Insights Revision Through MCQs – 22 November 2019

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The eighth article reads that any person who or either of whose parents or grandparents were born in India as stated in the Government of India Act 1955 and who is residing ordinarily in any country outside India shall be considered to be a citizen of India.
• If he has registered as a Citizen of India by an Indian diplomatic or consular representative in that country on an application made by him or her in the prescribed document form to such diplomatic or consular representative, whether before or after the commencement of the Constitution.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/mlas-citizenship-revoked-for-hiding-foreign-visits/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: Here Directive Word is Not Correct!!

 K12 Education Transformation Framework by Microsoft

• The Framework provides a holistic framework to facilitate a comprehensive digital transformation of schools.
• The framework is a flexible platform based on the latest research and input from hundreds of academics, experts, and policymakers.
• It comprises four pillars — leadership and policy, modern teaching and learning, intelligent environments and technology blueprint.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/k12-education-transformation-framework/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Assam government has announced the launch of ‘Arundhati Swarna Yojana’

• Under the scheme, the state government will offer 10 grams of gold as a gift to every adult bride who has completed at least 10th standard and has registered her marriage.
• Note: The government will not give the gold directly but Rs. 30,000 to purchase 10 gms of gold.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/arundhati-swarna-yojana/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 (IMI 2.0):

• To ensure that not a single child in the country misses out on vaccination, the government has launched the ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ with a special focus on improving coverage in areas with “low” immunization .
• Through ‘IMI 2.0’, the health ministry aims to reach each and every child below the age of two years and all pregnant women still uncovered/partially covered in 271 districts of the country and 652 blocks of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/in-news-intensified-mission-indradhanush/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Avian Botulism is a strain of botulism that affects wild and captive bird populations, most notably waterfowl.
• This is a paralytic disease brought on by the Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNt) of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
• Type C BoNt is most frequently associated with waterfowl mortality.
• Humans are generally considered resistant to type C avian botulism.
• Type E avian botulism can cause illness in humans, but this is very rare.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/avian-botulism/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations.
• It was drawn up by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, with the active participation of the Council of Europe’s observer states Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States.
• It is open for ratification even to states that are not members of the Council of Europe.
• As of September 2019, 64 states have ratified the convention.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/budapest-convention-on-cyber-security/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• All the options are correct
• K family of missiles named after Indian scientist and former president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is a series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles developed by India to boost its second strike capabilities and thus augment its nuclear deterrence

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-november-2019/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria(bacteria eater)
• All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure.
• A bacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible bacterium and infects the host cell.
• Bacteriophages occasionally remove a portion of their host cells’ bacterial DNA during the infection process and then transfer this DNA into the genome of new host cells. This process is known as transduction.
• Transcription is the first of several steps of DNA based gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/22/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-22-november-2019/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• These are the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
• To the north, the region is delimited from Europe by the Caucasus Mountains, to the southwest, it is delimited from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez, while to the east, the region adjoins Central Asia and South Asia.

Ans: (b)

Explanation: