INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 12 April 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: Keshub Chandra Sen founded a syncretic “New Dispensation” inspired by Christianity, and Vaishnav bhakti, and Hindu practices.
• S2: Phule is regarded as an important figure in the social reform movement in Maharashtra. He was bestowed with the honorific Mahatma title by Maharashtrian social activist Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar in 1888.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/jyotirao-phule-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• As per the Census 2011, the total number of beggars in India is 4,13,670 and the number has increased from the last census.
• The government has the mandate to provide social security to everyone and ensure that all had basic facilities, as embedded in the Directives Principles of State Policy in the Constitution. However, the presence of beggars is evidence that the state has failed to provide these basic facilities to all its citizens.
• Article 43 of the Indian Constitution speaks of state’s responsibility to provide social security to the citizens of this country.
• The social security strategies in India include the following:
• Social insurance with the participation of the beneficiary pooling risks and resources.
• Social assistance financed from general revenues and granting benefits on the basis of means test.
• Employers liability schemes where there is an identifiable employer and within the economic capacity of the employer.
• National Provident Funds.
• Universal schemes for social security.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/plea-to-decriminalise-begging/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• All the above statements are correct, read more: People are free to choose religion: Supreme Court

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/people-are-free-to-choose-religion-sc/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• All above species are listed as “Endangered” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
• Indus River Dolphin: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41757/17628296
• Ganges River Dolphin: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41756/17627639
• Irrawaddy Dolphin: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15419/123790805
• Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82031633/82031644

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/dolphin-boom-in-odishas-chilika-lake/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• All of the above pairs are not correctly matched.
• Irrawaddy dolphins are found in coastal areas in South and Southeast Asia, and in three rivers: the Ayeyarwady (Myanmar), the Mahakam (Indonesian Borneo) and the Mekong.
• Indo- Pacific Bottlenose dolphins: Lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa.
• Indian Ocean Humpback dolphins occurs within the Indian Ocean from South Africa to India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/dolphin-boom-in-odishas-chilika-lake/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Doomsday Glacier:

• Also called the Thwaites Glacier, it is located in Antarctica.
• The melting of this glacier has long been a cause of concern because of its high potential of speeding up the global sea level rise happening due to climate change.
• It is 120 km wide at its broadest. Because of its size (1.9 lakh square km), it contains enough water to raise the world sea level by more than half a metre.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-12-april-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: Anthrax is a serious infectious illness caused by the microbe Bacillus anthracis.
• S2: Plague is an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas.
• S3: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the bacteria of the genus Brucella.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-12-april-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Umngot:

• It is a river in Meghalaya.
• It is considered to be India’s clearest river.
• The river attracts many tourists to Dawki bordering Bangladesh.
• The river is the natural boundary between Ri Pnar (of Jaintia Hills) with Hima Khyrim (of Khasi Hills).
• Why in News?
  • There is a stiff resistance from at least 12 villages in Meghalaya on a 210 MW hydroelectric project on Umngot.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/12/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-12-april-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Himalayan trillium (Trillium govanianum), a common herb of the Himalayas was declared ‘endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week.
• In recent years, the plant has become one of the most traded commercial plants of the Himalayan region, due to its high medicinal quality. It has been used in traditional medicine to cure diseases like dysentery, wounds, skin boils, inflammation, sepsis, as well as menstrual and sexual disorders. Recent experiments have shown that the rhizome of the herb is a source of steroidal saponins and can be used as an anti-cancer and anti-aging agent. This increased its market value and has now become an easy target for poachers.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/overexploitation-long-life-cycle-have-endangered-a-common-himalayan-herb/article33373173.ece

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: India is proud to be the sole home to The Indian Bison of Gaur which is the largest and the tallest in the family of wild cattle, even bigger than water buffalo and bison.
• S2: Since 1986, the IUCN has listed the Indian Bison as vulnerable because of the declining population. Nowadays, this animal is kept well – protected in some of the famous national parks of India like Nagarhole, Bandipur, Kabini, Masinagudi and BR Hills.
• S3: The gaur is the state animal of Goa and Bihar.

Refer: https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/pune/story/wild-bison-strays-into-pune-residential-area-1748105-2020-12-09