[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 13 Oct 2022

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Rajaraja I is the most celebrated of the Chola kings. He engaged in naval expeditions and emerged victorious on the West Coast, Sri Lanka and conquered the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
• He defeated Cheras in the battle of Kandanur salai.
• He was also successful in the expedition of western and Eastern Chalukyas. He installed Shaktiverma on Vengi Throne.
• He constructed a dam across the Kaveri river.
• He was a devout follower of Saivism. He completed the construction of the famous Rajarajeswara temple or Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore in 1010 A.D.
• His titles: Mummidi Chola, Jayankonda and Sivapadasekara.
• He abdicated his throne for his son Rajendra Chola 1.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/the-grandeur-of-the-chola-empire/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and the neighbouring islands.
• The site includes three great 11th- and 12th-century Temples: the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, the Brihadisvara Temple at Gangaikondacholisvaram and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram.
• The Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram, built by Rajendra I, was completed in 1035. Its 53-m vimana (sanctum tower) has recessed corners and a graceful upward curving movement, contrasting with the straight and severe tower at Thanjavur.
• The Airavatesvara temple complex, built by Rajaraja II, at Darasuramfeatures a 24-m vimana and a stone image of Shiva.
• The temples testify to the brilliant achievements of the Chola in architecture, sculpture, painting and bronze casting.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/the-grandeur-of-the-chola-empire/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Rajendra was one of the few Indian monarchs to conquer territory outside the Indian subcontinent. Under his reign, the Chola Dynasty was expanded to its greatest extent, dominating trade throughout the Indian Ocean.
• After his conquest of the Pala dynasty, Rajendra built the city of Gangaikondacholapuram, which he eventually made the capital of the Chola Empire.
• He built the Brihadisvara Temple and upgraded several others, such as the Koneswaram temple. Rajendra also built several Buddhist stupas across Southeast Asia and Southern India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/the-grandeur-of-the-chola-empire/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention, including institutional and administrative arrangements.
• A key task for the COP is to review the national communications and emission inventories submitted by Parties. Based on this information, the COP assesses the effects of the measures taken by Parties and the progress made in achieving the ultimate objective of the Convention.
• The COP meets every year, unless the Parties decide otherwise. The first COP meeting was held in Berlin, Germany in March, 1995. The COP meets in Bonn, the seat of the secretariat, unless a Party offers to host the session. Just as the COP Presidency rotates among the five recognized UN regions – that is, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe and Others – there is a tendency for the venue of the COP to also shift among these groups.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/we-need-a-forest-led-cop27/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Jharkhand has the highest population of Adivasi people from 32 different tribes, including the nine Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG).
• According to Census 2001, Santhal (34 per cent), Oraon (19.6 per cent), Munda (14.8 per cent) and Ho (10.5 per cent)are among the major tribes in terms of numbers.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The most substantive new commitment, however, relates to the 1-billion-tonne reduction in its total projected emissions from now until 2030. This is the first time that India has taken any climate target in terms of its absolute emissions. India’s Net Zero target of 2070.
• In its climate action plan submitted under the Paris Agreement, India had promised to reduce its emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of GDP, by 33 to 35 per cent by the year 2030 compared to 2005 levels. The installed renewable capacity has been growing rapidly in the last few years, and the enhancement from 450 GW to 500 GW is not likely to be very challenging. The increase in proportion of renewable energy sources in India’s electricity generation to 50 per cent is a natural corollary of this.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Nanaji Deshmukh was born on 11th October 1916 in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district.
• His contribution:
  • Social Reformer, educationist, and politicians (Janata Party)
  • Established Chitrakoot Gramodya Vishwavijyalaya(India’s 1^st rural university)
  • Influenced by: Lokamanya Tilak and his nationalist ideology.
  • He actively participated in Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan
  • Deshmukh was the main force behind social activist Jayaprakash Narayan’s agitationfor total revolution.
  • In 2019, the President of India, conferred the Bharat Ratnaupon him (posthumously) for his services to the nation.
  • Values: Compassion, Service to people, Patriotism, political acumen.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Union Home Minister unveiled a 15-foot statueof Jayaprakash Narayan or JP on his 120th birth anniversary at the socialist icon’s birthplace, Sitab Diara village in Bihar’s Saran district.
• Contributions:
• Political activity:founding member of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) in 1934.
• He formed the Socialist Party (which was merged with J B Kripalani’s Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party to form the Praja Socialist Party in 1952).
• He led the Sampoorn Kranti (Total Revolution) movementorganised during Indira Gandhi’s regime (during the National emergency in 1975).
• He was disillusioned with political partiesand called for communitarian democracy.
• Parties, he believed, were centralised and susceptible to moral and financial corruption.
• Values: Patriotism, Socialism, Selflessness, perseverance for justice.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• INTERPOL: INTERPOL known as the ‘International Criminal Police Organisation’, is an international organization and a UN agency that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France.
• It was Formed in 1923.
• India has been a member since
• India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is the national coordinating agency with INTERPOL.
• RED NOTICE –  It is a request to locate and provisionally arrest individual pending extradition. It is issued by the General Secretariat at the request of a member country or an international tribunal based on a valid national arrest warrant. Apart from ‘red notice’, INTERPOL also issues 7 other notices i.e – Black notice, yellow notice

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The central message of the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) is worst is yet to come for the world economy.
• Key highlights of the report
  • More than a thirdof the global economy will contract this year or next, while the three largest economies—the United States, the European Union, and China—will continue to stall.
  • Inflationremains the most immediate threat to current and future prosperity.
  • Global inflation is now expected to peak at 9.5 per centin late 2022.
  • IMF has sharply cut the forecast for global growth — from 6.0 per cent in 2021 to 3.2 per cent in 2022and 2.7 per cent in 2023- weakest in the decades.
  • Cause of challenge to the global economy:Russian invasion of Ukraine, broadening inflation pressures, and the slowdown in China.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/13/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-13-october-2022/