INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 28 May 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: Rwanda is a landlocked country in central Africa. Its Capital is
• S2 and S3: Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/rwanda-genocide/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The MPLADS is a Plan Scheme fully funded by the Government of India. The annual MPLADS fund entitlement per MP constituency is Rs. 5 crore.
• S2: Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme is for Development works and creation of durable community assets.
  • Individual benefits and movable & non-durable assets (certain exemptions excepted) are generally not allowed under the scheme.
  • The emphasis is on creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs in the arenas of roads, electricity, drinking water, health and education etc.
• S3: Initially the MPLADS was under the control of the Ministry of Rural Development. The 1st Guidelines were issued in February 1994, covering the concept, implementation and monitoring of the Scheme. The MPLAD Scheme was transferred to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in October 1994.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/mp-local-area-development-scheme-mplads-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consist of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
• The council main headquarter is in the city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/uaes-golden-visa/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Self-explanatory

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/gaza-attack-may-constitute-war-crimes/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols is a body of Public International Law, also known as the Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts, whose purpose is to provide minimum protections, standards of humane treatment, and fundamental guarantees of respect to individuals who become victims of armed conflicts.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/gaza-attack-may-constitute-war-crimes/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• On August 24^th 2017, in Justice S. Puttaswamy (retd.) vs Union of India, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that right to privacy is an intrinsic part of life and liberty under Article 21.
• Privacy is a constitutionally protected right which emerges primarily from the guarantee of life and personal liberty in Article 21 of the Constitution. Elements of privacy also arise in varying contexts from the other facets of freedom and dignity recognized and guaranteed by the fundamental rights contained in Part III.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/whatsapp-approaches-delhi-high-court-says-new-media-rules-can-violate-user-privacy/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Cauvery River:

• Origin: River rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in south-western Karnataka state.
• Key tributaries:
  • Left:: Harangi, Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavathy
  • Right:: Lakshmana Tirtha, Kabini, Bhavani, Noyyal, Amaravati, Moyar

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/panel-to-investigate-charges-of-illegal-construction-in-mekedatu/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Renukaji Dam Multipurpose Project: Giri river (tributary of Yamuna river)
• Read more: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/01/12/renuka-dam/
• Bhadbhut project: Narmada river
  • Read more: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/barrage-across-narmada-promise-of-sweet-water-worries-about-hilsa-6558972/
• Kaleshwaram project: Godavari river
• Read more: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/06/21/kaleswaram-project/
• Mekedatu project: Cauvery river
• Mekedatu is a location along Cauvery in Kanakapura Taluk of Ramanagara District of Karnataka.
• Karnataka wants a reservoir across Cauvery at Mekedatu, to meet Bengaluru’s water problem.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/05/28/panel-to-investigate-charges-of-illegal-construction-in-mekedatu/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• NFSA covers upto 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population under under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and priority households. While AAY households, which constitute poorest of the poor are entitled to 35 kg of foodgrains per family per month, priority households are entitled to 5 kg per person per month.
• Corresponding to the all India coverage of 75% and 50% in the rural and urban areas, State-wise coverage under NFSA was determined by the erstwhile Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) by using the NSS Household Consumption Survey data for 2011-12.
• Within the coverage under TPDS determined for each State, the work of identification of eligible households is to be done by States/UTs. It is the responsibility of the State Governments/UTs, to evolve criteria for identification of priority households and their actual identification.
• Section 10 of the Act provides that within the number of persons determined for coverage under TPDS, the State Government shall identify the households under AAY as per guidelines applicable to the said scheme and the remaining households as priority households to be covered under TPDS, in accordance with such guidelines as the State Government may specify.

Refer: https://dfpd.gov.in/pds-caeunfsa.htm

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Tropical moist deciduous forests exist mostly in the eastern part of the country – north-eastern states, along the foothills of the Himalayas, Jharkhand, West Orissa and Chhattisgarh, and on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. Teak is the most dominant species of this fores Bamboos, sal, shisham, sandalwood, khair, kusum, arjun, mulberry are other commercially important species.

Refer: UPSC CSP-1 (2015), 28 (Set – C)