[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 03 Sep 2022

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Articles 343 to 351. Its provisions are divided into four heads—
  • Language of the Union,
  • Regional languages,
  • Language of the judiciary and texts of laws and
  • Special directives.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/make-sanskrit-the-national-language/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• According to the Constitution the regions of India are eligible to use any of the official languages of India for official purposes. It also acknowledges the possibility of a regional language being adopted and becoming an official language of India, if the President deems that a large enough proportion of the population of India desires it. The parliament enacted the Official Languages Act, 1963, which provided for the continued use of English for official purposes along with Hindi, even after 1965.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/make-sanskrit-the-national-language/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The legislature of a state may adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the state or Hindi as the official language of that state.
• It is not necessary that states adopt Hindi as their official language.
• For e.g. Goa has adopted Marathi in addition to Konkani. Certain north-eastern States like Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have adopted English.
• Also, the choice of the state is not limited to the languages enumerated in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution (including Hindi).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/make-sanskrit-the-national-language/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their total elimination. It was adopted on 7 July 2017, opened for signature on 20 September 2017, and entered into force on 22 January 2021.
• For those nations that are party to it, the treaty prohibits the development, testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons, as well as assistance and encouragement to the prohibited activities. For nuclear armed states joining the treaty, it provides for a time-bound framework for negotiations leading to the verified and irreversible elimination of its nuclear weapons programme.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/the-npt-is-beginning-to-look-shaky/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of Guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports. But becoming the member of the ‘Nuclear Suppliers Group’ will NOT automatically make a country a member of “The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
• The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multilateral export control regime and a group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
• Membership of the NSG enables access to technology for a range of uses from medicine to building nuclear power plants for India from the NSG which is essentially a traders’ cartel.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/the-npt-is-beginning-to-look-shaky/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier commissioned.
• About INS Vikrant:
  • Name: Vikrant (which means courageous) is named after India’s first aircraft carrier, bought from the UK and commissioned in 1961.
  • Weightage: At 43,000 tonnes, Vikrant is the largest naval ship to be designed and built in India.
  • India joins the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), France, Russia, Italy, and China, which have similar capabilities.
  • Technologies used: STOBAR (short take-off but assisted recovery)
  • 76% indigenous material was used.
  • Made at: Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/ins-vikrant-commissioned/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival celebrated in Odisha.
• In Nuakhai, Nua means new and Khai means food. The festival of Nuakhai is celebrated by the farmers after the harvesting of grain.
• On this festival, Odia people, even those living in far-off lands return to their native places to be a part of the celebration.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-september-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• It is a statutory authority established in 2009.
• Parent body: Works under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• Mandate: The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-september-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Jigyasa, a student-scientist connect programme by CSIR in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya and is aimed at connecting school students and scientists so as to extend students’ classroom learning with that of a very well-planned research laboratory-based learning.
• It would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on one hand and scientific temper on the other, amongst the school students and their teachers.
• The program will also enable the students and teachers to visit CSIR laboratories and participate in mini-science projects.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-september-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• All of the above’
• Context: 5.62% decrease (take it as greater than 5% decline) in the area covered in 2022 compared to the previous year, as per the data of the Agriculture ministry.
• As of now, paddy has been cultivated in nearly 384 lakh hectares of area
• Reasons behind the decrease: Higher input cost particularly the increase in prices of fertilisers and scarcity of water.
• There has also been a decrease in the cultivation of Pulses, Oilseeds while cultivation of Sugarcane and Cotton increased.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/03/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-3-september-2022/