INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 4 June 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• On 29th August 1947, the Constituent Assembly through a resolution appointed a Drafting Committee to
• “..scrutinise the draft of the text of the Constitution of India prepared by Constitutional Adviser, giving effect to the decisions already taken in the Assembly and including all matters which are ancillary thereto or which have to be provided in such a Constitution, and to submit to the Assembly for consideration the text of the draft constitution as revised by the committee”
• The Drafting Committee had seven members: Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, N. Gopalaswami; B.R. Ambedkar, K.M Munshi, Mohammad Saadulla, B.L. Mitter and D.P. Khaitan. At its first meeting on 30th August 1947, the Drafting Committee elected B.R Ambedkar as its Chairman.
• Towards the end of October 1947, the Drafting Committee began to scrutinise the Draft Constitution prepared by the B.N Rau, the Constitutional Advisor. It made various changes and submitted the Draft Constitution to the President of the Constituent Assembly on 21st of February 1948.
• The Drafting Committee and its members were very influential in Indian constitution-making during the Committee stages and the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly. Majority of the debates in Constituent Assembly revolved around the Draft Constitution(s) prepared by the Drafting Committee. Out of 165 sitting of the Constituent Assembly, 114 were spent debating the Draft Constitution(s).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/petition-on-nations-name/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: Essential Commodities Act, 1955:

• The ECA was enacted way back in 1955.
• It has since been used by the Government to regulate the production, supply and distribution of a whole host of commodities it declares ‘essential’ in order to make them available to consumers at fair prices.
• The list of items under the Act include drugs, fertilisers, pulses and edible oils, and petroleum and petroleum products. Refer for more
• The Centre can include new commodities as and when the need arises, and take them off the list once the situation improves.
• Under the Act, the government can also fix the maximum retail price (MRP) of any packaged product that it declares an “essential commodity”.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/03/14/what-is-essential-commodities-act/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: Here the directive word is Not Correct!!

• Stat2: W. H. Johnson of the Survey of India was commissioned to survey the Aksai Chin region. Johnson noted that Khotan’s border was at Brinjga, in the Kunlun mountains, and the entire the Karakash Valley was within the territory of Kashmir. The boundary of Kashmir that he drew, stretching from Sanju Pass to the eastern edge of Chang Chenmo Valley along the Kunlun mountains, is referred to as the “Johnson Line”.
• However, by 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly with Russian instigation.As part of The Great Game between Britain and Russia, Britain decided on a revised boundary ceding underpopulated border territory to be “filled out” by China. It was initially suggested by Macartney in Kashgar and developed by the Governor General of India Lord Elgin. The new boundary placed the Lingzi Tang plains, which are south of the Laktsang range, in India, and Aksai Chin proper, which is north of the Laktsang range, in China. The British presented this line, currently called the Macartney–MacDonald line, to the Chinese in a note by Sir Claude MacDonald, the British envoy in Peking
• Therefore Johnson’s line places Aksai Chin under India’s control whereas McDonald Line places it under China’s control.
• 4 states viz., Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and a Union Territories of Ladakh (erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir) share a border with China.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/govt-to-boost-infrastructure-in-areas-along-china-border/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• A visiting forces agreement (VFA) is an agreement between a country and a foreign nation having military forces visiting in that country.
• VFA spells out the rules, guidelines and legal status of the U.S. military when operating in the Philippines.
• The VFA also affirms the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty as well as the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement — agreements that enable the U.S. military to conduct joint exercises and operations in the Philippines.
• The Philippine Senate ratified the VFA in 1999.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/visiting-forces-agreement-vfa/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: here the directive word is not corrcet!!

• Article 123 deals with the ordinance making power of the President. President has many legislative powers and this power is one of them.
• An ordinance rolled out when both the houses are in session is void in nature.
• The Parliament has to approve the ordinance within six weeks from its reassembly
• It was argued in DC Wadhwa vs. State of Bihar (1987) the legislative power of the executive to promulgate Ordinances is to be used in exceptional circumstances and not as a substitute for the law making power of the legislature. Here, the court was examining a case where a state government (under the authority of the Governor) continued to re-promulgate ordinances, that is, it repeatedly issued new Ordinances to replace the old ones, instead of laying them before the state legislature.  A total of 259 Ordinances were re-promulgated, some of them for as long as 14 years.  The Supreme Court argued that if Ordinance making was made a usual practice, creating an ‘Ordinance raj’ the courts could strike down re-promulgated Ordinances.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/the-farming-produce-trade-and-commerce-promotion-and-facilitation-ordinance-2020/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. The electronic market pilot across India was launched on 14 April 2016 by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The Portal is managed by Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) with the technology provider, NFCL’s iKisan division.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/the-farming-produce-trade-and-commerce-promotion-and-facilitation-ordinance-2020/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• he AIS is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica, at about 70ºS Latitude, 70ºE Longitude.
• It is located at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast.
• It is part of Mac. Robertson Land.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-4-june-2020/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an autonomous institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Formed in 1956
  • Which sets standards for all drugs that are manufactured, sold and consumed in India.
  • The set of standards are published under the title Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) which has been modelled over and historically follows from the British Pharmacopoeia.
• Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H):
  • Presently, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH established since 2010.
  • The Commission serves as an umbrella organization for Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (APC), Siddha Pharmacopoeia Committee (SPC), Unani Pharmacopoeia Committee (UPC) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopeia Committee (HPC).
  • Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (HPL) are its supporting structures.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/06/04/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-4-june-2020/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: National Clean Air Programme (NCAP):

• Goal:
  • Goal of NCAP is to meet the prescribed annual average ambient air quality standards at all locations in the country in a stipulated timeframe. The tentative national level target of 20%–30% reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024 is proposed under the NCAP taking 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration.
• Objectives:
  • To augment and evolve effective and proficient ambient air quality monitoring network across the country for ensuring comprehensive and reliable database
  • To have efficient data dissemination and public outreach mechanism for timely measures for prevention and mitigation of air pollution
  • Inclusive public participation in both planning and implementation of the programmes and policies of government on air pollution
  • To have feasible management plan for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution.
• Approach:
  • Collaborative, Multi-scale and Cross-Sectoral Coordination between relevant Central Ministries, State Government and local bodies.
  • Focus on no Regret Measures, Participatory and Disciplined approach

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/03/14/national-clean-air-programme-ncap-3/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Innovate in India (I3) is an industry- academia collaborative mission of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with World Bank for accelerating discovery research to early development of Biopharmaceuticals and to be implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/03/14/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-march-2020/