INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 19 May 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Article 310(1) says about the Doctrine of Pleasure and the provision is such that the civil servants and the defense personnel would hold the office upon the ‘pleasure’ of the President/Governor respectively at the Union and the State levels.
• Doctrine of Pleasure in India:
  • Doctrine of Pleasure under the Indian Constitution is also based on the same policy considerations as it existed under the common law in England. Though doctrine of pleasure is accepted in India as it has developed in England, it has not been completely accepted in India. This means that the Doctrine is subject to constitutional limitations. Therefore, when there is a specific provision in the Constitution giving to servant tenure different from that provided in Article 310, then that servant would be excluded from the operation of the pleasure doctrine.
• The following are expressly excluded by the Constitution from the rule of Pleasure. They are:
  • Supreme Court Judges (Article 124)
  • Auditor General (Article 148)
  • High Court Judges (Article 217, 218)
  • A member of Public Service Commission (Article 317)
  • The Chief Election Commissioner.
• Read more>>https://www.insightsonindia.com/2017/02/21/secure-synopsis-21-february-2017/

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/article-311-of-the-constitution/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: here the directive word is incorrect!!

• S1: The electoral bonds were introduced with the Finance Bill, 2017.
• S4: SBI deposits bonds that a political party hasn’t enchased within 15 days into the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/electoral-bonds/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Report on long working hours and its impact were recently published by the WHO and International Labour Organization (ILO).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/long-working-hours-are-increasing-deaths-from-heart-disease-report/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Gaza Strip is a small Palestinian territory, about twice the size of the District of Columbia, located along the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Israel-Palestine Conflict:

• The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, primarily as a conflict over territory.

• After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the Holy Land was divided into three parts: The State of Israel, the West Bank (of the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip.
• The 1993 Oslo Accords mediated the conflict, to set up a framework for two state solution. It recognized the Palestinian Authority tasked with limited self-governance of parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Sea of Galilee is Israel’s largest freshwater lake. At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth, and the second lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake.
• Red Sea: There are six countries (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti) bordering the Red Sea. https://dg.dryadglobal.com/red-sea

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About Arctic council:

• It is an Intergovernmental forum which addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and people living in the Arctic region.
• It is Not a treaty-based international organization but rather an international forum that operates on the basis of consensus.
• The decisions, recommendations or guidelines of the Arctic Council are non-enforceable and strictly the prerogative of the individual state.
• Its mandate explicitly excludes military security.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/u-s-against-militarisation-of-the-artic/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The 1996 Ottawa Declaration lists the following countries as Members of the Arctic Council: Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States.
• In addition, six organizations representing Arctic indigenous peoples have status as Permanent Participants. They include: the Aleut International Association, the Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich’in Council International, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Saami Council.
• Observer status in the Arctic Council is open to non-Arctic states, along with inter-governmental, inter-parliamentary, global, regional and non-governmental organizations that the Council determines can contribute to its work.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/u-s-against-militarisation-of-the-artic/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a report titled “Over 100 Years of Snow Leopard Research — A spatially explicit review of the state of knowledge in the snow leopard range”.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/wwf-report-on-snow-leopard/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Snow leopards are categorized as ‘Vulnerable’ by IUCN and in the Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
  • They are listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), revealing the need for the highest conservation status to the species, both globally and in India.
• In India, their geographical range encompasses a large part of the western Himalayas including the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/19/wwf-report-on-snow-leopard/