[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 26 February 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• He was a commander in the Ahom kingdom.
• Known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I to take over Ahom kingdom.
• The battle of Saraighat was fought on the banks of the Brahmaputra in Guwahati.
• The National Defence Academy (NDA), ever since 1999 has been conferring the best passing out cadet with the Lachit Borphukan gold medal.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/lachit-borphukan-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Council of Europe is an international organization founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
• Founded in 1949 (Treaty of London (1949)), it has 46 member states (including all 27 EU members), with a population of approximately 820 million, and operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros.
• Headquarters:Palace of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
• Roles and responsibilities:
  • The Council of Europe cannot make binding laws, but it does have the power to enforce select international agreements reached by European states on various topics.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/council-of-europe/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• A blockchain is a decentralized, distributed, and oftentimes public, digital ledger consisting of records called blocks that is used to record transactions across many computers so that any involved block cannot be altered retroactively, without the alteration of all subsequent blocks.
• This allows the participants to verify and audit transactions independently and relatively inexpensively. A blockchain database is managed autonomously using a peer-to-peer network and a distributed timestamping server. They are authenticated by mass collaboration powered by collective self-interests. Such a design facilitates robust workflow where participants’ uncertainty regarding data security is marginal.
• The great advantage to an open, permissionless, or public, blockchain network is that guarding against bad actors is not required and no access control is needed. This means that applications can be added to the network without the approval or trust of others, using the blockchain as a transport layer.
• S2 is clearly wrong, Blockchain can be used for a variety of purposes of which cryptocurrency is only one of them

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/sc-asks-centre-to-clarify-on-legality-of-cryptocurrency/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Chernobyl tragedy was the result of a nuclear accident on 26 April 1986 at reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the town of Pripyat in the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic).
  • There were nearly 8.4 million people exposed to radiation in the three nations.
  • It occurred when a group of technicians in what was then Soviet-controlled Ukraine carried out a botched safety test that led to a series of explosions.
  • It is said to have released 400 times more radiation than the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/chernobyl-disaster/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradeshcould become the country’s first-ever cheetah sanctuary.
• Although the plan of bringing cheetahs to India was in the works for more than a decade, it came close to a realisation after the Supreme Court’s nod in January 2020.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-february-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The cheetah is also the world’s fastest land mammal.
• It is listed as vulnerable in IUCN red listed species.
• The country’s last spotted feline died in Chhattisgarh in 1947. Later, the cheetah — which is the fastest land animal — was declared extinct in India in 1952.
• The Asiatic cheetah is classified as a “critically endangered” species by the IUCN Red List,and is believed to survive only in Iran.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-february-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The World Economic Forumand the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a jointly designed ‘Sustainable Cities India program’.
• The ‘Sustainable Cities India program’ intends to enable cities to decarbonize in a systematic and sustainable way that will reduce emissions and deliver resilient and equitable urban ecosystems.
• Implementation:
  • The Forum and NIUA will adapt the Forum’s City Sprint process and Toolbox of Solutions for decarbonization in the context of five to seven Indian cities across two years.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-february-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It is India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine.
• It is a “recombinant protein sub-unit” vaccine.
• It means it is made up of a specific part of SARS-CoV-2 – the spike protein on the virus’s surface
• The spike protein allows the virus to enter the cells in the body so that it can replicate and cause disease.
• However, when this protein alone is given to the body, it is not expected to be harmful as the rest of the virus is absent.
• The body is expected to develop an immune response against the injected spike protein.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-february-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) to expand the coverage of pension services under SPARSH or System for Pension Administration (Raksha) across four lakh Common Service Centers.
• This will provide last mile connectivity to pensioners, especially those who live in remote areas of the country and those who do not have access or technical knowledge and skill to use SPARSH.
• SPARSHis an initiative of the Ministry of Defense.
• It aims to provide comprehensive services to defense pensioners.
• It promotes the Government’s vision of ‘Digital India’, ‘Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)’ and ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/02/26/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-26-february-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• If photosynthesis came to an abrupt end, most plants would die within short order. Although they could hold out for a few days — or in some cases, a few weeks — how long they lived would largely be a factor of how much sugar they had stored within their cells.
• The only organisms able to exist under such conditions would be the chemosynthetic bacteria, which can utilize the chemical energy of certain inorganic compounds and thus are not dependent on the conversion of light energy.
• S2 and S3 are absurd statements.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/03/19/artificial-photosynthesis-to-provide-solutions-for-carbon-capture-and-conversion/