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

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It was set up by the Government of India Resolution on 11 February 1964, on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by K. Santhanam, to advise and guide Central Government agencies in the field of vigilance.
• It is an independent body which is only responsible to Parliament.
• It submits its report to the President of India.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• CAG is appointed by the President of India by a warrant under his hand and seal. He holds office for a period of six years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
• CAG audits the accounts related to all expenditures from the Consolidated Fund of India, the Consolidated Fund of each state and UT having a legislative assembly. He acts as a guide, friend and philosopher of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament.
• He submits 3 audit reports to the President: an audit report on appropriation accounts, an audit report on finance accounts and an audit report on public undertakings.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The PESA Act conferred the absolute powers to Gram Sabha, whereas state legislature has given an advisory role to ensure the proper functioning of Panchayats and Gram Sabhas. The power delegated to Gram Sabha’s cannot be curtailed by a higher level, and there shall be independence throughout. Following powers and functions have been provided to the Gram Sabhas:
  • Protection of traditional belief, the culture of the tribal communities
  • Resolution of the local disputes
  • Prevention of land alienation
  • Management and protection of the common properties based on their traditions
  • Management of village markets
  • Right to control production, distillation, and prohibition of liquor
  • Exercise of control over money-lending
  • Any other rights involving the Scheduled Tribes.

Refer: Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:Aadhaar:

• It is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals (spent over 182 days in 12 months), based on their biometric and demographic data.
• The data is collected by the UIDAI, an authority established in 2009 by the Government of India, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and which became a statutory body following the enactment of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.

Refer:facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Launched on Panchayati Raj Diwas (April 24th, 2020).
• The scheme seeks to map residential land ownership in the rural sector using modern technology like the use of drones.
• The scheme aims to revolutionise property record maintenance in India.
• The scheme is piloted by the Panchayati Raj ministry.
• Under the scheme, residential land in villages will be measured using drones to create a non-disputable record.
• Property card for every property in the village will be prepared by states using accurate measurements delivered by drone-mapping. These cards will be given to property owners and will be recognised by the land revenue records department.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:According to the photon theory of light, photons:

• behave like a particle and a wave, simultaneously
• move at a constant velocity, c = 2.9979 x 10⁸ m/s (i.e. “the speed of light”), in empty space
• have zero mass and rest energy
• carry energy and momentum, which are also related to the frequency (nu) and wavelength (lamdba) of the electromagnetic wave, as expressed by the equation E = h nu and p = h / lambda.
• can be destroyed/created when radiation is absorbed/emitted.
• can have particle-like interactions (i.e. collisions) with electrons and other particles, such as in the Compton effect in which particles of light collide with atoms, causing the release of electrons.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Also known as the Indian rhino, it is the largest of the rhino species.
• It is identified by a single black horn and a grey-brown hide with skin folds.
• Food: They primarily graze, with a diet consisting almost entirely of grasses as well as leaves, branches of shrubs and trees, fruit, and aquatic plants.
• Almost 75% of the world’s entire population can be found in Assam, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
• Kaziranga National Parkhosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses and is a World Heritage Site
• Protection status
• IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
• Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I.
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix I
• The Indian rhino’s single horn is present in both bulls and cows, but not on newborn calves.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation: Melocanna baccifera:

• Called ‘Muli’ in northeast India, Melocanna baccifera is the largest fruit-producing bamboo and is native to the northeast India-Myanmar region.
• During its gregarious flowering, the bamboo produces large fruits which draw animal visitors/predators.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/11/19/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-19-november-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers’ Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873. It espoused a mission of education and increased social rights and political access for underprivileged groups, focused especially on women, peasants, and Dalits, in Maharashtra.Jyotirao’s wife Savitribai was the head of women’s section of the society. The Samaj disbanded during the 1930s as leaders left to join the Indian National Congress party.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Viruses are known to infect almost any kind of host that has living cells. Animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria are all subject to viral infection.
• A bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within a bacterium. Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi. A host of other Viruses affect plants.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2016