[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 19 Oct 2022

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) is a semiannual report by the IMF that assesses the stability of global financial markets.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/how-the-direct-benefit-transfer-scheme-has-transformed-social-welfare-in-india/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Statement 1: The IMFC advises and reports to the IMF Board of Governors on the supervision and management of the international monetary and financial system, including on responses to unfolding events that may disrupt the system.
• Statement 2: A number of international institutions, including the World Bank, participate as observers in the IMFC’s meetings.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/how-the-direct-benefit-transfer-scheme-has-transformed-social-welfare-in-india/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.
• It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and later endorsed by United Nations General Assembly.
• It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and is composed of 195 member states.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/tipping-points-of-global-warming/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• A Uniform Civil Code is one that would provide for one law for the entire country, applicable to all religious communities in their personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption etc. Article 44 of the Constitution lays down that the state shall endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code for the citizens throughout the territory of India.
• Article 44 is one of the directive principles. These, as defined in Article 37, are not justiciable (not enforceable by any court) but the principles laid down therein are fundamental in governance. Fundamental rights are enforceable in a court of law. While Article 44 uses the words “state shall endeavour”, other Articles in the ‘Directive Principles’ chapter use words such as “in particular strive”; “shall in particular direct its policy”; “shall be obligation of the state” etc. Article 43 mentions “state shall endeavour by suitable legislation” while the phrase “by suitable legislation” is absent in Article 44. All this implies that the duty of the state is greater in other directive principles than in Article 44.

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Key Features of PM-JAY

• PM-JAY is the world’s largest health insurance/ assurance scheme fully financed by the government.
• It provides a cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization across public and private empanelled hospitals in India.
• Over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable entitled families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) are eligible for these benefits.
• PM-JAY provides cashless access to health care services for the beneficiary at the point of service, that is, the hospital.
• PM-JAY envisions to help mitigate catastrophic expenditure on medical treatment which pushes nearly 6 crore Indians into poverty each year.
• It covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days post-hospitalization expenses such as diagnostics and medicines.
• There is no restriction on the family size, age or gender.
• All pre–existing conditions are covered from day one.
• Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country i.e. a beneficiary can visit any empanelled public or private hospital in India to avail cashless treatment.
• Services include approximately 1,393 procedures covering all the costs related to treatment, including but not limited to drugs, supplies, diagnostic services, physician’s fees, room charges, surgeon charges, OT and ICU charges etc.
• Public hospitals are reimbursed for the healthcare services at par with the private hospitals.

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• UIDAI tops the Grievance Redressal Index for the second consecutive month.
• Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), releases a grievance redressal index on monthly basis.

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• UIDAI was founded in 2009 but became a statutory body in 2016 under the Aadhar act. It is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India. It comes under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Hyderabad City has overall won “World Green City Award 2022” in the category “Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth”, at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) 2022 World Green Cities Awards which was organised in Jeju, South Korea.

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It is an intergovernmental organization, launched in 2015, with 110 Member and Signatory countries. ISA is the first such intergovernmental organization to be headquartered in India.
• Its mission is to unlock US$ 1 trillion of investments in solar by 2030 and reduce the cost of the technology and its financing.
• Important projects under ISA: One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG); ISA Solar Technology and Application Resource Centre (ISTAR C); Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Scheme (for training).

Refer:facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/10/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-october-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Two black holes recently collided to create a larger one – the biggest black hole merger yet detected. It has a mass more than 80 times that of the sun.
• The resulting energy injected into the fabric of spacetime was also record breaking, with five sun’s worth of mass released in the form gravitational waves as the two holes spiralled in towards each other.
• Such titanic amounts of energy meant that the signal was still detectable by the time it reached gravitational wave detectors on Earth. It produced a record-breaking result – the most distant collision detected so far, nine billion light years away.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019