Insights Revision Through MCQs – 08 October 2019

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Origin of Sedition law
  • Origin of Sedition law in India is connected to the Wahabis Movement of the 19th century.
  • This was an Islamic revivalist movement and was led by Syed Ahmed Barelvi.
  • Since 1830, the movement was active but in the wake of 1857 revolt, it turned into armed resistance, a Jihad against the British.
  • The British termed Wahabis as rebels and carried out military operations against Wahabis
• Law of Sedition deals with section 124A of IPC, 1860, is considered as a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech. It was drafted by Thomas Macaulay and introduced in 1870.
• Gandhiji had written three ‘politically sensitive’ articles in his weekly journal Young India, which was published from 1919 to 1932 so that he was jailed on the charges of sedition. He was sentenced to a six-year jail term.
  • Three charges were imposed on him:
    • Tampering with loyalty;
    • Shaking the manes and
    • Attempt to excite disaffection towards the British Government.
  • Jogendra Chunder Bose was an editor of Bangobasi. He was charged with Sedition for voicing against Age of Consent Bill, 189

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/sedition-law/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• October 15,2014 marked a historic day for India, with the introduction of the world’s largest PHWs (Pictorial Health Warning). The Health Minister of India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan announced that the new Pictorial Health Warnings on cigarette packets would cover 85 percent of the principal display area of tobacco packs
• According to the guidelines of Article 11 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), new warnings are required to be aligned at the top edge of the pack and are scheduled to rotate every two years.
• In addition, the tobacco industry will not be able to carry any messages or pictures that promote specific tobacco brands or tobacco use that are inconsistent with the predetermined warnings. It could help to address any misleading or deceptive descriptors such as ‘light’ and ‘mild’ which are used by tobacco companies to downplay the harm caused by their products.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/larger-pictorial-warnings/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The NeAC will be based in Delhi, and will look after the functioning of e-Assessment scheme. The body would be headed by principal chief commissioner of income tax.
• Additionally, there would be eight Regional e-Assessment Centres (ReAC) in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Apart from assessment units, these centres would also be home to review, technical and verification units
• Under the new system of faceless e-Assessment, a tax payer will receive notice on the registered email as well as on registered account on the web portal http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in with real time alert by way of SMS on the registered mobile number, specifying the issues for which the case has been selected for scrutiny, the department said.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/national-e-assessment-scheme-neac/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-nobel-prizes/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: Advantages of stubble burning

• If controlling weeds is the aim, burning windrows is more effective than burning standing stubble and also decreases erosion risk.
• Removes residue cheaply and quickly. If the producer’s drill or planter has a hard time going through wheat residue, or the amount of residue is unusually heavy, this can be an advantage.
• Can control tan spot disease. Tan spot spores oversummer on wheat residue, and burning will usually kill most of the spores.
• Can help control take-all. Take-all seems to be a bigger problem in continuous wheat on cooler, wetter soils. Burning off the residue results in a warmer, and potentially drier, seedbed. Burning late, however, can reduce the beneficial effects mid-summer burning has on take-all.
• May help control Hessian fly. This is one “advantage that’s a little more hype than reality. Hessian fly flaxseed oversummer in wheat residue and in old wheat crowns. Some, or most, of the flaxseed is at or below ground level in the crowns. These flaxseed will not be controlled by burning. A slow, hot fire can kill flaxseed that is in residue above ground

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/stubble-burning-3/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/10/08/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-08-october-2019/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Malthusian Theory of Population is the theory of exponential population growth and arithmetic food supply growth. The theory was proposed by Thomas Robert Malthus. He believed that a balance between population growth and food supply can be established through preventive and positive checks.
• Malthusian trap theory It is a condition where the population will stop growing due to the shortage of food supply.

Refer: https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/14/archives/the-ghost-of-malthus-in-south-asia.html

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridian The meridians of longitude converge at the poles. Unlike the parallels of latitude, longitudes are all equal in length.
• Altitude is the height of a place over sea level. Altitude has no correlation with latitude or longitude of a place.
• As longitudes converge towards the poles, the distance between the longitudes decreases pole wards.

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The stupa at Sarnath was built to mark the place where the Buddha first taught his message.