[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 20 August 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: The types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 and the Central Government will have the power to add more types of disabilities.
• S2: The Act provides for grant of guardianship by District Court under which there will be joint decision – making between the guardian and the persons with disabilities.
  • A guardian is a person who is appointed to look after another person or his property. He or she assumes the care and protection of the person for whom he/she is appointed the guardian. The guardian takes all legal decisions on behalf of the person and the property of the ward.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/activists-flay-exemption-to-disability-quota-rule/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• In 1951 Tibetan leaders were forced to sign a treaty dictated by China.
• The treaty, known as the “Seventeen Point Agreement”, professes to guarantee Tibetan autonomy and to respect the Buddhist religion but also allows the establishment of Chinese civil and military headquarters at Lhasa (Tibet’s capital).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/china-for-adoption-of-cultural-symbols-language-in-tibet/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• India – Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (2011)
• India – Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (2011)
• India – Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) (2005)
• India – Thailand FTA – Early Harvest Scheme (EHS) (2004)
• Revised Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade (2009)
• India – Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit (2006)
• Extra Reading>>https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=101156

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/us-not-interested-in-trade-pact/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• In August this year, RBI set up a committee headed by K. Kamath on restructuring of loans impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Committee was tasked to recommend parameters for one-time restructuring of corporate loans.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/loan-scheme-to-be-notified-soon/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About iDEX

• The iDEX initiative was launched by the Hon’ble PM in April 2018.
• It aims to promote innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries; with particular focus on MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes & academia
• It will be funded by Defence Innovation Organization (DIO), and will function as the executive arm of DIO.
• DIO is a ‘not for profit’ company registered under the Companies Act 2013. Its two cou-founders are Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) & Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) – Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/rajnath-opens-defence-startup-challenge-5-0/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The pricing of sugarcane is governed by the statutory provisions of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 issued under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955.
• S2: The cane price announced by the Central Government is decided on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) in consultation with the State Governments and after taking feedback from associations of sugar industry.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/record-sugar-exports-help-reduce-cane-dues/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency attached to the Ministry of Culture that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham who also became its first Director-General.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-20-august-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Rojdi is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus valley civilization. It is located on the northern bank of the Bhadar River in Gondal taluka of Rajkot district in central Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat state in India.
• S2: Dholavira in Gujarat has got the tag of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • It is now the 40th treasure in India to be given UNESCO World Heritage tag.
  • It is the first site of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) in India to get the tag

Refer: Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/20/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-20-august-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, near the orbit of Neptune, to about 50 AU from the Sun.
  • It was the first mission in NASA’s New Frontiers program, a medium-class, competitively selected and principal investigator-led series of missions. (The program also includes Juno and OSIRIS-REx.)
  • New Horizons was the first spacecraft to encounter Pluto, a relic from the formation of the solar system.
• S2: About LISA pathfinder:
  • LISA Pathfinder, formerly Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-2 (SMART-2), is an ESA spacecraft that was launched on December 3, 2015.
  • It is an ESA-led mission.
  • The primary goal of ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission is to test current technology by flying around an identical pair of 1.8-inch (46 millimeter) cubes made of a gold-platinum alloy, a material chosen for its high density and insensitivity to magnetic fields.

Refer: Improvisation of UPSC CSE 2020 Q3 (Set-B)

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Warren Hastings, himself an intellectual, set up the Calcutta Madrasa in 1781 for the study and learning of Persian and Arabic.
• In 1791 the efforts of Jonathan Duncan, the British Resident at Benares, bore fruit and a Sanskrit College was opened at Benares.
• Lord Richard Colley Wellesley (NOT ARTHUR WELLESLEY) took the first step for training of Civil Servants when he founded the fort William College, in Calcutta in November 1800 where the Civil Servants of the Company were to receive training in the literature, science and languages of India.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018