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As revision is the key to success in this exam, we are starting a new initiative where you will revise current affairs effectively through MCQs (RTM) that are solely based on Insights Daily Current Affairs.
These questions will be different than our regular current affairs quiz. These questions are framed to TEST how well you have read and revised Insights Current Affairs on daily basis.
We will post nearly 10 MCQs every day which are based on previous day’s Insights current affairs. Tonight we will be posting RTM questions on the Insights current affairs of October 3, 2019.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 points‘To protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest which are declared to be of national importance’ is a provision made in the
Correct
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Article 49: To protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest which are declared to be of national importance.
Incorrect
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Article 49: To protect monuments, places and objects of artistic or historic interest which are declared to be of national importance.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF).
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- It is a method of chemical free agriculture drawing from traditional Indian practices.
- It uses intensive irrigation and deep ploughing.
- It promotes soil aeration, intercropping, bunds and topsoil mulching.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (c )
Explanation:
- Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) is a method of chemical-free agriculture drawing from traditional Indian practices.
- It was originally promoted by Maharashtrian agriculturist and Padma Shri recipient Subhash
- Palekar, who developed it in the mid-1990s as an alternative to the Green Revolution’s methods driven by chemical fertilizers and pesticides and intensive irrigation.
- The ZBNF method also promotes soil aeration, minimal watering, intercropping, bunds and topsoil mulching and discourages intensive irrigation and deep ploughing.
Incorrect
Ans: (c )
Explanation:
- Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) is a method of chemical-free agriculture drawing from traditional Indian practices.
- It was originally promoted by Maharashtrian agriculturist and Padma Shri recipient Subhash
- Palekar, who developed it in the mid-1990s as an alternative to the Green Revolution’s methods driven by chemical fertilizers and pesticides and intensive irrigation.
- The ZBNF method also promotes soil aeration, minimal watering, intercropping, bunds and topsoil mulching and discourages intensive irrigation and deep ploughing.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Conservation Agriculture (CA).
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- Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands.
- External inputs such as agrochemicals are not applied so that it does not disrupt the biological processes.
- It includes crop-livestock integration and the integration of trees and pastures into agricultural landscapes.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (c )
Explanation:
- Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands. It promotes maintenance of a permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance, and diversification of plant species. It enhances biodiversity and natural biological processes above and below the ground surface, which contribute to increased water and nutrient use efficiency and to improved and sustained crop production.
- CA principles are universally applicable to all agricultural landscapes and land uses with locally adapted practices. Soil interventions such as mechanical soil disturbance are reduced to an absolute minimum or avoided, and external inputs such as agrochemicals and plant nutrients of mineral or organic origin are applied optimally and in ways and quantities that do not interfere with, or disrupt, the biological processes.
- Complemented by other known good practices, including the use of quality seeds, and integrated pest, nutrient, weed and water management, etc., CA is a base for sustainable agricultural production intensification. It opens increased options for integration of production sectors, such as crop-livestock integration and the integration of trees and pastures into agricultural landscapes.
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Ans: (c )
Explanation:
- Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands. It promotes maintenance of a permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance, and diversification of plant species. It enhances biodiversity and natural biological processes above and below the ground surface, which contribute to increased water and nutrient use efficiency and to improved and sustained crop production.
- CA principles are universally applicable to all agricultural landscapes and land uses with locally adapted practices. Soil interventions such as mechanical soil disturbance are reduced to an absolute minimum or avoided, and external inputs such as agrochemicals and plant nutrients of mineral or organic origin are applied optimally and in ways and quantities that do not interfere with, or disrupt, the biological processes.
- Complemented by other known good practices, including the use of quality seeds, and integrated pest, nutrient, weed and water management, etc., CA is a base for sustainable agricultural production intensification. It opens increased options for integration of production sectors, such as crop-livestock integration and the integration of trees and pastures into agricultural landscapes.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 pointsWho of the following is India’s fifth prime minister?
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Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Chaudhary Charan Singh served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the ‘champion of India’s peasant
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah wished farmers across the country on the occasion of Farmer’s Day, on 23rd Dec.
- Why is it celebrated?
- To commemorate and recognise the farmers as the country’s backbone.
- The date was selected as it coincides with the birth anniversary of India’s 5th Prime Minister Chaudry Charan Singh.
- It is being celebrated since 2001.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Chaudhary Charan Singh served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the ‘champion of India’s peasant
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah wished farmers across the country on the occasion of Farmer’s Day, on 23rd Dec.
- Why is it celebrated?
- To commemorate and recognise the farmers as the country’s backbone.
- The date was selected as it coincides with the birth anniversary of India’s 5th Prime Minister Chaudry Charan Singh.
- It is being celebrated since 2001.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsconsider the following statements about the Great Green Wall (GGW) Programme:
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- It was launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
- It aims to promote sustainable development and climate change mitigation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (b)
Explanation: Great Green Wall (GGW) programme
- It was launched in 2007 by the African Union to promote sustainable development and climate change mitigation.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
Incorrect
Ans: (b)
Explanation: Great Green Wall (GGW) programme
- It was launched in 2007 by the African Union to promote sustainable development and climate change mitigation.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements.
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- A neural network is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech that attempts to mimic the web of neurons in the brain to learn and behave like humans.
- Facial recognition software, voice recognition software and the Translate apps are the examples for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- CAPTCHA test aims to limit technology access to humans and keep the bots away.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- Facebook’s facial recognition software which identifies faces in the photos we post, the voice recognition software that translates commands we bark at Alexa, and the Google Translate app are all examples of AI tech.
- We use the CAPTCHA, to limit technology access to humans and keep the bots at bay.
- A CAPTCHA (“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human.
- A neural network is an AI tech that attempts to mimic the web of neurons in the brain to learn and behave like humans. Early efforts in building neural networks targeted image recognition.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- Facebook’s facial recognition software which identifies faces in the photos we post, the voice recognition software that translates commands we bark at Alexa, and the Google Translate app are all examples of AI tech.
- We use the CAPTCHA, to limit technology access to humans and keep the bots at bay.
- A CAPTCHA (“Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human.
- A neural network is an AI tech that attempts to mimic the web of neurons in the brain to learn and behave like humans. Early efforts in building neural networks targeted image recognition.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about the DigiYatra:
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- It is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience (BEST) based on Facial Recognition Technology.
- It aims to provide paperless and seamless travel experience to the passengers.
- It is an industry-led initiative coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- It is a completely voluntary scheme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- The ‘DigiYatra’ is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience (BEST) based on Facial Recognition Technology. It aims to provide paperless and seamless travel experience to the passengers.
- It is an industry-led initiative coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- Digi Yatra is a completely voluntary scheme– Where the passengers sign up and consent to use Digi Yatra for the purpose of check-in and boarding, this agreement would have the legal character of a voluntary agreement for the temporary collection, temporary storage, and use of data.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
Incorrect
Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- The ‘DigiYatra’ is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience (BEST) based on Facial Recognition Technology. It aims to provide paperless and seamless travel experience to the passengers.
- It is an industry-led initiative coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- Digi Yatra is a completely voluntary scheme– Where the passengers sign up and consent to use Digi Yatra for the purpose of check-in and boarding, this agreement would have the legal character of a voluntary agreement for the temporary collection, temporary storage, and use of data.
Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/24/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-december-2022/
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 pointsThe Parliament of India exercises control over the functions of the Council of Ministers through
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- Adjournment motion
- Question hour
- Supplementary questions
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct
Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- Statement 1: Matters of urgent importance can be raised in Adjournment motion.
- Statement 2 and 3: MPs hold the executive accountable by asking questions, and supplementary questions.
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
Incorrect
Ans: (d)
Explanation:
- Statement 1: Matters of urgent importance can be raised in Adjournment motion.
- Statement 2 and 3: MPs hold the executive accountable by asking questions, and supplementary questions.
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements:
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- Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the sects of Jainism.
- Sarvastivadin held that the constituents of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Statement 1: These are sects of Buddhism.
- Statement 2: While, like all Buddhists, the Sarvastivadins consider everything empirical to be impermanent, they maintain that the dharma factors are eternally existing realities.
- The dharmas are thought to function momentarily, producing the empirical phenomena of the world, which is illusory, but to exist outside the empirical world.
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
Incorrect
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- Statement 1: These are sects of Buddhism.
- Statement 2: While, like all Buddhists, the Sarvastivadins consider everything empirical to be impermanent, they maintain that the dharma factors are eternally existing realities.
- The dharmas are thought to function momentarily, producing the empirical phenomena of the world, which is illusory, but to exist outside the empirical world.
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsThe Global Infrastructure Facility is a/an
Correct
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- It was launched by the World Bank to cater to infrastructure needs of countries.
- http://www.globalinfrafacility.org/what-is-the-gif
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
Incorrect
Ans: (b)
Explanation:
- It was launched by the World Bank to cater to infrastructure needs of countries.
- http://www.globalinfrafacility.org/what-is-the-gif
Refer: UPSC CSE 2017
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