[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 18 March 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for providing LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
• Launched in May 2016.
• Aim: To provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households and reduce health risk associated with burning biomass.
• Key features: A deposit-free LPG connection is given to eligible with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection by the Centre.
• Achievement: Government data shows that by January 2022, 9 crore new LPG connections had been rolled out under this scheme, and that 99.8 per cent of the over 28 crore households in India now have access to LPG, up from 61.9 per cent in 2015.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/ujjwala-yojana/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The scheme was introduced as a social measure that guarantees “the right to work”. The key tenet of this social measure and labour law is that the local government will have to legally provide at least 100 days of wage employment in rural India to enhance their quality of life.
• Ministry of Rural Development is the designated authority for the implementation MGNREGA scheme. 

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/mahatma-gandhi-national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-mgnrega-3/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) ‘s core objective is to counter Iran, Russia and North Korea through punitive measures.
• Enacted in 2017.
• Includes sanctions against countries that engage in significant transactions with Russia’s defence and intelligence sectors.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/iaf-to-employ-direct-tactical-planning-for-s-400/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The S-400 Triumf, (NATO calls it SA-21 Growler), is a mobile, surface-to-air missile system (SAM) designed by Russia. It is the most dangerous operationally deployed modern long-range SAM (MLR SAM) in the world, considered much ahead of the US-developed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD).
• The system can engage all types of aerial targets including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV and ballistic and cruise missiles within the range of 400km, at an altitude of up to 30km.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/iaf-to-employ-direct-tactical-planning-for-s-400/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It is a statutory body of the Government of India, responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent activities that have an adverse effect on competition.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/competition-commission-of-india-cci-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) was founded in 1948 to help administer the Marshall Plan
• In 1961, the OEEC was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and membership was extended to non-European states
• Headquarter — Paris, France
• It works through consensus to develop policy recommendations and other “soft law” instruments to encourage policy reform in member countries
• Membership
  • Currently, it has 38 members
  • India is not a member but a key partner
  • It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy
  • Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries
  • It provides a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/ukraine-war-could-cut-1-off-global-growth-oecd/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Dishaank is an application developed by Karnataka to ensure easy access to land records.
•  The Dishaank app is developed under the Geographical Information System (GIS) program of the Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Center (KSRSAC).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-march-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) is powered by hydrogen. FCEV is environment-friendly, as it has zero tailpipe emissions. Thus it is one of the best zero-emission solutions.
• They are more efficient than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles and produce no tailpipe emissions—they only emit water vapor and warm air.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/18/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-march-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

•  Option A and D are examples of human capital and option B is physical capital.
• Straight from Wikipedia: “Social capital broadly refers to those factors of effectively functioning social groups that include such things as interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation, and reciprocity.” Option D is the correct answer.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Service Area Approach (SAA) was introduced in April 1989 in order to bring about an orderly and planned development of rural and semi- urban areas of the country. It was extended to all Indian scheduled commercial banks including Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).
• Under the SAA, all rural and semi-urban branches of banks were allocated specific villages, generally in geographical contiguous areas, the overall development and the credit needs of which were to be taken care of by the respective branches. See https://rbi.org.in/scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=2044&Mode=0

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019