[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 7 March 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The CBI is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Actthat makes consent of a state government mandatory for conducting investigation in that state.
• There are two kinds of consent:
  • Case-specific and general–Given that the CBI has jurisdiction only over central government departments and employees, it can investigate a case involving state government employees or a violent crime in a given state only after that state government gives its consent.
  • “General consent”is normally given to help the CBI seamlessly conduct its investigation into cases of corruption against central government employees in the concerned state.
• Under what provision can general consent be withdrawn?
  • In exercise of power conferred by Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, the state governments can withdraw the general consent accorded.
• Can withdrawal mean that the CBI can no longer probe any case?
  • The CBI would still have the power to investigate old cases registered when general consent existed. Also, cases registered anywhere else in the country, but involving people stationed in states which have withdrawn consent, would allow CBI’s jurisdiction to extend to these states.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/what-is-general-consent-for-the-cbi-now-withdrawn-by-meghalaya/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• “The right to marry a person of one’s choice is integral to Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution”, the Supreme Court had recently set aside a 2017 order of the Kerala High Court which annulled the marriage of Kerala Muslim convert girl Hadiya and Shefin Jahan.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/haryana-govts-anti-conversion-bill/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Competition Commission of India is the chief national competition regulator in India. It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
• CCI consists of a Chairperson and 6 Members appointed by the Central Government.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/what-is-predatory-pricing/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Statement 1: It decides the repo rates, CRR, SLR etc. It replaced the earlier system of policy rate veto by the RBI governor.
• Statement 2:  It consists of six members (RBI Governor, Deputy Gov RBI, One RBI officer and three members nominated by the government), and they hold office for a period of four years.
• Statement 3:  The Governor of the RBI is the ex-officio Chairperson of MPC.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/what-is-the-rbis-mpc/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Public debt and Public revenue are matters falling under Fiscal policy. The Ministry of Finance handles these subjects. Bank rate and OMOs fall within the jurisdiction of RBI’s monetary policy.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/what-is-the-rbis-mpc/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:About BrahMos:

• S1&S2: The BrahMos is a medium-range Ramjet Supersonic Cruise Missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft or land.
• S3: Jointly developed by India and Russia.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-07-march-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia.
• IUCN Status:Critically endangered.
• Habitat:Currently found in Bangladesh and India (in the Sunderbans), Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is regionally extinct in Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-07-march-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Deepak Dhar, physicist, from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, has been selected for the Boltzmann medal.
• He has become the first Indian to win this award.
• Boltzmann medal is awarded by the Commission on Statistical Physics (C3)of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. It was initiated in 1975.
• The medal, which honours outstanding achievements in the field of statistical physics, has been given to one or two persons, once in three years.
• It is given only once to a person and on the condition that that person has not won the Nobel prize so far.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-07-march-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• It is a first of its kind, indigenously developed aircraft trainer.
• Developed by the CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL).
• It has recently completed sea level trials at Puducherry, a necessary prelude to it being evaluated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
• HANSA-NG is designed to meet the need for trainer aircraft by flying clubs in India.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-07-march-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• In 1039 Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri, a native of Hujwir near Ghazni in Afghanistan, was forced to cross the Indus as a captive of the invading Turkish army.
• He settled in Lahore and wrote a book in Persian called the Kashful-Mahjub (Unveiling of the Veiled) to explain the meaning of tasawwuf, and those who practised it, that is, the sufi.
• Hujwiri died in 1073 and was buried in Lahore.
• The grandson of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni constructed a tomb over his grave, and this tomb-shrine became a site of pilgrimage for his devotees, especially on his death anniversary. Even today Hujwiri is revered as Data Ganj Bakhsh or “Giver who bestows treasures” and his mausoleum is called Data Darbar or “Court of the Giver”.

Refer: theme-in-indian-history-ii/Chapter-2/Page-No-155