[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 28 Dec 2022

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: The Union government constitutes a Delimitation Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge.
• S2: The Delimitation Commissions were set up in 1952, 1963, 1972 and 2002. The number of Lok Sabha constituencies has not been revised since 1972. In 2002, it was frozen at 543 till 2026.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/what-is-the-cag-audit-report-on-assams-nrc/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Election Commission is a constitutional authority whose responsibilities and powers are prescribed in the Constitution of India under Article 324.
• The Election Commission is insulated from executive interference.
• It is the Commission which decides the election schedules for the conduct of elections, whether general elections or by-elections.
• It is the Commission which decides on the location of polling stations, assignment of voters to the polling stations, location of counting centres, arrangements to be made in and around polling stations and counting centres and all allied matters.
• The decisions of the Commission can be challenged in the High Court and the Supreme Court of India by appropriate petitions.
• By long-standing convention and several judicial pronouncements, once the actual process of elections has started, the judiciary does not intervene in the actual conduct of the polls.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/what-is-the-cag-audit-report-on-assams-nrc/

Ans:(b)

Explanation:

• The National Green Tribunal has been established on 18.10.2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• The Tribunal’s dedicated jurisdiction in environmental matters shall provide speedy environmental justice and help reduce the burden of litigation in the higher courts. The Tribunal is mandated to make and endeavour for disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of filing of the same.
• The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), statutory organisation, was constituted in September, 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Further, CPCB was entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
• Functions of the CPCB, as spelt out in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, (i) to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and (ii) to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
• Hence, statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct.

refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/ngt-extends-stay-on-the-ministry-of-environments-notification-on-construction-projects/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival, considered to be the world’s largest open-air theatre, has commenced recently in the Western Odisha town of Bargarh.
• About Dhanu Yatra:
  • The plays in the festival start with the dethroning of Emperor Ugrasen of Mathura by an angry Kansa over the marriage of his sister Devaki with Vasudev.
  • The festival will conclude with the death of demon king Kansa and the restoration of the throne to Ugrasen
  • With the commencement of the festival, Bargarh becomes King Kansa’s Mathura, and Amapali, located about eight km away, becomes Gopapura, where Lord Krishna is said to have spent his childhood. The Jeera River which flows between the two places becomes the Yamuna River.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-28-december-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Guru Gobind Singh was born on 22nd December 1666 in Patna (Bihar) (based on the Nanakshahi calendar). He became a Sikh guru at age of 9 (the 10th and last Sikh guru) and was assassinated in 1708. He created the Khalsa Panth and fought the battles of Anandpur (1700) and Chamkaur (1704). He wrote Zafarnamah in 1705.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-28-december-2022/

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• It is India’s 1st Information Utility, registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board (IBBI) under the aegis of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. It holds a repository of legal evidence and information pertaining to any debt/claims.

Refer: Facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/12/28/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-28-december-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• CACP recommends the fair and remunerative prices based on inter-crop price parity, inflation considerations, fair return to farmers and a host of other factors.
• It is the cabinet Committee on Economic affairs that finally approves it.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Dadabhai Naoroji, R. C. Dutt, Ranade, Gokhale, G. Subramania Iyer, were among those who grounded Indian nationalism firmly on the foundation of anti-imperialism by fashioning the world’s first economic critique of colonialism, before Hobson and Lenin.
• The drain theory was established by Dadabhai Naoroji. Increased poverty and lower wages were among the indirect products of colonial rule according to Dutt.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (c )

Explanation:

• If SLR is reduced, banks have to park lesser money with RBI in the form of securities, cash etc. So, they have more money to lend and the return on lending is also greater than what they get in SLR. Hence, the scheduled commercial banks may cut their lending rates.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which co-operatives, trade unions, independent farmers, and local authorities would hold a substantial share of the economic power. As secularists, they hoped to transcend communal divisions through class solidarity. Some, such as Narendra Deva or Basawon Singh (Sinha), advocated a democratic socialism distinct from both Marxism and reformist social democracy.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2015