INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 11 May 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment, 2020:

• It seeks to prohibit ‘public servants’ from receiving any foreign funding.
• It proposes to reduce the use of foreign funds to meet administrative costs by NGOs from the existing 50 per cent to 20 per cent.
• The amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) enacted in 2020 made it compulsory for NGOs to open a bank account in Delhi.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/fcra-amendments-crippling-our-work-say-ngos/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: About NRC:

• At its core, the NRC is an official record of those who are legal Indian citizens. It includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act, 1955.
• The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated until recently.
• So far, such a database has only been maintained for the state of Assam.
• Why was NRC updated for Assam?
  • In 2014, the SC ordered the updation of the NRC, in accordance with Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003 in all parts of Assam. The process officially started in 2015.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/national-register-of-citizens-nrc-11/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The quadrilateral security dialogue includes Japan, India, United States and Australia.
• All four nations find a common ground of being the democratic nations and common interests of unhindered maritime trade and security.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/china-threatens-bangladesh-says-ties-will-be-hit-if-it-joins-quad/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About FATF:

• The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 on the initiative of the G7.
• It is a “policy-making body” which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in various areas.
• The FATF Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/pakistan-govt-to-set-new-rules-to-meet-fatf-demands/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
• S2: Activities for which financial assistance is provided>> https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/policies-and-schemes/crops-related/krishi-unnati-yojana/mission-for-integrated-development-of-horticulture/national-horticulture-mission

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/mission-for-integrated-development-of-horticulture-midh/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: OSIRIS-REx is NASA’s first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey its surface and collect a sample from it.
• S2: It is the third planetary science mission selected in the New Frontiers program, after Juno and New Horizons.
• S3: Bennu was chosen as the target of study because it is a “time capsule” from the birth of the Solar System. Bennu has a very dark surface and is classified as a B-type asteroid, a sub-type of the carbonaceous C-type asteroids. Such asteroids are considered “primitive”, having undergone little geological change from their time of formation. In particular, Bennu was selected because of the availability of pristine carbonaceous material, a key element in organic molecules necessary for life as well as representative of matter from before the formation of Earth.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/nasas-osiris-rex-5/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians.
• IUCN status: Vulnerable

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/11/green-panel-allows-great-nicobar-plan-to-advance/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The objective of the Project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Departments of Forestry and Community Organisations to enhance forest ecosystem services and improve the livelihoods of forest dependent communities in Central Indian Highlands.
• Mitigation measures under the project include:
  • Using only approved and safe bio-control agents and following release and documentation protocols.
  • Avoiding using general bio-control agents; use host-specific ones for targeted species.
  • Promoting use of bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides.
  • Ensuring that legitimate users are not denied access to resources as a result of declaration.
• The Project will be financed entirely by the World Bank out of its GEF Trust Fund. It will be implemented by MoEF&CC under the National Mission for Green India.

Refer: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1499844

Ans: (c)

Explanation: BIS 1172: 1993, reaffirmed in 1998, specifies a consideration of use of the following:

• For communities with a population of between 20,000 to 100,000 — 100 to 150 litres per head per day
• For communities with a population of over 100,000 — 150 to 200 litres per head per day.
• Option C: Since rural areas have a population of less than 5,000, their use would be less than 150 L per capita per day.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/features/homes-and-gardens/how-much-water-does-an-urban-citizen-need/article4393634.ece

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• They are copycat versions of brand-name products and — to a point — their prices are expected to drop over time.
• When a brand-name drug first loses its patent protection, prices fall slowly.
• Over the next couple of years, as more competitors enter the market, the prices drop even more, until the pills become commodities and sell for pennies.
• A generic drug is identical — or bioequivalent — to a brand name drug in dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, performance characteristics and intended use.
• Although generic drugs are chemically identical to their branded counterparts, they are typically sold at substantial discounts from the branded price.
• S2: https://blog.ipleaders.in/generic-drug/

Refer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515776/