INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 19 June 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• What is Flag Satyagraha?
  • The Flag Satyagraha movement by the freedom fighters shook the British government and it infused a new life into the freedom movement.
  • Also called the Jhanda Satyagraha, it was held in Jabalpur and Nagpur in 1923.
  • The news of flag hoisting in Jabalpur spread like fire in the country and after flags were hoisted at several places across the country.
• Significance:
  • It is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through the defiance of laws prohibiting the hoisting of nationalist flags and restricting civil freedoms.
• Outcomes:
  • The arrest of nationalist protestors demanding the right to hoist the flag caused an outcry across India especially as Gandhi had recently been arrested.
  • Nationalist leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jamnalal Bajaj, Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Vinoba Bhave organised the revolt and thousands of people from different regions traveled to Nagpur and other parts of the Central Provinces to participate in civil disobedience.
  • In the end, the British negotiated an agreement with Patel and other Congress leaders permitting the protestors to conduct their march unhindered and obtaining the release of all those arrested.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/flag-satyagraha/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S2: Judicial disqualification, referred to as recusal, is the act of abstaining from participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding due to a conflict of interest of the presiding court official or administrative officer.
• S1: There are no definite rules on recusals by Judges. However, in taking oath of office, judges, both of the Supreme Court and of the high courts, promise to perform their duties, to deliver justice, “without fear or favour, affection or ill-will”.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/recusal-of-judges-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: An election petition can be filed either by a candidate or a voter in the concerned constituency of the State. Other than these persons, no one can approach a High Court with an election petition. Voter is a person who was entitled to vote at the election to which the election petition relates. Whether he has voted at such election or not is immaterial. (Sec 81(1) explanation of RPA)
• S2: An Election Petition has to be filed within 45 days from the declaration of the results of the State Assembly elections.
• S3: Election petition can be filed in the High Court of the State to which the State Assembly elections pertain. (80A RPA)

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/how-are-poll-results-challenged-and-when-courts-have-set-them-aside/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• A Returning Officer is responsible for overseeing the election in a constituency, or sometimes in two constituencies, as directed by the Election Commission (EC).
• The EC appoints the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer for a constituency in consultation with the governments of the State or Union Territory as the case may be.
• The Returning Officer’s duties include accepting and scrutinising nomination forms, publishing the affidavits of candidates, allotting symbols to the contesting candidates, preparing the list of contesting candidates, preparing the EVMs and VVPATs, training polling personnel, designating counting centres, and counting the votes and declaring the result.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/how-are-poll-results-challenged-and-when-courts-have-set-them-aside/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Union Cabinet has approved a plan to corporatize the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
• Ordnance Factory Board (OFB):
  • It is an umbrella body for the ordnance factories and related institutions, and is currently a subordinate office of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
  • The first Indian ordnance factory was set up in the year 1712 by the Dutch Company as a GunPowder Factory, West Bengal.
  • OFBs will be responsible for different verticals of the products such as the Ammunition and Explosives group will be engaged in production of ammunition while a Vehicles group will engage in production of defence mobility and combat vehicles.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/corporatization-of-ordnance-factory-board/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The new report, titled Children and Digital Dumpsites, was recently released by the WHO.
• Key findings:
  • More than 18 million children and adolescents working at e-waste dumpsites in low- and middle-income countries are potentially at the risk of severe health hazards.
  • They face risk due to discarded electronic devices or e-waste being dumped from high-income countries.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/children-and-digital-dumpsites-report/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The e-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 recognises producers’ liability for recycling and reducing e-waste in the country.
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are given a significant responsibility – financial and/or physical – for the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products.
• The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been given the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) authorisation under the new e-waste rules

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/children-and-digital-dumpsites-report/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Mangrove ecosystems are unique & rich in biodiversity and they provide numerous ecological services.
• Mangrove cover has been separately reported in the ISFR 2019 and the total mangrove cover in the country is 4,975 sq km.
• An increase of 54 sq Km in mangrove cover has been observed as compared to the previous assessment of 2017.
• Top three states showing mangrove cover increase are Gujarat (37 sq km) followed by Maharashtra (16 sq km) and Odisha (8 sq km).4

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/barrier-to-cyclone-storms-odisha-plans-to-plant-mangroves-along-its-coast/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The Quality Council of India (QCI) was set up as an autonomous body attached to the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• S2: Chairman of QCI is appointed by the Prime Minister on recommendation of the industry to the government.
• Indian Certification of Medical Devices (ICMED) Plus Scheme:
  • Launched by Quality Council of India (QCI).
  • This is an upgraded ICMED Scheme that was launched for Certification of Medical Devices in 2016.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-june-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The Bab-el-Mandeb strait connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea.

• S2: The Gulf of Aden is a gulf amidst Yemen to the north,the Arabian Sea and Guardafui Channel to the east, Somalia to the south, and Djibouti to the west.
• S3: The Gulf of Oman offers the only entrance from the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean into the Persian Gulf.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/06/19/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-june-2021/