[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 17 September 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• In 2017, the Right to Privacy was declared a fundamental right (under Article 21) by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict (Puttuswamy case).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/delhi-high-court-observations-on-the-right-to-be-forgotten/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: India’s stand on PoK:

• The fact that PoK is an integral part of India has been our consistent policy ever since 1947.
• India has also made clear to the world that any issue related to PoK is the internal matter of India.
• Please note that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is part of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, while Gilgit-Baltistan is in the UT of Ladakh in the fresh maps released by the government.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/pakistan-occupied-kashmir/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About WHO’s Emergency Use List (EUL): 

• The WHO Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL) is a risk-based procedure for assessing and listing unlicensed vaccines, therapeutics and in vitro diagnostics with the ultimate aim of expediting the availability of these products to people affected by a public health emergency.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/who-pre-qualification-or-emergency-use-listing-eul-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: About Sir M Visvesvaraya:

• An expert in irrigation techniques and flood disaster management, Sir MV was not just a great civil engineer but also served as the 19th Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1919.
• While serving as the Diwan of Mysore, in 1915 he was awarded ‘Knight’ as a commander of the British Indian Empire by King George V.
• The legendary nation builder was a strong proponent of industrialisation, and his slogan was ‘Industrialise or Perish’, in direct contrast to Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Industrialise and Perish’. He wrote the first book on planning in India, Reconstructing India, in 1920, and another in the mid-1930s, Planned Economy for India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/national-engineers-day/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The objective of the Gaganyaan programme is to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low earth orbit on board an Indian launch vehicle and bring them back to earth safely.
• Preparation and launch:
  • Four Indian astronaut-candidates have already undergone generic space flight training in Russia as part of the Gaganyaan programme.
  • ISRO’s heavy-lift launcher GSLV Mk III has been identified for the mission.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/gaganyaan-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Conservations latest buzzword is critical wildlife habitat, or CWH. Introduced within the Forest Rights Act, this term (and its equivalent, critical tiger habitat under the Wildlife Protection Act) is already creating ripples and also confusion.
• Critical wildlife habitats are notified within existing national parks and sanctuaries for the purpose of keeping them inviolate. Once notified, these cannot be diverted for any other purpose. The term inviolate could include areas with no human use to areas with small-scale human activities that are compatible with conservation. The location and extent of CWHs need to be determined through sound scientific criteria.
• The Acts also specify that in such areas, relocation of people can take place only if it is established that co-existence between human communities and wildlife is not possible, and if the communities give their informed consent. For the first time in the conservation history of India, forcible displacement of people has been made illegal.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/the-scheduled-tribes-and-other-traditional-forest-dwellers-recognition-of-rights-act/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Hindi, written in Devanagari script, is the most prominent language spoken in the country. In the 2001 census, 422 million (422,048,642) people in India reported Hindi to be their native language. This figure not only included Hindi speakers of Hindustani, but also people who identify as native speakers of related languages who consider their speech to be a dialect of Hindi, the Hindi belt.
• S2: The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devnagari Script along with English as the official language of the country on September 14, 1949, under Article 343(1).

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-16-september-2021-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION is a Multilateral Exercise, which is conducted biennially as part of military diplomacy between Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states.
• The 6th edition of Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION is being hosted by Russia in the Orenburg Region of South West Russia from 13 to 25 September 2021.
• The aim of the exercise is to foster close relations between SCO member states and to enhance abilities of the military leaders to command multi-national military contingents.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/16/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-16-september-2021-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Indian rhinoceros also called the Indian rhino, it is the largest of the rhino species.
• It is native to the Indian subcontinent.
• It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assam-assembly/rhinos-stray-into-assam-poll-rhetoric/article34145215.ece

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Black Rhino: Critically Endangered
  • ref: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/black-rhino
• Javan Rhino: Critically endangered
  • Ref: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/javan-rhino
• White Rhino : Near Threatened
  • Ref: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/white-rhino

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/assam-assembly/rhinos-stray-into-assam-poll-rhetoric/article34145215.ece