INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 4 May 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S2: The virus first spreads to people through direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of animals. Ebola virus then spreads to other people through direct contact with body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD. This can occur when a person touches these infected body fluids or objects that are contaminated with them. The virus then gets into the body through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, or mouth. People can get the virus through sexual contact with someone who is sick with or has recovered from EVD. The virus can persist in certain body fluids, like semen, after recovery from the illness.
• S1: It is caused by an infection with a group of viruses within the genus Ebolavirus:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/congo-declares-end-of-latest-ebola-outbreak/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S2: The UNHCR runs an office in New Delhi along with certain field units too (ex: Chennai). Indian non-party to the 1951 refugee convention does not bar the UNHCR from carrying out work in India.
• S1: The UN Refugee Convention (1951) grants certain rights to people fleeing persecution because of race, religion, nationality, affiliation to a particular social group, or political opinion. The rights they are entitled to follow principles of non-discrimination, non-penalisation, and non-refoulement. However, people migrating due to environmental disasters have no such recognition of their ‘refugee’ status in international law, leaving them without any basic rights of rehabilitation and compensation.
• The protection regime under the Refugee Convention is therefore not applicable to those fleeing from the impacts of climate change, resulting in those fleeing across international borders being denied access to the territory of the State where they are fleeing to.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugees-unhcr/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Under international human rights law, the principle of non–refoulement guarantees that no one should be re- turned to a country where they would face torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and other irreparable harm.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugees-unhcr/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: ADB now has 68 members, 49 from within Asia.
• S2: Voting system
  • ADB follows weighted voting system similar to World Bank
  • IMF follows Quota system
  • WTO follows One country One nation
• S3: As of 31 December 2019, ADB’s five largest shareholders are Japan and the United States (each with 15.6% of total shares), the People’s Republic of China (6.4%), India (6.3%), and Australia (5.8%).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/asian-development-bank-adb-4/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S2: Parker Solar Probe is part of NASA’s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society.
• S1: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first-ever mission to “touch” the Sun. read here>> https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe
• S3: Parker Solar Probe has three detailed science objectives:
  • Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind.
  • Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind.
  • Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/parker-solar-probe-3/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Four North-Eastern States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram share international boundary with Myanmar.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-04-may-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Scientists from the IITs of Kanpur and Hyderabad have applied the ‘Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach’ (SUTRA) model to predict the COVID graph in India.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/04/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-04-may-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• US Agency for International Development (USAID) and India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) have launched Forest-PLUS 2.0.
• What is it?
  • Forest-PLUS 2.0 is a five-year programme initiated in December 2018 that focuses on developing tools and techniques to bolster ecosystem management and harnessing ecosystem services in forest landscape management.
  • Forest-PLUS 2.0 comprises pilot project in three landscapes — Gaya in Bihar, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and Medak in Telangana. The choice of these sites was driven by the contrast in their landscapes – Bihar is a forest deficit area, Telangana is a relatively drier area where there is ample scope for community livelihood enhancement and Kerala is rich in biodiversity.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/09/27/forest-plus-2-0/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: What is Long Period Average?

• Long Period Average (LPA) is the average rainfall received by the country as a whole during the south-west monsoon, for a 50-year period.
• The current LPA is 89 cm, based on the average rainfall over years 1951 and 2000. This acts as a benchmark against which the rainfall in any monsoon season is measured.
  • Deficient rainfall – actual rainfall falls below 90 per cent of LPA.
  • ‘Below normal’ – actual rainfall received falls between 90 and 96 per cent of LPA.
  • ‘Normal’ – actual rainfall received falls between 96 and 104 per cent of LPA.
  • ‘Above Normal’ – actual rainfall received falls between 104 and 110 per cent of LPA.
  • Excess rainfall – actual rainfall is greater than 110 per cent of LPA

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/04/20/insights-into-editorial-india-to-receive-normal-monsoon-forecasts-imd/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in the Indian state of Odisha. The sanctuary is located along the Bay of Bengal coast, between the towns of Puri and Konark.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/odishas-wildlife-sanctuaries-ravaged-by-fani/article27062491.ece