[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 11 Feb 2023

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It was signed on 9 February 1757 between the British East India Company (Robert Clive) and the Nawab of Bengal (Siraj ud-Daulah).
• Alinagar was the short-lived name given to Calcutta by the Nawab after it was captured by him.
• Although the Nawab had taken control of the English fort in Calcutta, he signed the pact in response to the English military might and the threat posed by Afghans (under Ahmad Shah Abdali).
• Terms of the treaty: The Nawab would recognize all the provisions of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar’s farman of 1717 – exempt from paying duties on goods passed through Bengal, can fortify Calcutta, mint coins in Calcutta, etc.
• Significance of the treaty: The signing of the treaty was one of the events leading up to the famous Battle of Plassey, which set the stage for British colonial expansion in India

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/how-the-treaty-of-alinagar-set-the-stage-for-the-english-east-india-companys-political-rise/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• One of Kolkata’s historical monuments, Fort William was built during the time of the Bengal Presidency. Named after William III, the fort sits on the banks of the Hooghly River and was at the centre of the Battle of Plassey fought between the British and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah. It is also the site of an infamous dungeon called the Black Hole of Calcutta (the city of Kolkata was erstwhile known as Calcutta).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/how-the-treaty-of-alinagar-set-the-stage-for-the-english-east-india-companys-political-rise/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Lithium is a soft, silvery metal. It has the lowest density of all metals. It reacts vigorously with water.
• Greenbushes mine in Western Australiais the largest hard-rock lithium mine in the world and Australia is the global leader in Lithium production.
• Lithium is primarily extracted from brine pools (‘Salar’ in Chile) and rock minerals such as spodumene (in Australia)
• Countries with Largest Reserves: Chile> Australia> Argentina

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/discovery-of-lithium-deposits-in-jk-to-cut-dependence-on-imports/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It is an attached office to the Ministry of Mines ( HQ: Kolkata; set up in 1851 to find coal deposits for Railways). It is a scientific agency in India to carry out geoscientific activities.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/discovery-of-lithium-deposits-in-jk-to-cut-dependence-on-imports/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• About Mission Antyodaya Survey:
• The Department of Rural Development has been conducting Mission Antyodaya Survey across all Gram Panchayats in the country since 2017-18 with the purpose of transforming the lives and livelihoods of people on measurable outcomes through the convergence of various schemes.
• The village-wise survey is expected to be conducted over a period of one month involving Community Resource Persons (CRPs)

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-february-2023/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• India’s national accreditation system under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world in the recent Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021.
• The GQII ranks 184 economies on the basis of their quality infrastructure (QI)
• GQII is an initiative on metrology, standardization, accreditation, and related services, supported by Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
• India’s overall QI system ranking continues to be in the Top 10 at the 10th position, with the standardization system (under BIS) at 9th and the metrology system (under NPL-CSIR) at the 21st position in the world

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-february-2023/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• UPI is an instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI, RBI regulated entity). It is built over IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) infrastructure and allows instant transfer of money between any two parties’ bank accounts.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-february-2023/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• SSLV caters to the launch of up to 500 kg satellites to low earth orbits on a ‘launch-on-demand’ basis. It provides low-cost access to space, offers low turn-around time and flexibility in accommodating multiple satellites, and demands minimal launch infrastructure.
• It is configured with three solid propulsion stages and a velocity terminal module.
• The EOS-07 is a 156.3 kg satellite designed, developed, and realized by ISRO. New experiments include mm-Wave Humidity Sounder and Spectrum Monitoring Payload.
• Janus-1, a 10.2 kg satellite, belongs to ANTARIS, US. Janus-1 is a technology demonstrator, smart satellite mission, based on the Antaris software platform.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-february-2023/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Context: It is an ongoing Indo-US joint exercise (TARKASH) by the National Security Guard (NSG) and US Special Operations Forces (SOF) has for the first time included “Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) terror response” in its drill

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2023/02/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-february-2023/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The dew formation is more when the sky is clear and less when it is cloudy. When the sky is clear and the trees and plants are cooler at nights, there is more evaporation of water and hence more dew formation. But when it is cloudy, trees and plants do not get cool in the night and hence there is less dew formation. As the sun raises high in the sky, these dew drops evaporate into air.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019