INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 3 June 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: The Act seeks to cover urban and as well as rural areas.
• S2: The new Act will be applicable prospectively and will not affect existing tenancies.
• S3: After enforcement of this Act, no person can let or take on rent any premises except by an agreement in writing.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/model-tenancy-act/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• India’s 2 per cent DST is levied on revenues generated from digital services offered in India.
• S1: It is part of the Finance act 2020.
• S2: Applicability:
  • India has expanded the scope of the equalisation levy over the last few years, to tax non-resident digital entities.
  • While the levy applied only to digital advertising services till 2019-20 at the rate of 6 percent, the government in April last year widened the scope to impose a 2 per cent tax on non-resident e-commerce players with a turnover of Rs 2 crore.
  • The scope was further widened in the Finance Act 2021-22 to cover e-commerce supply or service when any activity takes place online.
  • Since May 2021, this also includes any entity that systematically and continuously does business with more than 3 lakh users in India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/digital-tax-in-india/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Justification: Genome sequencing is figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides, or bases, in a genome—the order of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts that make up an organism’s DNA.
• Justification: Statement 1:  Currently available newborn screening (genome) for childhood diseases allows detection of rare disorders that can be prevented or better treated by early detection and intervention.
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whole-genome-sequencing-predict-disease/
• Statement 2:  Naturally if the gene potential can be identified by screening and sequencing, it will help in better genetic engineering.
• Statement 3: This can be reasoned logically based on the above.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_genome_sequencing

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/only-delta-is-a-variant-of-concern-who/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: About UNGA:

• The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN.
• All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation.
• The President of the General Assembly is elected each year by assembly to serve a one-year term of office.
• The presidency rotates annually between the five geographic groups: African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/unga-head/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: About the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS):

• BIS is the only national body that frames standards.
• It works under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
• BIS is responsible for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/research-design-standards-organization-rdso/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The mission mimics the energy generation process of the sun.
  • The reactor consists of an advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device located in Hefei, China.
• S2: The EAST project is part of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) facility, which will become the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor when it becomes operational in 2035.
  • The ITER project includes the contributions of several countries, including India, South Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States.
• S3: China is not the only country that has achieved high plasma temperatures. In 2020, South Korea’s KSTAR reactor set a new record by maintaining a plasma temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/chinese-artificial-sun-experimental-fusion-reactor-sets-new-world-record/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• On March 24, 2020, the Centre, through the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) headed by the Prime Minister, invoked the provisions of the Act to streamline the management of the pandemic, empowering district magistrates to take decisions and centralise other decisions on the supply of oxygen and movement of vehicles.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/03/dm-act-is-of-2005-vintage-was-first-enforced-during-pandemic/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Sakteng is based in Eastern Bhutan, or Trashigang Dzongkhag (district) that borders Arunachal Pradesh.
• It protects several endemic speciesincluding the eastern blue pine and the black-rumped magpie.
• It was created in part to protect the migoi, a yeti-like cryptid whose existence has not been scientifically confirmed, but in which the local population strongly believes.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/INSTA-PT-2021-Exclusive-Environment.pdf

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Assam government has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park.
• About Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary:
  • Also known as the Jeypore Rainforest is a part of Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve .
  • Located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, the 111.19 sq km Dehing Patkai was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2004.
  • It is home to 47 mammal, 47 reptile, and 310 butterfly species.
  • It forms the largest stretch of lowland rainforest in the country.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/INSTA-PT-2021-Exclusive-Environment.pdf

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Startsapuk Tso: Ladakh
• Lonar lake: Maharashtra
• Mansar lake: Jammu

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/INSTA-PT-2021-Exclusive-Environment.pdf