[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 10 September 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: It was launched at an event organized by Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) on September 9, 2021.
• S2: As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Swachh Survekshan Grameen aims to support acceleration of ODF plus interventions and results in the country. An expert agency has been hired to conduct the Survekshan 2021. As part of the Survekshan, Villages, Districts and States would be ranked using key parameters.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/swachh-survekshan-grameen-2021/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India.
• S2: Participation in the NIRF was voluntary in the initial years; it was made compulsory for all government-run educational institutions in 2018.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/national-institute-ranking-framework/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme:

• S1: As the name suggests, the scheme provides incentives to companies for enhancing their domestic manufacturing apart from focusing on reducing import bills and improving the cost competitiveness of local goods. PLI scheme offers incentives on incremental sales for products manufactured in India.
• S2: The scheme for respective sectors has to be implemented by the concerned ministries and departments.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/pli-scheme-for-textiles/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: Iberian Peninsula is principally divided between Spain and Portugal, comprising most of their territory, as well as a small area of Southern France, Andorra, and Gibraltar.
• S2: Spain is bordered by Gibraltar (a British overseas territory) and Morocco, through its exclaves in North Africa.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/recruitment-of-indian-citizens-to-work-in-the-portuguese-republic/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The 6th BRICS summit was the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle; the host city was Fortaleza.
• At the summit, the BRIC nations agreed to create the US$100 billion New Development Bank (NDB) to allow states to pool resources for economic stabilization.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/13th-brics-summit/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Greenland is the world’s largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
• Qeqertaq Avannarleq:
  • It is a tiny, uninhabited and previously unknown island discovered recently off the coast of Greenland.
  • Measuring 60×30 metres and with a peak of three metres above sea level, it has now become the new northernmost piece of land on Earth.
  • Before this, Oodaaq was marked as the Earth’s northernmost terrain.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-10-september-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The Scheme is applicable only for rural areas of the country.
  • Eligible Household: A household is defined as a unit comprising of Head of family, spouse, children and parents. All such households where none of the family member is digitally literate will be considered as eligible household under the Scheme.
  • Entry criteria
    • The beneficiary should be Digitally Illiterate
    • Only one person per eligible household would be considered for training
    • Age Group: 14 – 60 years
  • S2: The implementation of the Scheme would be carried out under the overall supervision of Ministry of Electronics and IT in active collaboration with States/UTs through their designated State Implementing Agencies, District e-Governance Society (DeGS), etc.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-10-september-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The dugong is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. The dugong is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal, as all species of manatee use fresh water to some degree.
• S2: In India, it is found off the Gujarat Coast (Gulf of Kutch), Tamil Nadu coast (Gulf of Mannar), Palk Bay and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• India’s first Dugong conservation reserve will be built in Tamil Nadu.
• Dugong is a marine animal that has been enlisted vulnerable to extinction on a global scale by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
• It is the State animal of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This endangered marine species survive on seagrass and other aquatic vegetation found in the area.
• It is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine and is the only extant species in the family Dugongidae.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/09/10/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-10-september-2021/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• A 15-meter-tall tree that belongs to the genus of the coffee family has recently been discovered from the Andaman Islands by a team of researchers from India and the Philippines. The new species, Pyrostria laljii, is also the first record of the genus Pyrostria in India, the researchers said. Plants belonging to genus Pyrostria are usually found in Madagascar but the recently discovered species is new to science.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/15-metre-tree-discovered-in-andaman-nicobar-islands/article34806204.ece

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Recently, the World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF) found a few tigers inhabiting the Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam.
• Wildlife specialists have the first photographic evidence of a tiger inhabiting the 26.22 sq. km Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary straddling northern Assam’s Baksa and Udalguri districts and bordering Bhutan. The tiger was captured in camera traps during an exercise for more than a month up to May 10.

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/optimism-over-tiger-sighting-in-barnadi-sanctuary/article35018884.ece