory estoppel to prevent a regime from going back on its promises to citizens.

Several states in India have separate judicial capitals. Their High Courts in the different districts rather than in their state capitals because of the historical reasons.

For example, in Uttar Pradesh, while the state capital is Lucknow, the High Court is at Prayagraj.

Similarly, in Madhya Pradesh, while the state capital is Bhopal, the High Court is at Jabalpur and in Gujarat, while the state capital is Gandhinagar, the High Court is at Ahmedabad.

Solution: d)

The anthropogenic factors directly influencing a freshwater system are the engineering of river channels, irrigation and other consumptive use of water, widespread land use/land cover change, change in an aquatic habitat, and point and non-point source pollution affecting water quality.

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Solution: b)

The basic premise of intra- and inter-basin transfer (IBT) is to export water from the surplus basin to a deficit basin.

Ken Betwa river link project is a part of the National River Linking project.

The agriculture sector uses a little over 90% of total water use in India.

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Solution: b)

India has successfully eliminated diseases like small pox, guineaworm, neonatal tetanus and polio, and effectively controlled many communicable diseases like leprosy, malaria, filariasis, kalaazar and progressing well towards ending tuberculosis by 2025.

Solution: d)

Black panther:

• A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of any Panthera, particularly of the leopard in Asia and Africa, and the jaguar in the Americas.
• Melanism is the increased development of the dark-colored pigment melanin in the skin or hair.
• In India, they can be found in Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary, Anshi Dandeli Sanctuary (Karnataka), Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Tamil Nadu) and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)