[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 14 Oct 2022

Ans: (a)

Explanation: Mission Karmayogi:

• What is it?
  • It is a New National Architecture for Civil Services Capacity Building.
  • It is also a Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and process levels for efficient public service delivery.
• Institutional framework and implementation of the programme:
  • PM led Public Human Resources (HR) Council to approve and monitor Civil Service Capacity Building Plans.
  • Capacity Building Commission to harmonize training standards, create shared faculty and resources, and have supervisory role over all Central Training Institutions.
  • Wholly owned Special Purpose Vehicle to own and operate the online learning platform and facilitate world-class learning content market-place.
  • Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-karmyogi-an-attempt-to-change-the-face-of-civil-services/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The commission has been established by law as autonomous of the government, and not by the constitution.
• The NHRC cannot by itself punish the guilty. That is the responsibility of courts. The NHRC is there to make independent and credible inquiry into any case of violation of human rights. Thus, its recommendations are not binding on neither the courts not the government.
• Any citizen of India can write a letter to the NHRC to complain against the violation of human rights. There is no fee or any formal procedure to approach the NHRC.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/importance-of-human-rights/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)[a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world.
• The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis.
• The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/importance-of-human-rights/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Recently WWF released its biennial Living Planet report 2022 showing trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/living-planet-report-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• S1: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri are the 22 languages presently in the eighth schedule to the Constitution.
• S2: Part XVII of the Constitution comprising Articles 343 to 351 deals with the subject. The Article 343 (1) declares the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagri script. But a reading of the Articles 343 (2) onwards reveal what a difficult and complicated terrain the official language issue had to navigate in a multi-lingual nation like India with its government institutions dominated by laws, rules and regulations set down in English.
• S3: September 14 is observed as the Hindi Day.It was on this date in 1949 that the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Indian union after a long and animated debate.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-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: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-2022/

Ans: (b)

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: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• MGNREGA is a right-to-work programme that guarantees 100 days of employment to every rural household(not individual) that demands work.
• Implementation:The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) in association with state governments. It is a centrally-sponsored scheme.
• Within 15 daysof submitting the application or from the day work is demanded (demand-driven scheme), wage employment will be provided to the applicant, and allowances in case employment are not provided.
• Social Auditof MGNREGA works is mandatory
• Gram Sabhaand the Gram Panchayat approve the shelf of works under MGNREGA and fix their priority.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The 97th constitutional amendment act gave a constitutional status and protection to cooperative societies and made the following changes in the constitution:
  1. It made the right to form co-operative societies a fundamental right (Article 19).
  2. It included a new Directive Principle of State Policy on promotion of co-operative societies (Article 43-B).
  3. It added a new Part IX-B in the Constitution which is entitled “The Co-operative Societies”.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Torrefaction is a thermal pre-treatment technology. It produces a solid biofuel product that has superior handling, milling and co-firing capabilitiescompared to other biomass fuels. Torrefaction is costlier but it can deliver a product whose energy content is much higher and can substitute for more coal in a power plant.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/14/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-14-october-2022/