[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 9 February 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• He was the founder of the Hindustan Republican Association. HRA was created to carry out armed resistance against the British Empire in India.
• Sanyal founded a branch of the Anushilan Samiti in Patna in 1913.
• In 1912 Delhi Conspiracy Trial, Sanyal with Rashbehari Bose attacked the then Viceroy Hardinge.
• He was extensively involved in the plans for the Ghadar conspiracy, and went underground after it was exposed in February 1915. He was a close associate of Rash Behari Bose.
• After Bose escaped to Japan, Sanyal was considered the most senior leader of India’s revolutionary movement.
• He was a mentor for revolutionaries like Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh.
• Sanyal and Mahatma Gandhi engaged in a famous debate published in Young India between 1920 and 1924. Sanyal argued against Gandhi’s gradualist approach.
• Sanyal was sentenced to life for his involvement in the Kakori conspiracy and was imprisoned at Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where he wrote his book titled Bandi Jeevan (A Life of Captivity, 1922).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/sachindra-nath-sanyal-1893-1942/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Ghadar Party was a revolutionary group organized around a weekly newspaper ‘The Ghadar’ with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and in the Far East.
• The Ghadar programme was to organize assassinations of officials, publish revolutionary and anti-imperialist literature, and work among Indian troops stationed abroad, procure arms and bring about a simultaneous revolt in all British colonies.
• The moving spirits behind the Ghadar Party were Lala Hardayal, Bhagwan Singh Gyanee, Kartar Singh Saraba, Bark Bhai Parmanand.
• Surya Sen was a Bengali Indian revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/sachindra-nath-sanyal-1893-1942/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• PM-CARES was set up as a public charitable trust with the trust deed registered on March 27, 2020.
• It can avail donations from the foreign contribution and donations to fund can also avail 100% tax exemption.
• PM-CARES is different from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
• Who administers the fund?
  • Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/pm-cares-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The quadrilateral security dialogue includes Japan, India, United States and Australia.
• All four nations find a common ground of being the democratic nations and common interests of unhindered maritime trade and security.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/what-is-quad-2/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The TRIPS agreement was negotiated in 1995 at the WTO,it requires all its signatory countries to enact domestic law.
• It guarantees minimum standards of IP protection.Such legal consistency enables innovators to monetise their intellectual property in multiple countries.
• In 2001, the WTO signed the Doha Declaration,which clarified that in a public health emergency, governments could compel companies to license their patents to manufacturers, even if they did not think the offered price was acceptable.
• This provision, commonly referred to as “compulsory licensing”,was already built into the TRIPS Agreement and the Doha declaration only clarified its usage.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/indias-patent-waiver-plan-at-wto-and-issues-associated/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The National Ropeways Development Programme – “Parvatmala”was announced recently by the Union Finance Minister in the Union Budget for 2022-23 to improve connectivity in hilly areas.
• About the scheme:
  • This will be a preferred ecologically sustainable alternative in place of conventional roads in difficult hilly areas.
  • The idea is to improve connectivity and convenience for commuters, besides promoting tourism.
  • This may also cover congested urban areas, where conventional mass transit systems are not feasible.
• Implementation:
  • The scheme is being presently started in regions like Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir and the other North Eastern states.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/parvatmala-scheme/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: It is a reforms-based and results-linked scheme.
• S2: It seeks to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainabilityof all DISCOMs/Power Departments excluding Private Sector DISCOMs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/powerthon-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The sanctuary is a component of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (5,520 sq km) and is a vital component of the Elephant Reserve No. 7 of South India.
• It is the only sanctuary of Kerala where sightings of four-horned antelopes have been reported.
• Presence of Egyptian vulture, Himalayan griffon, and Cinereous vultures are also reported in the sanctuary and the two species of vultures, red-headed and white-backed vultures,once common in Kerala, are now restricted to the Wayanad plateau.
• The Nagarhole-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Wayanad forest complexis also one of the most important tiger habitats in the country.
• The forests of the wildlife division form the major catchments for the tributaries of the Kabini river system.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-09-february-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• It is a traditional system of medicine practised in the Himalayan belt of India.
• It originated in Tibet and popularly practiced in countries namely, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, and Russia.
• The majority of theory and practice of Sowa-Rigpa is similar to “Ayurveda”.
• Yuthog Yonten Gonpo from Tibet is believed to be the father of Sowa Rigpa.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-09-february-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Kabini River is one of the major tributaries of the river Cauvery in southern India.
• It originates near Kavilumpara in Kozhikode district of Kerala state by the confluence of the Panamaram River and the Mananthavady River.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/09/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-09-february-2022/