INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 4 April 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Stat1: It was promulgated on September 23, 1980, during the Indira Gandhi
• Stat2: The person does not need to be charged during this period of detention.
• Stat3: The goal is to prevent the individual from committing a crime.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/04/what-is-the-national-security-act-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Stat1: Article 22 (3) (b) of the Constitution allows for preventive detention and restriction on personal liberty for reasons of state security and public order.
• Article 22(4) states that no law providing for preventive detention shall authorise the detention of a person for a longer period than three months unless: An Advisory Board reports sufficient cause for extended detention.
• Stat2 and 3: Under the National Security Act, an individual can be detained without a charge for up to 12 months; the state government needs to be intimated that a person has been detained under the NSA.
• A person detained under the National Security Act can be held for 10 days without being told the charges against them.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/04/what-is-the-national-security-act-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Stat1: Vaxchora is the only cholera vaccine approved by the FDA. Two other oral cholera vaccines, Dukoral and ShanChol, are available elsewhere, but they require two doses and can take weeks to confer protection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB).
• Stat2: The BCG vaccine was first used medically in 1921.It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/04/bacillus-calmette-guerin-bcg-vaccination/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Stat1: AIIB has 97 members and is open to accepting additional members.
• Statt2: The allocated shares are based on the size of each member country’s economy (calculated using GDP Nominal (60%) and GDP PPP (40%)), whether they are an Asian or Non-Asian Member, and the number of shares determines the fraction of authorized capital in the bank.
• China is the biggest shareholder followed by India.
  • See https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44754.pdf and https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/india-is-second-largest-shareholder-of-aiib-piyush-goyal-118062400640_1.html
• Stat3: It has members from outside Asia such as Fiji, New Zealand etc. Membership in AIIB is open to members of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the Asian Development Bank. See https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/governance/members-of-bank/index.html

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/04/asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-aiib/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Beijing, China
• New Development Bank: Shanghai, China
• Asian Development Bank: Mandaluyong, Philippines

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/04/04/asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-aiib/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: International Thermonuclear Reactor (ITER):

• ITER is a step towards future production of electricity from fusion energy. Nuclear Fusion is the process in which the Sun and the stars produce the energy by fusing light nuclei of hydrogen.
• ITER will produce at least ten times more energy than the energy required to operate it. In future demo or commercial reactors based on fusion, this energy can be converted to electricity.
• Stat2: An unprecedented international scientific and technological collaboration representing more than half the worlds human population is presently involved towards construction of ITER. The ITER partners are presently the People’s Republic of China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America.
• Stat3 and 4: ITER will be built mostly through in-kind contributions from the participant countries (Parties) in the form of components manufactured by the Parties and delivered/installed at ITER.
• ITER-India is the Indian Domestic Agency (DA), formed with the responsibility to provide to ITER the Indian contribution.

Refer: https://www.iter.org/   https://www.iter-india.org/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• All of the above are major textile centre in India

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Nicknamed the “Hand of God,” this object is powered by the leftover, dense core of a star that blew up in a supernova explosion.
• It rapidly spins around firing out a particle wind into the material around it which was ejected in the star’s explosion.
• These particles are interacting with magnetic fields around the material, causing it to glow with X-rays.
• The result is a cloud that looks like an open hand. The pulsar itself can’t be seen in this picture, but is located near the bright white spot.
• One of the big mysteries of this object is whether the pulsar particles are interacting with the material in a specific way to make it look like a hand, or if the material is in fact shaped like a hand.

Refer: https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/B1509-pia17566

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Uri is located on the left bank of the Jhelum River, about 10 kilometres east of the Line of Control with Pakistan
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Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• ICGEB is an international, non-profit research organization promoted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
• It is part of the United Nations System.
• It was established as a special project of UNIDO, but it became fully autonomous in 1994 and now counts over 60 Member States.
• It provides a scientific and educational environment of highest standard and conducts innovative research in life sciences for the benefit of developing countries.
• It strengthens the research capability of its Members through training and funding programmes and advisory services. It also represents a comprehensive approach to promoting biotechnology internationally.

Refer: https://www.icgeb.org/