Insights Revision Through MCQs – 30 November 2019

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Dadabhai Naoroji Dordi (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) also known as the “Grand Old Man of India” and “Unofficial Ambassador of India” was a British Parsi scholar, trader and politician who was a Liberal Party member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Indian to be a British MP.
• Naoroji was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.
• His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India’s wealth into Britain. In it he explained his wealth drain theory.
• He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov.
• The East India Association was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866, in collaboration with Indians and retired British officials in London. It superseded the London Indian Society and was a platform for discussing matters and ideas about India, and to provide representation for Indians to the Government.
• Major works
  • The manners and customs of the Parsees (Bombay, 1864)
  • The European and Asiatic races (London, 1866)
  • Admission of educated natives into the Indian Civil Service (London, 1868)
  • The wants and means of India (London, 1876)
  • Condition of India (Madras, 1882)
  • Poverty of India

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/who-was-udham-singh/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Here Directive Word is Not correct!!

• Ghadar Party was an Indian revolutionary organisation primarily founded by Indians
• The party was multi-ethnic and had Sikh, Hindu and Muslim leaders
• The founding president of Ghadar Party was Sohan Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal was the co-founder of this party.
• Headquarters of the movement were set up at Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco, United States.
• Key members included Bhai Parmanand, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Bhagwan Singh Gyanee, Har Dayal, Tarak Nath Das, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, Sulaman Choudhary, Aamir Choudhary, Rashbehari Bose and Gulab Kaur.
• After the outbreak of World War I, Ghadar party members returned to Punjab to agitate for rebellion for freedom Movement. In 1915 they conducted revolutionary activities in central Punjab and organised uprisings.
• The party is known for setting the foundation for future Indian revolutionary movements and served as a stepping stone for independence
• Udham Singh was a revolutionary belonging to the Ghadar Party best known for his assassination in London of Michael O’ Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/who-was-udham-singh/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Registration of Political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
• To be eligible for a ‘State Political Party,’ the Election Commission has set the following criteria:

For any political party to be eligible for recognition as a State Party in a state, it has to satisfy any of the five conditions listed below:

• Secure at least 6% of the valid vote & win at least 2 seats in an Assembly General Election.
• Secure at least 6% of the valid vote & win at least 1 seats in a Lok Sabha General Election
• Win at least 3% of the seats or at least 3 seats , whichever is more, in an Assembly General Election
• Win at least 1 out of every 25 seats from a state in a Lok Sabha General Election
• Secure at least 8% of the total valid vote in an Assembly or a Lok Sabha General Election.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/registration-of-political-parties-under-section-29a-of-the-rp-act-1951-3/

Explanation:

• Mauritius called the UK an “illegal colonial occupier”, after it ignored a UN mandated deadline to return the Chagos Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/the-dispute-between-britain-and-mauritius-over-chagos-islands-3/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• ‘Global Migration Report 2020’ has been released by International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM).
• The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. In September 2016, IOM became a related organization of the United Nations.
• It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II. As of March 2019, the International Organization for Migration has 173 member states and eight observer states.
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly.
• UN DESA assists countries around the world in agenda-setting and decision-making with the goal of meeting their economic, social and environmental challenges
• ‘The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights’, published by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said the world’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/global-migration-report-2020/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Here Directive word is Incorrect!!

• New membership in the alliance has been largely from Central and Eastern Europe, including former members of the Warsaw Pact.
• Accession to the alliance is governed with individual Membership Action Plans, and requires approval by each current member. NATO currently has two candidate countries that are in the process of joining the alliance: Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia. North Macedonia signed an accession protocol to become a NATO member state in February 2019, which is undergoing ratification by the member states.
• NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance.
• Established by Washington treaty.
• Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/11/30/north-atlantic-treaty-organisations-nato/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• No-confidence motion
  • In a parliamentary system a no-confidence motion is a statement or vote that the government is no longer deemed fit to remain in office while a censure motion carries no such threat.
  • A no-confidence motion demonstrates to the head of state that the elected Parliament no longer has confidence in the government.
  • In India, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha and it remains in office till it enjoys confidence of majority of the members in the Lok Sabha.
  • Thus, a motion of no-confidence is moved to remove the council of ministers and oust the government from office.
  • According to procedures, a no-confidence motion can be moved only in Lok Sabha (or state assembly as the case may be). It is not allowed in Rajya Sabha (or state legislative council).
  • It is moved against the entire Council of Ministers and not individual ministers or private members.
  • As per Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha, any member of the house can move a no-confidence motion. The written notice of the motion has to be given to the secretary general of the House by 10 am on any day of sitting of the House.
  • It needs support of at least 50 members when introduced in Lok Sabha. If the motion carries, the house debates and votes on the motion. If a majority of the members of the house vote in favour of the motion, the motion is passed and the Government is bound to vacate the office.
• Censure Motion
  • A censure literally means expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. It can be a stern rebuke by a legislature, generally opposition against the policies of Government or an individual minister. However, it can also be passed to criticize, condemn some act. A censure motion can be moved in Lok Sabha or in a state assembly.
  • Both censure motion and no-confidence motion can be moved in Lok Sabha or lower house in states.
  • While censure motion can be moved against individual ministers or members, no-confidence motion is moved against the entire council of ministers.
  • There is no impact on the government when a censure motion is passed, but the council of ministers have to resign and government collapses when a no-confidence motion is passed.

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• India will surpass China to become the world’s largest cotton producer in 2019-20 season, according to latest estimates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
• India’s cotton production during the season is forecast to increase by 3-million-bales to 28.5 million bales, while China is likely to produce 27.75 million bales. One bale is equivalent to 170 kilograms.
• “For 2019-20, India’s cotton area is forecast to rise slightly to 12.35 million hectares (30.5 million acres), as price expectations remain favourable for cotton. The national yield is also projected to rebound from last season’s below-average level, supporting the 3-million-bale increase in cotton production to 28.5 million bales in 2019-20,” the USDA said in its latest ‘Cotton and Wool Outlook’ report.

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Nominal gross domestic product is a measurement of economic output that doesn’t adjust for inflation. GDP measures everything produced by all the people and companies within a country’s borders.
• Nominal GDP is GDP evaluated at current market prices
• Real gross domestic product is a measurement of economic output that accounts for the effects of inflation or deflation. It provides a more realistic assessment of growth than nominal GDP.
• Nominal GDP includes both prices and growth, while real GDP is pure growth

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Once sprawling across 8.51 sq km, Ghoramara, part of Hooghly river’s estuary, has now been reduced to 4.45 sq km. “Continual rise in sea level due to climate change, will continue to create havoc in the estuary causing the island to erode away,”
• According to a 2015 report in The Indian Express, the island, also referred to as the “sinking island”, “was spread over 22,000 bighas” but now has been “reduced to approximately 5,000 bighas”. The effect is such that there is apparently a possibility that the island may be wiped off of the map very soon.
• At one point, the island had some 40,000 people living in it. Now the numbers have reduced to just about 3,000.