Insights Revision Through MCQs – 22 October 2019

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Tanaji came from a Koli family(ethnic Indian group in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir states)
• A medieval era Shahir (a poet who reads aloud his own poems) named Tulsidas,[a] wrote a Powada describing the bravery with which Tanaji fought and conquered the fort of Sinhagad.[6]
• Freedom fighter and Hindu Mahasabha leader, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar wrote a Ballad on Tanaji Malusare but it was banned by the colonial British government. This ban was lifted on May 24, 1946
• Namadeva (1270 – 1350) was an Indian poet and saint from Maharashtra, India who is significant to the Varkari sect of Hinduism. Bhagat Namdev’s writings were also recognized by the Gurus of Sikhism and are included in the holy book of Sikhism, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Namdev worshipped Vithoba, one of the many forms of lord Vishnu

Refer: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/taanaji-malusare-and-the-battle-of-singhagad/

Ans:(a)

Explanation: Here, Directive word is INCORRECT!!

• Battle of Sinhagad
  • The battle was fought between Tanaji Malusare, a Koli commander of Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj and Udaybhan Rathod, fortkeeper under Jai Singh I who was a Mughal Army Chief.
  • A steep cliff leading to the fort was scaled at night with the help of a tamed monitor lizard named “Yashwanti”, to whom the Marathas attached a rope and sent to scale the wall with its claws. Thereafter, a battle ensued between Tanaji and his men versus the Mughal army headed by Udaybhan Singh Rathod, a Rajput sardar who had control of the fort. Tanaji Malusare lost his life, but his brother Suryaji took over and captured the Kondana fort, now known as Sinhagad
• Battle of Haldighati
  • The historic Battle of Haldighati, took place in the year 1576 AD between Rana Pratap Singh, the great Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar in Rajasthan and Raja Man Singh of Amber, the great general of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. This battle is considered as one of the most significant events in the history of the Rajputs, and this battle was also one of the shortest battles in Indian history, which lasted for only 4 hours
• First Battle of Panipat
  • 21 April 1526, was fought between the invading forces of Babur and the Ibrahim Lodi. It took place in north India and marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire and the end of the Delhi Sultanate
  • This was one of the earliest battles involving gunpowder firearms and field artillery in the Indian subcontinent which were introduced by Mughals in this battle.
• Second Battle of Panipat
  • Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between the Hindu emperor of north India Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and forces of Akbar. Hemu had conquered the states of Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier by defeating the Mughals led by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi and proclaimed himself Raja Vikramaditya at a coronation in Purana Quila in Delhi. Akbar and his guardian Bairam Khan who, after listening the news of losing Agra and Delhi, had marched to Panipat to reclaim the lost territories. The two armies clashed at Panipat not far from the site of the First Battle of Panipat of 1526.
  • Hem Chandra and his forces held the numerical superiority. However, Hemu was wounded by an arrow in the middle of the battle and fell unconscious. Seeing their leader going down, his army panicked and dispersed. Unconscious and almost dead Hemu was captured and subsequently beheaded by Akbar later on. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Mughal king.
• Third Battle of Panipat
  • Third Battle of Panipat fought on January 14, 1761 between the Marathas and forces of the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali and his allies was one of the biggest and most significant battles of the 18th century in India

Refer: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/taanaji-malusare-and-the-battle-of-singhagad/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

Explanation:

• This easily worked and corrosion-resistant metal has been used for pipes, pewter and paint since Roman times. It has also been used in lead glazes for pottery and, in this century, insecticides, hair dyes and as an anti-knocking additive for petrol. All these uses have now been banned, replaced or discouraged as lead is known to be detrimental to health, particularly that of children.
• Lead is still widely used for car batteries, pigments, ammunition, cable sheathing, weights for lifting, weight belts for diving, lead crystal glass, radiation protection and in some solders.
• It is often used to store corrosive liquids. It is also sometimes used in architecture, for roofing and in stained glass windows.

Refer: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/un-report-on-lead-concentration-in-paints/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a new version of of Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app i.e. BHIM 2.0.
• BHIM app that was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was launched in December, 2016.
• It is a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) that allows real time fund transfer and has three levels of authentication
• The new version of BHIM supports three additional languages — Konkani, Bhojpuri and Haryanvi — over and above the existing 13.
• Under BHIM 2.0, the existing cap of Rs. 20,000 has been increased to Rs. 1,00,000, from verified merchants.
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Refer: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/bhim-2-0/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• In India, social media platforms already come under the purview of the Information Technology (IT) Act, the ‘intermediaries guidelines’ that were notified under the IT Act in 2011 and the Indian Penal Code.
• In September 2019, Kerala High Court held that the right to have access to the internet is part of the fundamental Right to Education as well as the Right to Privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.
• The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 not yet passed

Refer: http://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/regulation-of-social-media/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-october-2019/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-october-2019/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Palm oil accounts for almost Two-third of the country’s total edible oil imports
• in calendar year 2018, India’s trade deficit with China fell to $57.4 billion from $59.3 billion.
• China, India, and the US are the world’s leading onion producing countries. China is the leading producer of onions in the world.

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-october-2019/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-october-2019/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• National Emergency requires approval from the parliament only.