[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 27 November 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: It is also known as the Rudreshwara temple, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Telangana, India.
• S3: Marco Polo, during his visit to the Kakatiya empire, allegedly called the temple “the brightest star in the galaxy of temples“.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/ramappa-temple-telanganas-first-unesco-world-heritage-site/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Koh-i-Noor Diamond, which is now among the jewels set in the British Crown, was mined and first owned by the Kakatiya Dynasty.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/ramappa-temple-telanganas-first-unesco-world-heritage-site/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• To safeguard its space assets from space debris, Isro had set up a dedicated Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Control Centre named “Netra” in Bengaluru last December.
• Netra’s key objective is to monitor, track and protect the national space assets and function as a hub of all SSA activities.
• Only the US, Russia and Europe have similar facilities in place to track space objects and share collision warnings.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/space-debris-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE) is an international collaborative sky surveying project.
• The survey will use two high-tech optical polarimeters to observe the northern and southern skies, simultaneously.
• It will focus on capturing starlight polarisation of very faint stars that are so far away that polarisation signals from there have not been systematically studied.
• The distances to these stars will be obtained from measurements of the GAIA satellite.
• By combining these data, astronomers will perform a maiden magnetic field tomography mapping of the interstellar medium of very large areas of the sky using a novel polarimeter instrument known as WALOP (Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/what-is-pasiphae-and-why-is-it-important-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Born in 1881, he was a prominent politician in British India’s Punjab Province.
• He championed the interest of oppressed communities of the Indian subcontinent. For this feat, he was knighted in 1937.
• He was a co-founder of the National Unionist Party.
• The enactment of two agrarian laws was primarily due to his contribution- the Punjab Relief Indebtedness Act of 1934 and the Punjab Debtor’s Protection Act of 1936, which emancipated the peasants from the clutches of the moneylenders and restored the right of land to the tiller.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-27-november-2021-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
• For effective implementation of relief measures in the wake of natural calamities, the Government of India has set up a National Crisis Management Committee.
• Other members: Secretaries of all the concerned Ministries /Departments as well as organizations are the members of the Committee.
• The NCMC gives direction to the Crisis Management Group as deemed necessary.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/11/27/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-27-november-2021-3/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The European Stability Mechanism is a European Union agency that provides financial assistance, in the form of loans, to eurozone countries or as new capital to banks in difficulty.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1: Weeds usually grow in between the plant rows due to availability of moisture on that strip of land. In drip irrigation, water is applied directly to the roots, and not the entire field (thus excluding the land space between plants where weeds usually grow). So, weed growth is inhibited.
• S2: There may be some confusion in this statement. Generally excessive logging and flooded fields suffer from higher salinity. So, replacing conventional irrigation may help in curbing water-logged soil salinity.
  • But, generally speaking, as a rule, we cannot claim that if drip irrigation system is installed on a farm land, it would always reduce soil salinity. Seen in isolation from instances of water logging (or other such cases), drip irrigation and soil salinity do not have much co-relation. The system simply delivers water to the roots of the plant.
  • Also, if we use elimination, as 1 and 3 must be correct, there is no option “1, 2 and 3” which automatically tells us that statement 2 is wrong.
• S3: Surface irrigation is a significant contributor to top soil erosion. Drip irrigation reduces soil erosion as water is delivered directly to plant roots at a very slow rate (unlike surface irrigation where water velocity can be fast).
  • https://www.irrigationdirect.com/articles/drip-irrigation-history-benefits
  • http://www.agriinfo.in/default.aspx?page=topic&superid=8&topicid=2243

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• DigiLocker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India Programme. This was released by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India.
• The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, Permanent account number (PAN) cards, voter id cards, etc., and the URIs of the e-documents issued by various issuer departments.
• https://india.gov.in/spotlight/digilocker-online-document-storage-facility

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Air Quality Index doesn’t include carbon dioxide and methane.
• http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/modi-launches-air-quality-index-wants-change-in-lifestyle-to-save-environment/story-C8VHWyZWYe36La6PQ7v2eO.html

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016