[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 24 Sep 2022

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, was founded in 1961 by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.
• It conducts and analyses the results of the demographic surveys (including the Census of India and the Linguistic Survey of India).
• The position of Registrar is usually held by a civil servant holding the rank of Joint Secretary.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/reduction-of-child-mortality/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The correct answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/indian-agri-tech/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: At the center of a mature tropical cyclone, air sinks rather than rises. For a sufficiently strong storm, air may sink over a layer deep enough to suppress cloud formation, thereby creating a clear “eye”.
• S2: Extra-tropical cyclones may not always have an eye, whereas mostly mature storms have well developed eye. Rapidly intensifying storms may develop an extremely small, clear, and circular eye, sometimes referred to as a pinhole eye.
• S3: It is warmer and not colder for a tropical cyclone. The warmer temperature is what drives the storm.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: Cyclone is the formation of very low-pressure systemwith very high-speed winds revolving around it.
• S2: Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all tropical storms. They are all the same thing but are given different names depending on where they appear.
• S3: Warm sea surface temperatureis an ideal platform for cyclones.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Worldwide there are six Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres (RSMCs)and five regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs) mandated for issuing advisories and naming of tropical cyclones. The tropical cyclones forming over different Ocean basins are named by the concerned RSMCs & TCWCs.
• India Meteorological Departmentis one of the six RSMCs to provide tropical cyclone and storm surge advisories to 13 member countries under WMO/ESCAP Panel
• Link: Criteria for name selection
• The proposed name should be neutral to (a) politics and political figures (b) religious believes, (c) cultures and (d) gender Name should be chosen in such a way that it does not hurt the sentiments of any group of population over the globe
• It should not be very rude and cruel in nature
• S3: It should be short, easy to pronounce and should not be offensive to any member
• S2: The maximum length of the name will be eight letters
• The proposed name should be provided along with its pronunciation and voice over
• S1: the names are not rotated every few years. It is believed that since the cyclones cause so much death, destruction and devastation, names are considered for retirement and henceis not used repeatedly.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: About Poshan Abhiyaan:

• POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission)is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India,
• The programme seeks to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
• Launched in 2018with specific targets to be achieved by 2022.
• It aims to reduce:
  • Stunting and wasting by 2% a year (total 6% until 2022) among children.
  • Anaemia by 3% a year (total 9%) among children, adolescent girls and pregnant women and lactating mothers.
  • The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japanare four countries which support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Unlike the G7, where the common denominator is the economy and long-term political motives, the G4’s primary aim is the permanent member seats on the Security Council.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• On January 31,2021 Stardust 1.0 was launched from Loring Commerce Centre in Maine, US, becoming the first commercial space launch powered by biofuel, which is non-toxic for the environment as opposed to traditionally used rocket fuels.
• Biofuels are obtained from biomass, which can be converted directly into liquid fuels that can be used as transportation fuels. The two most common kinds of biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodieseland they both represent the first generation of biofuel technology.
• Ethanol, for instance, is renewable and made from different kinds of plant materials. Biodiesel on the other hand is produced by combining alcohol with new and used vegetable oils, animal fats or recycled cooking grease.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• DBO is the northernmost corner of Indian territory in Ladakh, in the area better known in Army parlance as Sub-Sector North.
• It has the world’s highest airstrip, originally built during the 1962 war but abandoned until 2008, when the Indian Air Force (IAF) revived it as one of its many Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) along the LAC.
• DBO is less than 10 km west of the LAC at Aksai Chin.
• To the west of DBO is the region where China abuts Pakistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan area, once a part of the erstwhile Kashmir principality.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/09/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-september-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: About Hampi:

• It was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar.
• S1:It was a part of the Mauryan Empire back in the third century BC.
• It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• S2: Its name is derived from Pampa which is the old name of the Tungabhadra River on whose banks the city is built.
• S3: The site used to be multi-religious and multi-ethnic;it included Hindu and Jain monuments next to each other.
• Architecture:
  • It has been described by UNESCO as an“austere, grandiose site” of more than 1,600 surviving remains of the last great Hindu kingdom in South India.
  • The buildings here predominantly followed South Indian Hindu arts and architecture dating to the Aihole-Pattadakal styles,but the Hampi builders also used elements of Indo-Islamic architecture in the Lotus Mahal, the public bath and the elephant stables.
  • Hemkunta Hill,south of the Virupaksha temple contains early ruins, Jain temples and a monolithic sculpture of Lord Narasimha, a form of Lord Vishnu.

Refer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi