[MISSION 2023] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (15 June 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (d)

Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• Difference between Census & SECC:
• The Census provides a portrait of the Indian population, while the SECC is a tool to identify beneficiaries of state support.
• Since the Census falls under the Census Act of 1948, all data are considered confidential, whereas all the personal information given in the SECC is open for use by Government departments to grant and/or restrict benefits to households.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/06/15/deadline-for-freezing-administrative-boundaries-extended-no-census-this-year/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Kalelkar Commission, set up in 1953, was the first to identify backward classes other than the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) at the national level.
• The Mandal Commission Report,1980 estimated the OBC population at 52% and classified 1,257 communities as backward.
• It recommended increasing the existing quotas, which were only for SC/ST, from 22.5% to 49.5% to include the OBCs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/06/15/obc-stir-for-12-separate-quota-continues/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: What is the Agnipath scheme?

• Under the new scheme, around 45,000 to 50,000 soldiers(will be called ‘Agniveers’) will be recruited annually (for a short period, and most will leave the service in just four years. Of the total annual recruits, only 25 per cent will be allowed to continue for another 15 years under permanent commission.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/06/15/what-is-the-agnipath-scheme/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• PLFS was launched by National Statistical Office (NSO) in 2017 and is India’s first computer-based survey.
• NSO is the central statistical agency of the Government-mandated under the Statistical Services Act 1980 under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
• The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) was designed with two major objectives for measurement of employment and unemployment. The first was to measure the dynamics in labour force participation and employment status in the short time interval of three months for only the urban areas in the Current Weekly Status (CWS).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/06/15/unemployment-has-decreased-says-labour-survey/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• As per the Migration in India Report 2020-21 (released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI),7 per centof the country’s population was a ‘temporary visitor’ in households during July 2020-June 2021.

Refer: Facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/06/15/mission-2022-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-15-june-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• A lower SLR gives banks more room to lend, so S1 can’t be the answer.
• MSF rate which is slightly higher than the repo rate is a borrowing window for the banks. A higher MSF discourages borrowing, so S2 is incorrect. RBI won’t take this stance.
• S3 is common knowledge.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: It is incorrect. Scheduled commercial banks contributed the major share (78 – 80 per cent) in agricultural and allied credit.Co-operative institutions also play a significant role in extending agricultural credit and the share of all co-operative banks/institutions (i.e. StCBs, DCCBs and PACS put together) constituted 15-16 per cent. The RRBs contributed the remaining 5 per cent of the agricultural credit.
• Refer to the pie chart below from https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationReportDetails.aspx?UrlPage=&ID=942#CP12
• S2: It is correct. See http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/36583/12/12_chapter4.pdf
• Details: The co-operative banking sector thrives either as three-tier or two-tier structure. The three-tier structure includes StCB, DCCB and PACS, whereas in two-tier structure only StCB and PACS are present. In the three-tier structure, the lower level tiers, i.e. DCCB and PACS extend credit to individual borrowers using their own funds/deposits and claim refinance from the upper tier, e. PACS from DCCB/StCB and DCCB from StCB.In the two-tier structure, PACS provide credit to individual borrowers and claim refinance from StCB. In some cases, the StCBs also extend credit to the individuals through its branches across the state.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• All are covered except S2 which is absurd and should instead be covered in a separate hardware general insurance policy. Cyber insurance only covers E-vandalism.
• For e.g. see this policy listed on IRDAI website
• https://www.irdai.gov.in/ADMINCMS/cms/Uploadedfiles/30_Cyber%20Security%20Insurance%20-%20Policy%20Wording.pdf

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: The leader of a group is the oldest female. She guides the herd in their search of food and water sources. These matriarchal units can occasionally divide into smaller, temporary groups.
• S2: A breeding pair remains together for about 3 weeks. Gestation period lasts for 22 months, yielding a single baby. During the birth, females of the herd surround the mother in order to protect her.
• S3: Adulthood starts at about 18 years of age, and the elephant has an average life expectancy of 70 years. Although sexually mature in their early teens, elephants generally only start to mate at about 20 years and stop bearing calves at about 50
• S4: South India had the highest number of wild elephants – 14,612. Among the south Indian states, Karnataka leads the table with 6,049 elephants followed by Kerala.
• https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/aug/05/survey-marginal-decline-seen–in-keralas-wild-elephant-population-2014187.html

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• All except 2 are a part of Cauvery basin. Papikonda remains entirely inside the East and West Godavari districts near Godavari basin after 2014 and after the construction of Polavaram Dam.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2020