[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 23 August 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Mapilla rebellion or Moplah Rebellion (Moplah Riots) of 1921 was the culmination of a series of riots by Moplahs (Muslims of Malabar) in the 19th and early 20th centuries against the British and the Hindu landlords in Malabar (Northern Kerala).
  • Gandhiji along with Shaukat Ali, the leader of the Khilafat movement in India, visited Calicut in August 1920 to spread the combined message of non-cooperation and Khilafat among the residents of Malabar.
  • In response to Gandhiji’s call, a Khilafat committee was formed in Malabar and the Mappilas, under their religious head Mahadum Tangal of Ponnani who pledged support to the non-cooperation movement.
• S2: In 1915, it was found, for instance, that one-fifth of the land revenue in Malabar came from 86 landlords, 84 of whom were Hindus. Muslim Mappilas were often tenants-at-will, easily turned out from the land they tilled, by superiors who, even in the best of times, could charge anywhere from 59-77% of the produce as rent. All legal clauses privileged the owner—even when the landlord, such as the Zamorin in Kozhikode, wasn’t fully certain where his land began or ended. This, naturally, left cultivators in a perpetually precarious position. The colonial establishment, meanwhile, had no desire for reform

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/moplah-martyrs-and-the-rebellion/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: About Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS):

• It is an initiative for skill development in rural areas.
• The Scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) was formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeeth.
• It has been implemented through a network of NGOs in the country since March 1967.
• It was transferred from Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) to Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in July, 2018.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/jan-shikshan-sansthan-jss/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Wi-Fi is a local area wireless technology that allows an electronic device to exchange data or connect to the internet using 2.4 GHz UHF and 5 GHz SHF radio waves.
  • Li-Fi is a light communication system that is capable of transmitting data at high speeds over the visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared spectrums. In its present state, only LED lamps can be used for the transmission of data in visible light.
• S2: Wi-Fi also allows communications directly from one computer to another without an access point intermediary. This is called ad hoc Wi-Fi transmission.
  • The network is ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, such as routers in wired networks or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless networks.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/jan-shikshan-sansthan-jss/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Oslo Accords are a series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s.
• Oslo I (1993) is formally known as the Declaration of Principles (DOP).
  • The agreement also mandated that Israel recognize the PLO’s new role as the representative of the Palestinian people, as well as mandating the Palestinian recognition of Israel’s right to exist.
• Oslo II, officially called the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza, expanded on Oslo I.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/oslo-i-accord-and-israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/oslo-i-accord-and-israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/oslo-i-accord-and-israel-palestine-conflict/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• After nearly four decades, a new species of algae has been discovered on the islands.
• Researchers have named the species Acetabularia jalakanyakae.
• The plant consists of a single gigantic cell with a nucleus, which is its main characteristic.
• The species is the first of the genus Acetabularia to be discovered in India.
• Another feature of Acetabularia is their regenerative potential.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-23-august-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Gobindobhog Rice: West Bengal and Pokaran Pottery: Rajasthan
• Madur mats:
  • Two women from West Bengal have been given the National Handicraft Award in recognition of their outstanding skills in making Madur floor mats that are unique to West Bengal.
  • An intrinsic part of the Bengali lifestyle, Madur mats are made of natural fibres.
  • Also known as Madurkathi, these mats are awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indication Registry in April 2018.
  • Madurkathi is a rhizome-based plant (Cyperus tegetum or Cyperus pangorei) found abundantly in the alluvial tracts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur.
  • In 1744, Nawab Alibardi Khan issued a charter to land-owning jagirdars in this regard, and as a result, it was obligatory to supply Masland mats for use in the Collectorate.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/08/23/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-23-august-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• In pronuclear transfer, the mother’s egg is first fertilized with the father’s sperm, producing a zygote. The pronuclei of the egg and sperm are then removed from the zygote and inserted into a donor egg that has been fertilized and has had its own nucleus removed (a pronucleus is the nucleus of the egg or sperm at the stage of fertilization prior to nucleus fusion). The zygote derived from the donor egg is then implanted into the mother’s uterus. It is NOT fully in vitro.
• Option D is correct, this is a new strategy to prevent transmission of mitochondrial diseases in offspring, see https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/20/R2/R168/640414

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Somatic cell cloning is a technique in which the nucleus (DNA) of a somatic cell is transferred for the generation of a new individual, genetically identical to the somatic cell donor.
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer.htm

Refer: UPSC CSE 2017