INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 6 August 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Every Census in independent India from 1951 to 2011 has published data on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, but not on other castes. Before that, every Census until 1931 had data on caste.
• S2: The Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 was a major exercise to obtain data about the socio-economic status of various communities.
• The SECC 2011 was the first caste-based census since 1931 Census of India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/do-we-need-a-caste-based-census-for-india/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten year.
• S2: The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/do-we-need-a-caste-based-census-for-india/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The Constitution does not define the criteria for recognition of Scheduled Tribes.
  • However, Article 366(25) of the Constitution only provides process to define Scheduled Tribes: “Scheduled Tribes means such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this Constitution.”
  • Article 342(1): The President may with respect to any State or Union Territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor, by a public notification, specify the tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within tribes or tribal communities as Scheduled Tribe in relation to that State or Union Territory.
• S2: The Constitution empowers the President to specify the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in various states and union territories. Further, it permits Parliament to modify this list of notified STs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/bill-to-amend-scheduled-tribes-list/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: About the Project:

• Mekedatu is a multipurpose (drinking and power) project.
• Situated at the confluence of the rivers Cauvery and Arkavathi, about 100 km from Bengaluru.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/mekedatu-issue/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Cauvery River rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu district of the state of Karnataka.
• S2: The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India and also the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Cauvery where it enters the plains.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/mekedatu-issue/

Ans: (a)
Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• S1: Under Article 110 (1) of the Constitution, a Bill is deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only provisions on all or any of the following:
  (a) imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax;
  (b) regulation of borrowing by the government;
  (c) custody of the Consolidated Fund or Contingency Fund of India, and payments into or withdrawals from these Funds;
  (d) appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India;
  (e) declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or the increasing of the amount of any such expenditure;
  (f) receipt of money on account of the Consolidated Fund of India or the public account of India or the custody or issue of such money or the audit of the accounts of the Union or of a State; or
  (g) any matter incidental to any of the matters specified in (a) to (f).
• S2: In a general sense, any Bill that relates to revenue or expenditure is a Financial Bill. A Money Bill is a specific kind of Financial Bill, defined very precisely: it must deal only with matters specified in Article 110 (1) (a) to (g).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/centre-moves-bill-in-house-to-stop-retrospective-tax/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: About Samagra Shiksha

• The major objectives of the Scheme are provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students; Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education; Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education; Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions; Promoting Vocationalisation of education; Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009; and Strengthening and up-gradation of SCERTs/State Institutes of Education and DIET as a nodal agencies for teacher training.
• The main outcomes of the Scheme are envisaged as Universal Access, Equity and Quality, promoting Vocationalisation of Education and strengthening of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/samagra-shiksha-scheme-2-0-to-continue-till-2026/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-august-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S2: It is a militarized atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean.
• S1: It is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-august-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is an expendable space launch (not reusable) vehicle designed, developed, and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to launch satellites and other space objects into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits.
• S2: It is a three-stage vehicle with a lift-off mass of 420 tonnes
  • The first stage comprises S139 solid booster with 138-tonne propellant and four liquid strap-on motors, with 40-tonne propellant. The second stage is a liquid engine carrying 40-tonne of liquid propellant. The third stage is the indigenously built Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) carrying 15-tonne of cryogenic propellants.
• S3: PSLV is designed mainly to deliver earth observation or remote sensing satellites, whereas, GSLV has been designed for launching communication satellites. GSLV delivers satellites into a higher elliptical orbit, Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO).
• Extra reading: India plans to build reusable rockets in the next decade (report)

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/06/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-6-august-2021/