INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 27 April 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation: About the Index:

• The Chandler Good Government Index is an annual Index, built by government practitioners, for government practitioners, measuring the capabilities and effectiveness of 104 governments around the world.
• The Chandler Institute of Governance (CIG) is an international non-profit organisation, headquartered in Singapore.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/chandler-good-government-index-cggi/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• To provide better educational opportunities for Ladakhi students, the Indian Army has initiated the project Ladakh Ignited Minds: A Centre of Excellence and Wellness.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/project-ladakh-ignited-minds/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Project DANTAK was established on April 24, 1961 for works in Bhutan.
• DANTAK was tasked to construct the pioneering motorable roads in the Kingdom.
• S2: It is one of the oldest Projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/project-dantak/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• China’s first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god.
• The rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars orbit on February 24 and is due to land in May to look for evidence of life.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/zhurong/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Liquid oxygen has a pale blue color and is strongly paramagnetic: it can be suspended between the poles of a powerful horseshoe magnet.
• S2: Liquid oxygen is also a very powerful oxidizing agent: organic materials will burn rapidly and energetically in liquid oxygen.
• S3: Liquid oxygen is the most common cryogenic liquid oxidizer propellant for spacecraft rocket applications, usually in combination with liquid hydrogen, kerosene or methane.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/disaster-management-act-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: It came into force in India in January 2006.
• S2: The Act calls for the establishment of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with the Prime Minister of India as chairperson.
• S3: All State Governments are mandated to establish a State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/disaster-management-act-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• SDRF has been constituted by each state under the provisions of Disaster Management act 2005.
• It was constituted based on the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission.
• Funding: The Central Government contributes 75% of SDRF allocation for general category States/UTs and 90% for special category States/UTs.
• Heads: The state executive committee headed by the Chief Secretary is authorized to decide on all matters relating to the financing of the relief expenditure from the SDRF.
• Disaster (s) covered under SDRF: Cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloudburst, pest attack, frost and cold waves.
• Local Disaster: A State Government may use up to 10 percent of the funds available under the SDRF for providing immediate relief to the victims of natural disasters that they consider to be ‘disasters’ within the local context in the State and which are not included in the notified list of disasters of the Ministry of Home Affairs subject to the condition that the State Government has listed the State specific natural disasters and notified clear and transparent norms and guidelines for such disasters with the approval of the State Authority, i.e., the State Executive Authority (SEC).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/27/disaster-management-act-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Union Government in 2016, approved the constitution of the Banks Board Bureau as a body of eminent professionals and officials to make recommendations for appointment of whole-time directors as well as non-executive chairpersons of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and state-owned financial institutions.
• RBI caps age at 70 for bank MD, CEO, director positions:
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fixed the tenure of MD, CEO and whole-time director (WTD) in a private sector bank at 15 years and prescribed the maximum age of 70 years for such functionaries.
  • The maximum age limit for chairman and non-executive directors has been fixed at 75 years.

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

Ans: (d)

Explanation: India Joins League of Nations That Can Manufacture Single Crystal Components for Helicopters:

• The DRDO has developed the single crystal blades technology and supplied 60 of these blades to HAL as part of its indigenous helicopter development programme.

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

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Places in News- Sahel:

• Chad, the former French colony is now prime outpost of the West in fighting Islmamist militants across the Sahel. France still has a strong military presence in the sahel region.
• The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south.
• Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea.
• The Sahel part of Africa includes northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger, the extreme north of Nigeria, the extreme north of Cameroon and Central African Republic, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea, and the extreme north of Ethiopia.

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