INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 14 June 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: it exempts certain areas in the North-East from this provision. It would not apply to tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. This effectively means that Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram along with almost whole of Meghalaya and parts of Assam and Tripura would stay out of the purview of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
• S2: According to the Citizenship Act, a foreigner may register as an Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) if they are of Indian origin or their spouse is of Indian origin. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act entitles the OCI cardholders to benefits such as the right to travel to India, and to work and study in the country.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/union-home-ministry-order-invites-citizenship/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The Group of 7 (G7) is an informal group of seven countries — the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, the heads of which hold an annual summit with European Union and other invitees.
• S2: The G7 is not based on a treaty and has no permanent secretariat or office; its presidency rotates annually among the members, with the presiding nation setting the group’s priorities, and hosting and organizing its summit.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/g7-meet/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/a-year-after-galwan-clash/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: Despite their classification, most of these elements are not really “rare”. One of the Rare Earths, promethium, is radioactive.
• S2: China’s Rare Earths deposits account for 80% of identified global reserves.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/rare-earth-metals-at-the-heart-of-china-us-rivalry/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Tree of coffee family discovered in Andaman and Nicobar

• A 15 metre tall tree that belongs to genus of the coffee family has recently been discovered in Andaman Islands
• The new species Pyrostria laljii, is also the first record of the genus Pyrostria in India. Trees belonging to these species are usually found in Madagascar
• The tree is distinguished by a long stem with a whitish coating on the trunk and oblong-obovate leaves with a cuneate base and was first reported from Wandoor forest in South Andaman
• Other places where tree could be located are: Jarawa reserve forest, chidia tapu forest
• Pyrostria laljii: Critically endangered as per IUCN status

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-june-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• New Shepard is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing, crew-rated suborbital launch vehicle that is being developed by Blue Origin as a commercial system for suborbital space tourism.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-june-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Copperplate inscriptions found at Srisailam temple
  • The Bhramarambha Mallikarjuna Devasthanam, engaged in reviving ancient Ganta Matham near Srisailam temple complex, chanced upon six sets of copperplate inscriptions on Sunday.
  • There were 18 copper leaves found that could be dated back to somewhere between 14 and 16 centuries.
  • The inscriptions depict the far and wide patronage by people.
  • Out of the six sets, four have inscriptions in Sanskrit and Nandi-Nāgarī script and the other two plates are in Telugu script, he added.
• A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam, is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva.
• The twelve jyotirlingas are:
  • Somnath in Gir Somnath, Gujarat
  • Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
  • Omkareshwar in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
  • Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
  • Bhimashankar in Pune, Maharashtra
  • Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
  • Trayambakeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra
  • Vaidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand
  • Nageshwara in Dwarka, Gujarat
  • Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwar) in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
  • Ghrishneshwara in Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/14/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-june-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Self-explanatory

Refer: World physical map

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Mogadishu:: Somalia
• Zanzibar:: Tanzania
• Mombasa:: Kenya

Refer: World physical map

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Statement 1: It is wrong.
  • In his 2009 speech, Obama (Former US President) stated that nuclear terrorism “is the most immediate and extreme threat to global security.”
  • To mitigate this threat, he urged that “we act with purpose and without delay,” announcing “a new international effort to secure vulnerable nuclear material around the world” that would begin with “a Global Summit on Nuclear Security that the United States will host.”
  • http://www.nss2016.org/about-nss/history/
• Statement 2: This is also wrong.
  • Established in 2006, it is a group of independent nuclear experts from 18 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  • It aims to advance international initiatives to “secure and to sharply reduce all stocks of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium, the key materials in nuclear weapons, and to limit any further production”
  • fissilematerials.org/ipfm/about.html

Refer: UPSC CSE 2017