[MISSION 2023] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (19 August 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (c)

Explanation: The All-India Football Federation (AIFF):

• It is the organization that manages the game of association football in India.
• It administers the running of the India national football team and also controls the I-League,India’s premier domestic club competition, in addition to various other competitions and teams.
• The AIFF was founded in 1937,and gained FIFA affiliation in the year 1948, after India’s independence in 1947.
• Currently, it has an office in Dwarka, New Delhi.
• India was one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/supreme-court-orders-status-quo-on-move-to-put-panel-in-charge-of-indian-olympic-association/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• A blockchain is, in the simplest of terms, a time-stamped series of immutable record of data that is managed by cluster of computers not owned by any single entity.Each of these blocks of data (i.e. block) are secured and bound to each other using cryptographic principles (i.e. chain).
• The blockchain network has no central authority— it is the very definition of a democratized system. Since it is a shared and immutable ledger, the information in it is open for anyone and everyone to see.
• A blockchain carries no transaction cost. (An infrastructure cost yes, but no transaction cost.)

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/an-india-blockchain-platform/

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Distributed ledger technology (DLT) and Block Chain technology:

• Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is a digital system for recording the transaction of assets in which the transactions and their details are recorded in multiple places at the same time.
• Unlike traditional databases, distributed ledgers have no central data storeor administration functionality.
• Whether distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, will revolutionize how governments, institutions and industries work is an open question.
• Blockchain technology is a specific kind of DLTthat came to prominence after Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that used it, became popular.
• Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin use codes to encrypt transactions and stack them up in blocks, creating Blockchains. It is the use of codes that differentiates cryptocurrencies from other virtual currencies.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/an-india-blockchain-platform/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The TKDLcontains documentation of publicly available traditional knowledge (TK) that relates to Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Yoga. is in digitized format. is available in five languages: English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish.
• It was established in 2001by CSIR and the Ministry of AYUSH.
• Aim of TKDL:It seeks to prevent the misappropriation of the country’s traditional medicinal knowledge through patenting worldwide or against bio-piracy.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-august-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Megalodons roamed the oceans an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
• Megalodon could “completely ingest, and in as few as five bites,” a prey as big as the killer whale. According to the study, the Megalodon was bigger than a school bus at around 50 feet from nose to tail. In comparison, the great white sharks of the present can grow to a maximum length of around 15 feet. Using their digital model, the researchers have suggested that the giant transoceanic predator would have weighed around 70 tonnes — or as much as 10 elephants.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-august-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• In 2016, India introduced an Equalisation Levyon revenue earned by non-residents from online advertising and related services
• Equalisation Levy is a direct tax, which is withheld at the time of payment by the service recipient. India introduced ‘Equalisation Levy 2.0’ (EL 2.0) vide Finance Act 2020, beginning 1 April 2020. The levy appliesto non-resident e-commerce operators (ECO) for consideration received from the supply of goods or services.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-august-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It is 1^stof its kind database for data on all arrested narcotics-related offenders.
• Developed by: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
• The portal will source its data from the Inter-operable criminal justice system (ICJS), e-Prison and CCTNS(when integrated). Earlier it was part of the NCORD Portal (Narcotics Coordination Mechanism)

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-august-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Puthukkuli shawls – Tamil Nadu; Sujni embroider – Bihar; Uppada jamdani sarees –  Andhra Pradesh.
• Source: http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/exquisite-expensive/article4605547.ece
• https://www.utsavpedia.com/motifs-embroideries/sujani-embroidery/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppada_Jamdani_Sari

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: The Charter Act of 1813 is regarded as the foundation stone of English Education System in India.
• When the East India Company came to India they did not allow the missionaries for the propagation of the religious education to the common people in India. Because they felt that the education from the missionaries would encourage the religious sentiments among the people in India that could affected the business policy and the diplomatic role of the East India Company. Therefore, from 1793 to 1813 the company did not permit the missionaries to work for the Indian people.
• But, the Charter Act of 1813 permitted Christian missionaries to propagate English and preach their religion.
• It was also a landmark in that it was 1^stofficial move on education in India by British where a dedicated grant for education was provided.
• The Act also created a controversy between the anglicist and classicist on the medium of instruction.
• S2 and S3: In 1823, the Governor-General-in Council appointed a “General Committee of Public Instruction”, which had the responsibility to grant the one lakh of rupees for education. That committee consisted of 10 European members of which Lord Macaulay was the president. The committee decided to spend major portions from the grant for the improvement of oriental literature.
• Even, the General Committee of Public Instruction also was not able to decide the medium of instruction by vote; because out of ten members, five were supporters of English language or Anglicist as the medium of instruction and the rest were supporters of oriental or classic language or Classicists as a medium of instruction. This is the famous Anglicist and Classicists controversy.
• As a president of General Committee of Public Instruction, Lord Macaulay wrote a minute on 2nd February 1835, where he made the conclusion regarding the controversy. Lord Macaulay stressed the implementation of the English language as a medium of instruction through his minute. According to him, English was the best medium of instruction.
• Source: http://m.kkhsou.in/EBIDYA/EDUCATION/MODIFY_charter_act.html
• http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/507/8/08_chapter2.pdf
• http://home.iitk.ac.in/~amman/soc748/basu_origins_of_indian_education_system.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Act_of_1813

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018

• Microbeads are manufactured solid plastic particles of less than one millimeter in their largest dimension. They are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics such as polypropylene and polystyrene. They are used in exfoliating personal care products, toothpastes and in biomedical and health-science research.
• Microbeads can cause plastic particle water pollution and pose an environmental hazard for aquatic animals in freshwater and ocean water.
• See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-august-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj-1875
• Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan=1858-1859
• Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath-1882
• Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination -1863

Refer: UPSC CSE 2018