[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 30 March 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Explanation:

• S1: During an El Niño event, westward-blowing trade winds weaken along the Equator. These changes in air pressure and wind speed cause warm surface water to move eastward along the Equator, from the western Pacific to the coast of northern South America.
• S2: As El Niño brings rain to South America, it brings droughts to Indonesia and Australia. These droughts threaten the region’s water supplies, as reservoirs dry and rivers carry less water. Agriculture, which depends on water for irrigation, is threatened.
• S3: Stronger El Niño events also disrupt global atmospheric circulation. Global atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air that helps distribute thermal energy (heat) across the surface of the Earth. The eastward movement of oceanic and atmospheric heat sources cause unusually severe winter weather at the higher latitudes of North and South America. Regions as far north as the U.S. states of California and Washington may experience longer, colder winters because of El Niño.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/interaction-between-la-nina-and-the-warm-arctic/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:Here the directive word is not correct!!

• S1: During El Nino, the surface winds across the entire tropical Pacific are weaker than usual. Ocean temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are warmer than average, and rainfall is below average over Indonesia and above average over the central or eastern Pacific.
• S2: During La Nina, it’s the opposite. The surface winds across the entire tropical Pacific are stronger than usual, and most of the tropical Pacific Ocean is cooler than average. Rainfall increases over Indonesia (where waters remain warm) and decreases over the central tropical Pacific (which is cool). Over Indonesia, there is more rising air motion and lower surface pressure. There is more sinking air motion over the cooler waters of the central and eastern Pacific.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/interaction-between-la-nina-and-the-warm-arctic/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Union government constitutes a Delimitation Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge.
• S2: The Delimitation Commissions were set up in 1952, 1963, 1972 and 2002. The number of Lok Sabha constituencies has not been revised since 1972. In 2002, it was frozen at 543 till 2026.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/delimitation-commission/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• About NCW:
  • • Set up in 1992 under the National commission Act.
    • It was established to review the constitutional and legal safeguards for women.
    • It enjoys all the powers of a civil court.

• Major limitations of National Commission for Women making it toothless:

• • The NCW is only recommendatory and has no power to enforce its decisions.
  • Commission lacks constitutional status, and thus has no legal powers to summon police officers or witnesses.
  • It has no power to take legal actions against the Internal Complaint Committees that prevent grievance redressal of women facing harassment.
  • Financial assistance provided to the Commission is very less to cater to its needs.
  • It does not have the power to choose its own members. The power selecting members is vested with the Union government leading to political interference at various levels.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/national-commission-for-women/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Arab Spring a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in response to corruption and economic stagnation and was first started in Tunisia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/houthis-and-the-war-in-yemen-2/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/assam-meghalaya-border-dispute-2/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The UNEP Annual Frontier Report 2022 was released recently.
• It was titled ‘Noise, Blazes and Mismatches’.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-30-march-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
• S3: Pobitora which is known for the highest density of Indian one-horned rhinos in the world along with Kaziranga National Park

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-30-march-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: This tiger reserve is located in Alwar district, Rajasthan.

• It became part of India’s Project Tiger in 1978.
• S2: Tiger relocation: It is the first reserve in the world with successfully relocated tigers.
• It is an important biodiversity area in the Northern Aravalli leopard and wildlife corridor.
• It is rich in mineral resources, such as copper.
• S3: It is a part of the Aravalli Range and the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests eco-region.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/03/30/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-30-march-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) recently released the World Energy Transitions Outlook report.

Refer: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/energy-efficiency/energy-transition-holds-key-to-tackle-global-energy-and-climate-crisis-irena-82138