INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 3 August 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Stat1: Tilak wrote “Shrimadh Bhagvad Gita Rahasya” in prison at Mandalay – the analysis of ‘Karma Yoga’ in the Bhagavad Gita, which is known to be a gift of the Vedas and the Upanishads.
• Stat2: Tilak joined the Indian National Congress in 1890. He soon started vocalizing his strong opposition to the moderate views of the party on self-rule.
• Stat3: Tilak officially opposed the age of consent bill which raised the age of marriage from ten to twelve for girls, however he was willing to sign a circular that increased age of marriage for girls to sixteen and twenty for boy He fully supported social reforms but in his opinion self-rule took precedence over any social reform. On the whole Tilak was not against social reforms. Though he was against the age of consent bill, he arranged his daughter’s marriage at the age of fifteen. He also advocated widow marriages.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/bal-gangadhar-tilaks-100th-death-anniversary/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Under the treaty of Sugauli signed between Nepal and the British East India Company in 1816, the Kali River was located as Nepal’s western boundary with India.
• It, however, made no mention of a ridgeline and subsequent maps of the areas drawn by British surveyors showed the source of the Kali river at different places.
• This discrepancy has led to the boundary disputes between India and Nepal, with each country producing maps including the territory in their own area to support their claims. The exact size of the Kalapani territory also varies in different sources.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/1947-pact-on-gorkha-soldiers/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Stat1: it is lso called as the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978. It is a preventive detention law, under which a person is taken into custody to prevent him or her from acting in any manner that is prejudicial to “the security of the state or the maintenance of the public order”.
• Stat2: The detained person does not have the right to move a bail application before the court, and cannot engage any lawyer to represent him or her the detaining authority. The only way this administrative preventive detention order can be challenged is through a habeas corpus petition filed by relatives of the detained person.
  • The High Court and the Supreme Court have the jurisdiction to hear such petitions.
  • However, if the order is quashed, there is no bar on the government passing another detention order under the PSA and detaining the person again.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/public-safety-act-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The four global GNSS systems are – GPS (US), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (EU), BeiDou (China). Additionally, there are two regional systems – QZSS (Japan) and IRNSS or NavIC (India).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/what-is-beidou/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It is an online transit pass generation system for timber, bamboo and other forest produce.
• It was launched recently by the Union Environment Ministry.
• The pilot project will be functional in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for now.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/what-is-national-transit-pass-system-ntps/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Bharat Air Fibre services are introduced by BSNL as part of digital India initiates by the Government of India and it aims of providing Wireless Connectivity in the range of 20 KMs from the BSNL Locations and thus customers at remote places also will be benefitted as BSNL comes with cheapest services with support of Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIPs).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-august-2020/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Why in News? Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole in India, according to a new study.
• Key facts:
  • Dhole is an apex social carnivore in the tropical forests of South and South East Asia.
  • Endangered –IUCN.
  • CITES – Appendix II.
  • Shedule II of wildlife act.
  • Disease and pathogens: Dholes are susceptible to rabies, canine distemper, canine parvovirus and sarcoptic mange among others which are usually contracted from domestic village dogs that act as reservoirs.
• Snow leopard: Vulnerable
• Great Indian bustard : Critically Endangered

Refer: : facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-august-2020/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems people face in daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving.
• The first edition of Smart India Hackathon was held in 2017.
• This hackathon is being organised jointly by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Persistent Systems and i4c.

Refer: : facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/03/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-august-2020/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Sankirtana is one of the few important Indian heritages inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• Statement 1 and 3:  Sankirtana performers narrate the lives and deeds of Krishna through ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur. So, both 1 and 3 are correct.
• Statement 2:  Since drums are also used, statement 2 is incorrect.
• Refer: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/sankirtana-ritual-singing-drumming-and-dancing-of-manipur-00843

Source: UPSC CSE 2017

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Statement 1 and 3: The Ryotwari system was devised by Capt. Alexander Read and Thomas Munro at the end of the 18th century. It was later introduced by Thomas Munro when he was governor (1820–27) of Madras.
• Statement 2: He is associated with the Cornwallis Code 1793 and could not have been the answer since his tenure preceded the ryotwari settlement regime.
• The principle behind Roytwari was the direct collection of the land revenue from each individual cultivator by government agents.
• Refer: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ryotwari-system

Source: UPSC CSE 2017