[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 11 June 2022

Solution: b)

The presidential electoral college is made up of the following:

• elected members of the Rajya Sabha;
• elected members of the Lok Sabha;
• elected members of each state’s Legislative Assembly; and
• elected members of each union territory possessing a Legislative assembly (i.e. Delhi, (Jammu & Kashmir not included) and Puducherry)

The MLAs of the UT of J&K are no longer part of the electoral college. 

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Solution: a)

The total value of votes would be 10,86,431 (5,43,200 for MPs or 700 votes each and 5,43,231 for MLAs based on 1971 Census population figures).

Each candidate would require 50 members of the electoral college to propose their name and another 50 to second it. 

The polling would be carried out in the Parliament House for MPs and at the respective State Assemblies for MLAs, with the Rajya Sabha Secretary General declared as the Returning Officer. The electors would cast their ballots using the pen provided by the EC as has been the norm.

Among all the States, Sikkim has the lowest value of the vote of each MLA.

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Solution: d)

The Four-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) saw the first light recently, gazing out from its vantage on Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand, into the deep sky.

The telescope, staring at the sky overhead, will make sky surveys possible and obtain images that can help observe transient phenomena such as supernovae and record the presence of space debris or meteorites – basically, watch the skies.

The telescope has been built by a collaboration of scientists from Canada, Belgium and India and is located at an altitude of 2,450 metres at the Devasthal Observatory campus of the Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital district, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

A large pool of mercury placed in a vessel is spun around so fast that it curves into a parabolic shape. Since mercury is reflective, this shape helps in focusing the reflected light. A thin sheet of mylar protects the mercury from the wind.

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Solution: c)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister, approved the increase in MSPs for all 14 kharif (summer) crops for 2022-23 crop year.

Announcing the MSP hike before the sowing of kharif crops will give farmers an indication about the price which they would get and help them in deciding which crops to grow.

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Solution: a)

• Fire services in India come under the 12th schedule of the Constitution under the provisions of Article 243Wof the Constitution, the performance of functions listed in the 12th schedule comes under the domain of municipalities.
• Presently, fire prevention and firefighting services are organized by the concerned states, Union Territories (UTs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
• Part 4 of the National Building Code (NBC) of India, 2016, is titled ‘Fire and Life Safety’. It covers the requirements for fire prevention, life safety in relation to fire and fire protection of buildings.
• The NBC of India, 2016specifies occupancy-wise classification, constructional aspects, egress requirements and protection features that are necessary to minimise danger to life and property from fire.
• 13th Finance commission recommendedon fire safety and organisation.