DAY – 47 ( INSTA REVISION TEST – 47)INSTA REVISION PLAN 3.0, 2021

Solution: B

Context:

14,491 ha area of UT of A&N Islands has become the first large contiguous territory to be conferred with organic certification under ‘Large Area Certification’ scheme.

About the ‘Large Area Certification’ scheme:

• Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under its flagship scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) has launched this unique quick certification programme to harness these potential areas.
• Under LAC, each village in the area is considered as one cluster/group.
• All farmers with their farmland and livestock need to adhere to the standard requirements and on being verified get certified en-mass without the need to go under conversion period.
• Certification is renewed on annual basis through annual verification by a process of peer appraisals as per the process of PGS-India.

Solution: D

About the ‘Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture’ (MIDH): It is a scheme for the holistic growth and development of the Indian horticulture sector.

• This Centrally Sponsored scheme covers vegetables, fruits, roots and tuber crops, aromatic plants, flowers, spices, bamboo, coconut, cashew and cocoa. ● MIDH also provides technical support and advice to state horticultural missions, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Saffron Mission and the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
• MIDH is under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, GOI.
• Under MIDH, Government of India (GOI) contributes 60%, of total outlay for developmental programmes in all the states except states in North East and Himalayas, 40% share is contributed by State Governments. In the case of North Eastern States and Himalayan States, GOI contributes 90%.

Sub Schemes:

1. National Horticulture Mission (NHM).
2. Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH).
3. National Bamboo Mission (NBM).
4. National Horticulture Board (NHB).
5. Coconut Development Board (CDB).
6. Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH).

Solution: C

NITI Aayog’s Agricultural Markets and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index — AMFFRI, an index that evaluates Indian states on the extent to which each of them undertook required agrireforms;

A low AMFFRI rank implies the state is undertaking desired reforms.

Solution: A

Sixteen varieties of mangoes including three GI certified varieties were exported to Bahrain from West Bengal & Bihar.

• These include GI certified Khirsapati & Lakshmanbhog (West Bengal), Zardalu (Bihar).

Solution: A

India is the second largest producer of litchi (Litchi chin) in the world, after China.

• The translucent, flavoured aril or edible flesh of the litchi is popular as a table fruit in India, while in China and Japan it is preferred in dried or canned form.
• Bihar tops in terms of production of litchi in the country.

Solution: C

MACS 1407

• It is a high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean developed by Indian Scientists.
• It is suitable for cultivation in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North-Eastern states.
• The new variety has been developed by scientists from MACS – Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune.
• The variety was developed using the conventional cross breeding technique.

Solution: B

Nano urea liquid is a patented technology of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) developed at its Nano Biotechnology Research Center, Gujarat.

Nano urea liquid is environmental friendly, smart fertilizer with high nutrient use efficiency and a sustainable solution for curtailing pollution and reduction in global warming in the long run as it reduces the emissions of nitrous oxide into soil, air and water bodies.

The efficacy trials demonstrated that nano urea increases crop productivity and can reduce the requirement of conventional Urea by 50 per cent.

Further, application of nano urea (liquid) improves yield, biomass, soil health and nutritional quality of the produce.

Nano Urea liquid is completely safe for human, animals, birds, rhizosphere organisms and environment at the recommended levels of application.

Solution: A

Indian Mirror was an English paper founded by Devendranath Tagore, at Calcutta in 1862.

Solution: A

Kadakhnath

• Kadaknath or Kali Masi is a breed of chicken originating from the Jhabua and Dhar districts of western Madhya Pradesh.
• It received GI tag in 2017.
• It is popular for its black meat which is famous for its meat quality, texture, taste, and excellent medicinal values.
• It is also famous for its low cholesterol and high protein content.

Solution: D

TRIFOOD Parks:

TRIFOOD Parks to be set up in Madhya Pradesh.

• It is a joint initiative of TRIFED (under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs) and the Ministry of Food Processing.
• TRIFOOD Parks are food processing centres aiming at promoting value addition to minor forest produce.
• It was launched under the Van Dhan Yojana in 2020.
• The parks procure raw materials from the Van Dhan Kendras and process them to be sold across the country through Tribes India outlets.
• The minimum support price for minor forest produce is fixed by the Tribal Affairs Ministry and it is revised every three years by a pricing cell constituted under the Ministry.

Solution: C

All of them are the potential benefits of Agro-Forestry.

http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/forestry/agro-forestry

Solution: B

The Yogyakarta Principles is a document about human rights in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity, published as the outcome of an international meeting of human rights groups in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in November 2006.

Hence, option(b) is correct.

https://yogyakartaprinciples.org/

Solution: C

Chandrayaan-2 mission:

• In September 2008, the Chandrayaan-2 mission was approved by the government for a cost of Rs 425 crore.
• It is India’s second mission to the moon.
• India is the first country in South Asia to launch mission to Moon. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• It aims to explore the Moon’s South Polar Region. Hence, statement 2 is correct
• The mission is an important step in India’s plans for planetary exploration, a program known as Planetary Science and Exploration (PLANEX).
• There are three components of the mission, an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
• The mission payloads include — Terrain Mapping Camera which will generate a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the entire moon, Chandrayaan 2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer which will test the elemental composition of the Moon’s surface Solar X-Ray Monitor which will provide solar X-ray spectrum inputs for CLASS.
• The orbiter will be deployed at an altitude of 100 kilometers above the surface of the Moon. The lander will then separate from the orbiter, and execute a soft landing on the surface of the Moon, unlike the previous mission which crash landed near the lunar south pole.
• The lander, rover and orbiter will perform mineralogical and elemental studies of the lunar surface.
• The rover is named Pragyan.
• The mission’s lander is named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, the Father of the Indian Space Programme.

Solution: A

INS Viraat was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian Navy before INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013.The ship was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy’s HMS Hermes, and decommissioned in 1984. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy, which entered into service in 2013. She has been renamed in honour of Vikramaditya, a legendary emperor of India.

It is powered by diesel Engine driven pressurized boilers. On 14 June 2014, the Prime Minister of India formally inducted INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy and dedicated her to the nation. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/finally-aircraft-carrier-viraat-to-be-scraped/article28252048.ece

Solution: C

The incremental capital output ratio (ICOR) is a frequently used tool that explains the relationship between the level of investment made in the economy and the consequent increase in GDP. ICOR indicates the additional unit of capital or investment needed to produce an additional unit of output.

Hence, statement 1 is correct.

A lower capital output ratio shows that only low level of investment is needed to produce a given growth rate in the economy. This is considered as a desirable situation. Lower capital output ratio shows that capital is very productive or efficient. Hence, lower capital output ratio shows productivity of capital and technological progress. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/icor.asp

Solution: A

North Korea shares border with China, South Korea and Russia only. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

38^th parallel popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

Solution: B

The Indian Ocean is likely to be affected by tsunamis generated by earthquakes at two potential source regions, the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra Island subduction zone and the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ), according to scientists at the Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services

Solution: C

Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Fund is a dedicated fund created with a total of Rs. 7522.48 crore to address the infrastructure requirement for fisheries sector.

FIDF provides concessional finance to the eligible entities, cooperatives, individuals and entrepreneurs for development of identified fisheries infrastructure. It promotes deep sea fishing, post harvesting, cage culture and exports.

Solution: C

Crop Trust (officially known as the Global Crop Diversity Trust), is an international nonprofit organization which works to preserve cropdiversity in order to protect global food security

Crop Trust has embarked on a long-term effort to collect, conserve and initiate the use of the wild relatives of crops. It aims at identifying those wild crop varieties that are missing from existing crop collections, are most likely to contain diversity of value to making agriculture more productive, and are most endangered

Solution: B

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001  was
enacted in 2001 to comply with the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

A variety is eligible for registration under the Act if it essentially fulfills the criteria of Distinctiveness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS). The Central Government issues notification in official Gazettes specifying the genera and species for the purpose of registration of varieties. So far, the Central Government has notified 157 crop species for the purpose of registration.

Solution: A

The Constituent Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with
different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major
committees and the others were minor committees. The names of these
committees and their chairmen are given below:
Major Committees
1. Union Powers Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Provincial Constitution Committee – Sardar Patel
4. Drafting Committee – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
5. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and
Excluded Areas – Sardar Patel.

This committee had the following five sub-committees:

(a) Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J.B. Kripalani
(b) Minorities Sub-Committee – H.C. Mukherjee
(c) North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially
Excluded Areas Sub-Committee – Gopinath Bardoloi
(d) Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam)
Sub-Committee – A.V. Thakkar
(e) North-West Frontier Tribal Areas Sub-Committee

6. Rules of Procedure Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
   7. States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States) – Jawaharlal
   Nehru
   8. Steering Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Minor Committees
1. Finance and Staff Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Credentials Committee – Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
3. House Committee – B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
4. Order of Business Committee – Dr. K.M. Munshi
5. Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
6. Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly – G.V.
Mavalankar
7. Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court – S. Varadachari (Not an
Assembly Member)
8. Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces – B. Pattabhi
Sitaramayya
9. Expert Committee on the Financial Provisions of the Union Constitution –
Nalini Ranjan Sarkar (Not an Assembly Member)
10. Linguistic Provinces Commission – S.K. Dar (Not an Assembly Member)
11. Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution – Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Press Gallery Committee – Usha Nath Sen
13. Ad-hoc Committee on Citizenship – S. Varadachari

Solution: A

The air with distinctive characteristics in terms of temperature and humidity is called an airmass. It is defined as a large body of air having little horizontal variation in temperature and moisture. The homogenous surfaces, over which air masses form, are called the source regions.

When the cold air moves towards the warm air mass, its contact zone is called the cold front, whereas if the warm air mass moves towards the cold air mass, the contact zone is a warm front. If an air mass is fully lifted above the land surface, it is called the occluded front. The fronts occur in middle latitudes and are characterized by steep gradient in temperature and pressure. They bring abrupt changes in temperature and cause the air to rise to form clouds and cause precipitation.

Solution: C

Yielding to the protests against the Supreme Court-directed demolition of a Guru Ravidas temple in south Delhi, the Centre has agreed to allot the same site to the devotees to construct a new temple.

Who is Guru Ravidas?

• He was a poet and saint of the Bhakti movement.
• Born in Varanasi to the ‘untouchable’ leather tanners caste.
• He is believed to be a disciple of the bhakti saint-poet Ramanandaand a contemporary of the bhakti saint-poet Kabir.
• One of his famous disciples was the saint, Mirabai.
• Ravidas’ devotional songs were included in the Sikh scriptures, Guru Granth Sahib.
• The Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism also includes numerous poems of Ravidas.
• Ravidas taught removal of social divisions of caste and gender, and promoted unity in the pursuit of personal spiritual freedoms.
• Among Ravidas’s moral and intellectual achievements were the conception of “Begampura”, a city that knows no sorrow; and a society where caste and class have ceased to matter.

Solution: A

Solution: C

Why does Tamil Nadu coast remains dry during monsoon season. There are two factors responsible for it:

(i) The Tamil Nadu coast is situated parallel to the Bay of Bengal branch of southwest monsoon.

(ii) It lies in the rain shadow area of the Arabian Sea branch of the south-west monsoon.

Solution: C

R is the maternal grandmother of M.

Solution: B

Therefore, P is father-in-law of Q.

Solution: A

R is the mother of V.

Solution: A

In the case of rectangle, Diagnol² = Length² + Breadth ²

Therefore 20² = 16 ² + Breadth ²

Therefore, breadth of rectangle = √(400-256 = 12 m

Direction for the following 1 (ONE) item: Consider the given information and answer One item that follow:

The pie chart drawn below shows the spending of a country on various sports during a particular year.

Solution: A

Total spending = Rs 1, 20, 00, 000

Spending on basketball = 12.5 % of  1, 20, 00, 000

Therefore, spending on basketball = (1/8) * (1, 20, 00, 000)= Rs 15,00,000