[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 11 October 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.
• S2: Somalia is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the Northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa’s mainland.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/indian-ocean-border-dispute-between-kenya-and-somalia/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/indian-ocean-border-dispute-between-kenya-and-somalia/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Nationwide River Ranching Programme was recently launched in Uttar Pradesh.
• River ranching programme was introduced as special activity under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding, intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.
• National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad is the nodal agency under central component of the PMMSY.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/river-ranching-programme/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• NASA has announced the launch of ‘Lucy’ mission. It will be launched next week.
• The spacecraft will fly by the Earth twice in order to use the planet’s gravitational field to assist it on its journey to the asteroids.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/nasas-lucy-mission/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• This is NASA’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
• It is a solar-powered mission.
• It is estimated to be over 12 years long, during the course of which the spacecraft will visit eight asteroids covering a distance of about 6.3 billion km to deepen the understanding of the “young solar system”.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/nasas-lucy-mission/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• A report on terrestrial water storage (TWS) loss- 2021 State of Climate Services- was recently released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
• What is terrestrial water storage (TWS)?
  • TWS is the sum of all water on the land surface and in the subsurface, ie surface water, soil moisture, snow and ice and ground water.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/wmo-report-on-terrestrial-water-storage-tws-loss/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The United Nations Human Rights Council has unanimously voted for recognising a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a universal right in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Significance:
  • If recognised by all, the right would the first of its kind in more than 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/clean-healthy-and-sustainable-environment-a-universal-right/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: India’s first Governor General Shri C Rajagopalachari formally inaugurated the Indian Territorial Army on October 9 in 1949.
  • It is an organization where volunteers apply for a short period of training every year, so as to be ready to tackle any emergent situation or to serve for the defence of India.
  • The Territorial Army, also known as the ‘Terriers’, is considered the second line of national defence after the regular Army.
• S2: Any male Indian citizen between the ages of 18 and 42 can apply and enter into the TA service provided they clear the written test, interview, medical examination and the necessary training.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/territorial-army/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Zanzibari Arab writer settled in the United Kingdom, has been declared the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature for his works on colonialism and the lives of refugees.
• S2: There is no Nobel Prize for mathematics, but many mathematicians have won the prize, most commonly for physics but occasionally for economics, and in one case for literature. For instance, when mathematician John Nash won a Nobel Prize in 1994, it was for a result that had a major impact in economics.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-october-2021/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Kerala government has called off the proposed 163-megwatt Athirappilly hydroelectric power project on the Chalakudy river basin in Thrissur district.
• The Chalakudy River is a tributary of the Periyar River and originates in the Anamalai region of Tamil Nadu.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/11/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-october-2021/