[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 17 Dec 2022

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: 5G wireless technology is meant to deliver higher multi-Gbps peak data speeds, ultra-low latency, more reliability, massive network capacity, increased availability, and a more uniform user experience to more users. Higher performance and improved efficiency empower new user experiences and connect new industries.
• S2: Like its predecessors, 5G networks are cellular networks, in which the service area is divided into small geographical areas called cells. All 5G wireless devices in a cell are connected to the Internet and telephone network by radio waves through a local antenna in the cell.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/indias-first-5g-enabled-auto-manufacturing-unit/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• VoLTE is voice calls over a 4G LTE network, rather than the 2G or 3G connections. VolTE can transmit data too. VoLTE has up to three times more voice and data capacity than 3G UMTS and up to six times more than 2G GSM. So, both 1 and 2 are wrong.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/indias-first-5g-enabled-auto-manufacturing-unit/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• In his PhD thesis, Cambridge scholar Dr Rishi Rajpopat claims to have solved Sanskrit’s biggest puzzle—a grammar problem found in the ‘Ashtadhyayi’, (an ancient text written by the scholar Panini in the 4th century BC)
• Significance: Experts are calling the discovery revolutionary, as it may allow Panini’s grammar to be taught to computers for the first time.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans; (d)

Explanation:

• Kaniyan Poongundranar (a great poet of India, 3000 years ago) wrote in Tamil, “Yaadhum oorae, yaavarum kaeleer’”(we belong to all places, and we belong to everyone). This sense of belonging beyond borders is unique to India”
• https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2019/sep/27/we-belong-to-all-places-and-to-everyone-pm-modi-invokes-tamil-philosopher-pungundranar-at-unga-2040051.html

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body responsible for implementing India’s flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme called “Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana” & has been entrusted with the role of designing strategy, building technological infrastructure and implementation of “National Digital Health Mission” to create a National Digital Health Eco-system.
• National Health Authority is the successor of the National Health Agency, which was functioning as a registered society since 23rd May, 2018. Pursuant to Cabinet decision for full functional autonomy, National Health Agency was reconstituted as the National Health Authority on 2nd January 2019, under Gazette Notification Registered No. DL –(N) 04/0007/2003-18.
• NHA has been set-up to implement PM-JAY, as it is popularly known, at the national level. An attached office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with full functional autonomy, NHA is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare. It is headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India, who manages its affairs. The CEO is the Ex-Office Member Secretary of the Governing Board.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Who are the ‘Blue Helmets’?
  • Blue Helmets are the military personnel of the U.N. that work alongside the U.N. Police and civilian colleagues to promote “stability, security, and peace processes”. The personnel get the name from the iconic blue helmets or berets they wear.
• Specialized agencies and related organizations maintaining liaison offices at Headquarters
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • International Criminal Court
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International Organization for Migration
  • International Seabed Authority
  • International Telecommunication Union
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  • Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  • World Bank
  • World Health Organization
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • World Meteorological Organization

Refer:  facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual’s DNA characteristics.
• DNA profiling is a forensic technique in criminal investigations, comparing criminal suspects’ profiles to DNA evidence so as to assess the likelihood of their involvement in the crime. It is also used in parentage testing, to establish immigration eligibility, and in genealogical and medical research. DNA profiling has also been used in the study of animal and plant populations in the fields of zoology, botany, and agriculture.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• The Strategic Forces Command (SFC), which operates the Agni-5, carried out the test from A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
• Agni-5 was earlier tested last year in October by the SFC independently for the first time, a few months after China had tested its hypersonic missile
• Developed by DRDO under its Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
• Significance of the test: It supports India’s nuclear doctrine and spearheads India’s nuclear triad.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Western Ghats have many peaks that rise above 2,000 m (6,600 ft), with Anamudi (2,695 m (8,842 ft)) being the highest peak.
• According to UNESCO, the Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas. They influence Indian monsoon weather patterns by intercepting the rain-laden monsoon winds that sweep in from the south-west during late summer.
• It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the eight biodiversity hotspots in the world.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://insightsonindia.com/2022/12/17/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-17-december-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The cabinet mission plan of 1946 proposed that there shall be a Union of India which was to be empowered to deal with the defense, foreign affairs and communications.
• The Union Government and its legislature were to have limited powers, dealing with Finance, Foreign Affairs and Communications. The union would have powers necessary to raise the finances to manage the subjects.
• All subjects other than the Union Subjects and all the residuary powers would be vested in the provinces.
• Thus, the Cabinet Mission plan proposed a weak Centre with Provincial autonomy – essentially proposing a federal structure of government.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015