QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 15 October 2019

Solution: d)

Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah was detained under the State’s Public Safety Act on September 16, for 12 days.

The law was introduced by Sheikh Abdullah (Farooq Abdullah’s father) in 1978. It was brought in to prevent timber smuggling, and keep the smugglers in prison. This is a preventive detention law that allows the State government to detain a person up to two years without a trial.

It is similar to the National Security Act, but this was enacted two years before the NSA came into being.

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Solution: b)

Under the scheme, an adult woman belonging to a poor family not having LPG connection in her household, is an eligible beneficiary under the expanded scheme.

Release of LPG connection under this Scheme shall be in the name of the women belonging to the BPL family.

Initially, the Government covered the following categories under the Scheme:-

• Beneficiaries listed in the SECC 2011 list
• All SC/STs households beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) (Gramin)
• Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY)
• Forest dwellers
• Most Backward Classes (MBC)
• Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
• People residing in Islands
• People residing in river islands.

Under the scheme, five crore LPG connections are to be provided to BPL households. The Scheme provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households, interest free loan to purchase stove and refill by Oil Marketing Companies. The administrative cost of Rs. 1600 per connection, which includes a cylinder, pressure regulator, booklet, safety hose, etc. would be borne by the Government.

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            Solution: c)

Union Ministry for Chemicals and Fertilizers has launched a mobile application “Janaushadhi Sugam”.

• The application aims to enable people to search Janaushadhi generic medicines and the stores at the tip of their fingers.
• It will also help analyse product comparison of Generic vs Branded medicine in form of MRP & overall Savings.

Solution: b)

• The Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Convention is a multilateral treaty that was concluded at Geneva on 14 November 1975 to simplify and harmonise the administrative formalities of international road transport.
• The 1975 convention replaced the TIR Convention of 1959, which itself replaced the 1949 TIR Agreement between a number of European countries.
• The conventions were adopted under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
• India became the 71st country to ratify the convention.
• The ratification is a part of India’s multi-modal transport strategy that aims to integrate the economy with global and regional production networks through better connectivity.
• Significance of this convention:
  • TIR is the only global customs transit system that provides easy and smooth movement of goods across borders in sealed compartments or containers under customs control from the customs office of departure to the customs office of destination.
  • It plays an important role in boosting regional connectivity and facilitating cross-border trade flows, according to connectivity experts.
  • The TIR system has a globally accepted electronic control system for integrated transit operations.

The TIR system not only covers customs transit by road but a combination is possible with other modes of transport (e.g., rail, inland waterway, and even maritime transport), as long as at least one part of the total transport is made by road.

Solution: b)

India successfully flight-tested its indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra, off the coast of Odisha. Designed by the DRDO, the beyond visual range Astra missile is capable of engaging targets of different ranges and altitudes, defence sources said.

The sophisticated missile, which has a strike range of over 70 kms, can fly towards the target at a speed of over 5,555 km per hour, they said. It is the first air-to-air missile developed by India. The missile has a 15-kilogramme high-explosive pre-fragmented warhead.

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