INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 26 April 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Armenia is a landlocked country in Western Asia, situated in the Transcaucasus region, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran, Azerbaijan’s exclave Nakhchivan, and Turkey.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/what-happened-to-armenians-in-1915/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S3: PM CARES Fund is audited by an independent auditor. Trustees of the Fund during the 2nd meeting held on 23.04.2020 decided to appoint M/s SARC & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi as the auditors of PM CARES Fund for 3 years.
• S2: PM CARES Fund accepts voluntary contributions by individuals/organizations as well as contributions as part of CSR from Companies/Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). However, contributions flowing out of budgetary sources of the PSUs are not accepted.
• S1: PM CARES Fund has been registered as a Public Charitable Trust. The trust deed of PM CARES Fund has been registered under the Registration Act, 1908 at New Delhi on 27th March, 2020.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/pm-cares/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Prime Minister is Chairperson (ex-officio) of the PM CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/pm-cares/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India. It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing
• S1: Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has been established under Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point at National level in the fight against cybercrime. It aims to provide a platform to deal with cybercrimes in a coordinated and comprehensive manner. One of the important objectives of I4C is to create ecosystem that brings together academia, industry, public and government in prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes.
• S2: I4C has envisaged the Cyber Crime Volunteers Program to bring together citizens with passion to serve the nation on a single platform and contribute in fight against cybercrime in the country.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/cybercrime-volunteer-programme/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Shreya Singhal case is well known for the striking down of Section 66A of the IT Act.
• Section 69A grants to the government the power to issue directions to intermediaries for blocking access to any information that it considers prejudicial to, among other things, the sovereignty and integrity of India, national security, or public order. Section 69A (3) envisages a jail sentence for up to seven years for intermediaries who fail to comply.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/cybercrime-volunteer-programme/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process without the consent of the patent owner or plans to use the patent-protected invention itself. It is one of the flexibilities in the field of patent protection included in the WTO’s agreement on intellectual property — the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement.
• For compulsory licensing, it’s when the generic copy is produced mainly for the domestic market, not for export.
• The patent owner still has rights over the patent, including a right to be paid compensation for copies of the products made under the compulsory licence.
• The TRIPS Agreement does not specifically list the reasons that might be used to justify compulsory licensing. However, the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health confirms that countries are free to determine the grounds for granting compulsory licences, and to determine what constitutes a national emergency.
• In March 2012, India granted its first compulsory license ever. The license was granted to Indian generic drug manufacturer Natco Pharma for Sorafenib tosylate, a cancer drug patented by Bayer.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/compulsory-licensing/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: Deep Time Project:

• The Deep Time project in France’s Lombrives Cave came to an end. As part of the project, a group of 15 people stayed in and explored the cave for 40 days and 40 nights.
• They slept in tents, made their own electricity, and had no contact with the outside world.
• The Deep Time project looked at how a lack of external touch affects one’s perception of time.
• Its aim was to investigate how people adjust to dramatic changes in their living conditions and environments.
• Scientists at the Human Adaption Institute leading the $1.5 million “Deep Time” project say the experiment will help them better understand how people adapt to drastic changes in living conditions and environments.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-april-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: TRAFFIC – The Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network:

• Founded in 1976 as a strategic alliance of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Headquarters — Cambridge, UK
• Type — International non-governmental organization
• Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network
• Aim — ‘ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature
• It is governed by the board of trustees of TRAFFIC International
• TRAFFIC’s 2020 goal — help reduce the pressure of illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade on biodiversity, and enhance the benefits to wildlife conservation and human well-being that derive from trade at sustainable levels.

Refer: https://www.traffic.org/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• All of them are covered under Employees’ State Insurance Scheme’

Refer: https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/employees-state-insurance-scheme

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Gujarat shares longest (mainland) coastline in India. The entire length of India’s coastline is 7516.6 kilometres. The length of Gujarat coastline is 1214.7 kilometres