[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 18 Nov 2022

Ans: (c)

Explanation:Uda Devi Pasi:

• Born in Ujirao, Lucknow, she was a freedom fighter who joined the royal guard of Begum Hazrat Mahal of Awadh.
• She participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, as a member of the women’s squad of Wajid Ali Shah, the sixth Nawab of Awadh.
• Uda Devi is known not just for her heroic stories, but also for her ability as a leader who was able to mobilise people, particularly Dalit women, to fight the British.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1 and S2: Kabir Das’ writings had a great influence on the Bhakti movement and includes titles like Kabir Granthawali, Anurag Sagar, Bijak, and Sakhi Granth. The major part of his work was collected by the fifth Sikh guru–Guru Arjan Dev.
• S3: Swami Ramananda influence: Kabir Das’ ideologies were greatly influenced by Vaishnava saint Swami Ramananda who accepted Kabir as his disciple.
• S4: Data Ganj Bakhsh was an 11th-century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic and theologian.

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Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Features of the scheme
• 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries will get 5 kg wheat or rice and 1 kg of preferred pulses for free every month per person ( this is apart from 35kg per month per family under Antyodaya Anna Yojana and 5 Kg per month per person for Priority Households, under National Food Security Act (NFSA))
• PMGKAY covers even Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) beneficiaries
• Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Inflation, the steady rise of prices for goods and services over a period, has many effects, good and bad.
• Inflation erodes purchasing power or how much of something can be purchased with currency.
• Because inflation erodes the value of cash, it encourages consumers to spend and stock up on items that are slower to lose value.
• It lowers the cost of borrowing and reduces unemployment.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• When the general price level rises in a country due to the rise in prices of imported commodities, inflation is termed imported. Inflation may also rise due to depreciation of the domestic currency, which pushes up the landed rupee cost of imported items.

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Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Demand-Pull Inflation
• This type of inflation is caused due to an increase in aggregate demand in the economy.
• Causes of Demand-Pull Inflation:
• A growing economy or increase in the supply of money – When consumers feel confident, they spend more and take on more debt. This leads to a steady increase in demand, which means higher prices.
• Asset inflation or Increase in Forex reserves.
• Government spending or Deficit financing by the government – When the government spends more freely, prices go up.
  • Due to fiscal stimulus.
  • Increased borrowing.
  • Depreciation of rupee.
  • Low unemployment rate.
• Effects of Demand-Pull Inflation:
• Shortage in supply
• Increase in the prices of the goods (inflation).
• The overall increase in the cost of living.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Measles/Rubella is a highly contagious viral infection ( caused by morbillivirus) and is associated with high mortality in children less than 2 years of age.
• There’s no treatment to get rid of an established measles infection, but over-the-counter fever reducers or vitamin A may help with symptoms.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 23 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union) catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all. This will accelerate progress towards the Paris Agreement goals and pathways to net zero.

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Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• IUCN is a voluntary organization, not an agency of United Nations. Even if you knew this much, you could eliminate all other options to select B. Some facts about IUCN:
  • Founded in 1948 as the world’s first global environmental organisation
  • Today the largest professional global conservation network
  • A leading authority on the environment and sustainable development
  • More than 1,200 member organizations including 200+ government and 900+ non-government organizations
  • A neutral forum for governments, NGOs, scientists, business and local communities to find practical solutions to conservation and development challenges
  • Thousands of field projects and activities around the world
• CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). States (countries) adhere voluntarily to the agreement.
  • States that have agreed to be bound by the Convention (‘joined’ CITES) are known as Parties.
  • Although CITES is legally binding on the Parties – in other words they have to implement the Convention – it does not take the place of national laws. Rather it provides a framework to be respected by each Party, which has to adopt its own domestic legislation to ensure that CITES is implemented at the national level.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:Ramsar site criteria:

• A wetland can be considered internationally important if any of the following nine criteria apply:
• Criterion 1: “it contains a representative, rare, or unique example of a natural or near-natural wetland type found within the appropriate biogeographic region.”
• Criterion 2: “it supports vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered species or threatened ecological communities.”
• Criterion 3: “it supports populations of plant and/or animal species important for maintaining the biological diversity of a particular biogeographic region.”
• Criterion 4: “it supports plant and/or animal species at a critical stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions.”
• Criterion 5: “it regularly supports 20,000 or more waterbirds.”
• Criterion 6: “it regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of waterbird.”
• Criterion 7: “it supports a significant proportion of indigenous fish subspecies, species or families, life-history stages, species interactions and/or populations that are representative of wetland benefits and/or values and thereby contributes to global biological diversity.”
• Criterion 8: “it is an important source of food for fishes, spawning ground, nursery and/or migration path on which fish stocks, either within the wetland or elsewhere, depend.”
• Criterion 9: “it regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of wetland-dependent non-avian animal species.”

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/18/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-18-november-2022/