[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 4 September 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• India is the world’s biggest vegetable oil importer.
• India imports about 60% of its edible oil needs, leaving the country’s retail prices vulnerable to international pressures.
• It imports palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, soyoil from Brazil and Argentina, and sunflower oil, mainly from Russia and Ukraine.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/edible-oil-prices/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: With a view to strengthening and institutionalizing the mechanism for maintaining financial stability, enhancing inter-regulatory coordination and promoting financial sector development, the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was set up by the Government as the apex level forum in December 2010 (much before NITI AAyog was even setup). So, 1 is incorrect.
• S2: The Chairman of the Council is the Finance Minister and its members include the heads of financial sector Regulators (RBI, SEBI, PFRDA, IRDA & FMC) Finance Secretary and/or Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, and Chief Economic Adviser. So, 2 is correct.
• S3: Without prejudice to the autonomy of regulators, the Council monitors macro prudential supervision of the economy, including functioning of large financial conglomerates, and addresses inter-regulatory coordination and financial sector development issues. So, 3 is correct.
• It also focuses on financial literacy and financial inclusion.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/financial-stability-and-development-council-fsdc-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission forming part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program that includes the rover Perseverance and the small robotic, coaxial helicopter Ingenuity.
• S2: MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment), a small, gold box-shaped instrument on the rover, successfully demonstrated a solid oxide electrolysis technology for converting the Martian atmosphere to oxygen. The atmosphere on Mars is about 95% carbon dioxide
• S3: NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/nasas-perseverance-rover-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Perseverance arrived in February 2021 at Mars’ Jezero Crater, the site on an ancient lake— in search of rocks that might hold evidence of ancient life.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/nasas-perseverance-rover-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1 & S2: A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes.
  • Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes.
  • Genomics also involves the sequencing and analysis of genomes through uses of high throughput DNA sequencing.
• S3: A mutation means a change in the genetic sequence of the virus.
  • In the case of SARS-CoV-2,which is a Ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus,a mutation means a change in the sequence in which its molecules are arranged.
  • A mutation in an RNA virus often happens when the virus makes a mistake while it is making copies of itself.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/mu-variant-of-coronavirus/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Durand Line is the 2,670-kilometre long international land border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• The agreement demarcating the Durand Line was signed on November 12, 1893 between the British civil servant Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and Amir Abdur Rahman, then the Afghan ruler.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/04/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-4-september-2021-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Plant kingdom can be divided into two sub-kingdoms viz. Cryptogams and phanerogams.
• The main difference between cryptogams and phanerogams is that Cryptogams consist of seedless plants whereas phanerogams consist of seed-bearing plants.
• Why in news:
  • India’s first cryptogamic garden:
  • Inaugurated recently in the Chakrata town of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/14/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-july-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The European Union has unveiled some of the world’s most ambitious proposals, titled “Fit for 55”, to reduce carbon emissions and wean its 27 members off fossil fuels.
• These measures are a EU’s roadmap to achieve its target to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/15/new-european-climate-law/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Avicennia marina is one of the most prominent mangroves species found in all mangrove formations in India. It is a salt-secreting and extraordinarily salt-tolerant mangrove species that grows optimally in 75% seawater and tolerates >250% seawater.
• It is among the rare plant species, which can excrete 40% of the salt through the salt glands in the leaves, besides its extraordinary capacity to exclude salt entry to the roots.

Refer: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1734363

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Uttarakhand government recently announced it will initiate valuation of its natural resources in the form of ‘Gross Environment Product’ (GEP), said to be along the lines of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Refer: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/environment/introducing-gross-environment-product-in-uttarakhand-a-jargon-or-reality–78088