[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 10 March 2022

Solution: d)

Millets score over rice and wheat, whether in terms of vitamins, minerals and crude fibre content or amino acid profile. They are also hardier and drought-resistant crops, which has to do with their short growing season (70-100 days, as against 120-150 days for paddy/wheat) and lower water requirement (350-500 mm versus 600-1,200 mm).

Millet crops sequester carbon from the atmosphere.

Government provides Minimum Support price for selected millets.

Solution: c)

INS Vikrant is India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier -1 (IAC). Vikrant is scheduled to be commissioned into service by August 2022, India’s sole aircraft carrier at the moment is the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya, which entered service in 2013. The Navy is looking at deploying 36 multirole fighter aircraft that will cater to both the Vikramaditya and the new Vikrant.

Solution: b)

Article 14 says that the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. This provision confers rights on all persons whether citizens or foreigners.

The Supreme Court held that where equals and unequals are treated differently, Article 14 does not apply. While Article 14 forbids class legislation, it permits reasonable classification of persons, subjects and transactions by the law.

For e.g. a special law can be made for differently abled as this classification is reasonable and just.

The concept of “equal protection of laws (EPL)” comes from the United States Constitution. It means that the law should be applied equally and fairly to all people.

Solution: b)

GNI calculates the total income earned by a nation’s people and businesses, including investment income, regardless of where it was earned. It also covers money received from abroad such as foreign investment and economic development aid.

GDP is the total market value of all finished goods and services produced within a country in a set time period.

Solution: d)

Rights specific to this convention include the rights to accessibility including the information technology, the rights to live independently and be included in the community (Article 19), to personal mobility (article 20), habilitation and rehabilitation (Article 26), and to participation in political and public life, and cultural life, recreation and sport (Articles 29 and 30).