[MISSION 2023] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (29 July 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is an independent, multi-dimensional research organization with capabilities in policy research, technology development, and implementation.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/teri-roadmap-for-achieving-indias-decarbonization-targets/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Key facts related to tiger population:

• As per the World Wide Fund for Nature,the number of tigers dropped by 95 per cent over the past 150 years.
• India is the land of royal tigers and current tiger population stands at 2967 which is 70 per cent of the global tiger population.
• Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of tigers at 526,closely followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442).
• Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh is the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/what-numbers-do-not-reveal-about-tiger-conservation/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The National Tiger Conservation Authority is astatutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
  • The National Tiger Conservation Authority has been fulfilling its mandate within the ambit of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 for strengthening tiger conservation in the country by retaining an oversight through advisories/normative guidelines, based on appraisal of tiger status, ongoing conservation initiatives and recommendations of specially constituted Committees.
• Setup under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Environment and Forests.
• Functions of NTCA are as follows:
  • Ensuring normative standards in tiger reserve management.
  • Preparation of reserve specific tiger conservation plan.
  • Laying down annual/ audit report before Parliament.
  • Instituting State level Steering Committees under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister and establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation.
  • According approval for declaring new Tiger Reserves.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/what-numbers-do-not-reveal-about-tiger-conservation/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• M-STrIPES(Monitoring system for tigers – intensive protection and ecological status) using GPS to geotag photo-evidences and survey information, made this exercise more accurate.
• CaTRAT(Camera Trap data Repository and Analysis Tool) for automated segregation of camera trap photographs to species.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/what-numbers-do-not-reveal-about-tiger-conservation/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Global Tiger Initiative (GTI): read here>> https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment/brief/the-global-tiger-initiative
  • The Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) was launched in 2008 as a global alliance of governments, international organizations, civil society, the conservation and scientific communities and the private sector, with the aim of working together to save wild tigers from extinction. In 2013, the scope was broadened to include Snow Leopards.
  • The GTI’s founding partners included the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Smithsonian Institution, Save the Tiger Fund, and International Tiger Coalition (representing more than 40 non-government organizations). The initiative is led by the 13 tiger range countries (TRCs).
• Global Tiger Forumengagement along with partners in areas of Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Security Audit of Tiger Reserves, Management Planning etc.
  • Global Tiger Forum is an Inter-Governmental international body working exclusively for the conservation of Tigers.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/what-numbers-do-not-reveal-about-tiger-conservation/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: RBI’s Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI)

• Launched in January 2021, it captures the extent of digitisation of payments across the country (with 2018 as a base year- score set as 100) and is published semi-annually.
• The index is formulated based on five parameters. They are payment enablers (25%), consumer centricity (5%), payment performance (45%), supply side factors (15%), and demand side factors (10%).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-29-july-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• India was 1^stcountry in the world to launch a National Programme for Family Planning (1952), the National Commission on Population (2000), and member of Family planning (FP) 2030 (a global initiative for family planning)

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-29-july-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
• The prime objective of the Enforcement Directorate is the enforcement of two key Acts- the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-29-july-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) defines the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world’s oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.
• International Seabed Authority (ISA) was established to organize, regulate and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (referred to as “the Area”), an area underlying most of the world’s oceans. It is an organization established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
• The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an intergovernmental organization created by the mandate of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. It was established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Refer; facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/07/29/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-29-july-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Wood’s Despatch is called Magnacarta of English Education in India. As per this despatch:
• An education department was to be set in every province.
• Universities on the model of the London University be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
• At least one government school be opened in every district.
• Affiliated private schools should be given grant in aid.
• The Indian natives should be given training in their mother tongue also.
• In accordance with Wood’s despatch, Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857 on the model of the London University.
• Later more universities were opened in Punjab in 1882 and at Allahabad 1887.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018